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This is an updated reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that...

This is an updated reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that...

About nine years ago, “From the History Room” recalled the original Pekin Country Club...

In past decades, it was the practice for a community’s newspapers to collect and...

One of the most valuable and useful features of Charles C. Chapman’s 1879 “History...

Last week in this column, we surveyed the African-American population of Pekin in the...

Continuing our review of what historical records can tell us of 19th-century African-American residents...

Recently this column reviewed the known black families who lived in Pekin just before,...

Two of Pekin’s community service organizations – the Pekin Rotary and Pekin Kiwanis clubs...

This is an updated reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that...