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Benjamin S. Prettyman

Tharp cabin painting

The seed from which Pekin grew was the log cabin that pioneer settler Jonathan...

In the Pekin Public Library’s Local History room collection is a copy of Pekin...

The first years of Pekin’s existence coincided with a period when men and goods...

In our previous installment in our Pekin Bicentennial series we reviewed the story of how...

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...

As we continue this week with the history of 405 Willow St., let’s take...