David Mark

As we recalled last week, the same year that Pekin voted to incorporate as...

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...

Before the formal platting and surveying of the little pioneer settlement that would be...

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

This is a slightly revised version of one of our “From the Local History...

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

Here’s a chance to read one of our old Local History Room columns, first...