From the History Room - Page 3 of 57 - Pekin Public Library

In keeping with this year’s celebration of the American Semiquicentennial, this month...

Here at “From the History Room,” last week we saw that although...

Earlier this year, in preparing the Pekin Public Library’s U.S. Semiquincentennial “Portrait...

As we have mentioned here more than once, William H. Bates (1840-1930)...

In celebration of the 250th anniversary of the creation of the United...

A total of 84 Illinois counties were organized from 1790 (when Illinois...

The formation and naming of Illinois’ 102 counties, which we have been...

This week we’ll continue with our review of the names of the...

In the last few weeks we have recalled how Tazewell County was...

Last week’s placement of a new, permanent sign at Freedom & Remembrance...

After our recalling the story of the creation of Tazewell County last...

With our country now celebrating its Semiquincentennial (250 years), this is an...