Dr. William S. Maus

The first 19 years of Pekin’s history cover the period when our community was...

Pekin Mayor Mary Burress will formally inaugurate Pekin’s yearlong calendar of Bicentennial celebrations tomorrow...

In the summer of 1834, the small pioneer community of Pekin – just four...

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...

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

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

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

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

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