Black Hawk War

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...

As we continue our Bicentennial series on Pekin’s history, this week we will revisit...

For this third in our series of Pekin Bicentennial Black History Month articles, we’ll...

One of the most prominent of Pekin’s community leaders in the earliest years of...

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

We have previously recalled the life of Pottawatomi leader Shabbona (c.1775-1859), who is mentioned...

This is a revised version of a “From the Local History Room” column that...

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...