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‘In the Hollow of My Hand’ – Memories of the Native Peoples of Pekin and Tazewell County

While Pekin traces its origin to the 1824 arrival of Jonathan Tharp from Ohio,...

Pekin as a Town — 1830 to 1849

The first 19 years of Pekin’s history cover the period when our community was...

Native Americans

‘In the Hollow of my Hand’: Library’s Local History Room features display highlighting Native American life and culture of Central Illinois

Around the time white settlers began flooding into Tazewell County in the 1820s, Potawatomi War Chief...

Memories of Shabbona, Pottawatomi peace chief

By Jared Olar Library Assistant We have previously recalled the life of Pottawatomi leader...

Senachwine, war chief of the Pottawatomi

This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that first...

Black Hawk, Shabbona, and the Clearance of Illinois’ Native Americans

By Jared Olar Library assistant As previously noted in this column, the city of...

When Pekin was only a town

By Jared Olar Library assistant For the first 19 years of its existence, from...

Bates recalls Pekin’s ‘Early Times’

By Jared Olar Library assistant This week we return to Pekin’s pioneer historian William...

Tazewell County in the Black Hawk War

By Jared Olar Library assistant The Black Hawk War of 1832 is a significant...

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