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How Pekin became the 10th incorporated city in Illinois

Our Bicentennial series on the history of Pekin continues this week with the account...

A glimpse inside ‘A Traveler’s Diary from 1835’

By Jared Olar Local History Specialist Last autumn a newly-published diary detailing an Easterner’s...

Closing the Bicentennial Year, remembering the Centennial

By Jared Olar Library assistant The state of Illinois’ Bicentennial Year draws to a...

Illinois makes it to 10: the state’s first incorporated cities

By Jared Olar Library assistant Following up on our recent accounts of how Pekin...

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