While Pekin traces its origin to the 1824 arrival of Jonathan Tharp from Ohio,...
The first 19 years of Pekin’s history cover the period when our community was...
Around the time white settlers began flooding into Tazewell County in the 1820s, Potawatomi War Chief...
We have previously recalled the life of Pottawatomi leader Shabbona (c.1775-1859), who is mentioned...
This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that first...
As previously noted in this column, the city of Pekin was established at the...
For the first 19 years of its existence, from 1830 to 1849, Pekin was...
This week we return to Pekin’s pioneer historian William H. Bates, from whom we...
The Black Hawk War of 1832 is a significant moment in Illinois history, for...
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