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...
In previous installments of our ongoing Pekin Bicentennial series, we have recalled the earliest...
For this third in our series of Pekin Bicentennial Black History Month articles, we’ll...
With the passing of Charles Lohman “Chuck” Dancey at the age of 107 earlier...
Photos by Jared L. Olar, Pekin Public Library Local History Program Coordinator
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Pekin Mayor Mary Burress will formally inaugurate Pekin’s yearlong calendar of Bicentennial celebrations tomorrow...
Before the formal platting and surveying of the little pioneer settlement that would be...
As Pekin has now entered its Bicentennial Year, it’s good to recall that 100...
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