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Pekin in the time of cholera: the ‘Blue Death’ comes to Pekin

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

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...

Tazewell’s unincorporated communities: Groveland

By Jared Olar Library assistant One of the oldest unincorporated communities in Tazewell County...

Eliza Farnham’s ‘Life in Prairie Land’

By Jared Olar Library assistant This column usually features resources from the Pekin Public...

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