Illinois

The founding of Pekin was due to the influx of settlers of central Illinois...

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

On Friday, April 6, at 11 a.m., the Pekin Public Library will present the...

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

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

This is a slightly revised version of one of our “From the Local History...

After Illinois achieved statehood, new settlers poured into central Illinois throughout the 1820s, making...

On Friday, March 2, at 11 a.m., the Pekin Public Library will present the...

It was less than a decade from the creation of the Illinois Territory in...

Following the conclusion of George Rogers Clark’s Illinois Campaign in 1779 during the Revolutionary...