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Charles Ashby

Cigars and music: Gehrig’s Cigar Store and 7th. Regiment Band

In days gone by, well before the Surgeon General’s warnings about the dangers of...

The African-American Ashby family of Fulton and Tazewell Counties and their descendants – Part One:

By Jared Olar Library Assistant Previously here at “From the History Room,” we have...

The Civil War era: Pekin’s blacks in a time of transition

By Jared Olar Library assistant Continuing our review of what historical records can tell...

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