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...

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

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

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

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