In the past century and a half, several bridges have spanned the Illinois River...
Although Pekin voted to incorporate as a city in 1849, Pekin had no literal...
In the Pekin Public Library’s Local History room collection is a copy of Pekin...
Long a pillar of Pekin’s community life, the Pekin YWCA at 315 Buena Vista...
The customers of First Pekin Savings Bank, 532 Court St., can read the bank’s...
By Jared L. Olar, Local History Program Coordinator, and Linda Mace, Library assistant One...
The first years of Pekin’s existence coincided with a period when men and goods...
Our Bicentennial series on the history of Pekin continues this week with the account...
In a previous post here, we looked into the historical accounts and legends of how...
The first 19 years of Pekin’s history cover the period when our community was...
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