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By Jared Olar Library assistant Among the Pekin Public Library’s Local History Room resources...

Here’s a chance to read again one of our old Local History Room columns,...

By Jared Olar Library assistant Probably few Pekin residents have ever heard of the...

By Jared Olar Library assistant A few weeks ago, this column recalled the death...

With the news this week of the uncovering of a portion of Pekin’s first...

By Jared Olar Library assistant This week’s “From the Local History Room” column spotlights...

Here’s a chance to read again one of our old Local History Room columns,...

By Jared Olar Library assistant Bonfires, parades, dances, and football. Homecoming is a well-loved...

By Jared Olar Library assistant Downtown Pekin’s historic Arcade Building, located at 15 S....

The newest addition to our Local History Room collection is a donation of materials...