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Everett W. Wilson

In our previous installment in our Pekin Bicentennial series we reviewed the story of how...

The 1974 Pekin Sesquicentennial volume devotes four paragraphs to the story of what was...

By Jared Olar Library Assistant Thanks to the generosity of Busey Bank of Pekin...

By Jared Olar Library Assistant In our series on the history of the Pekin...

By Jared Olar Library Assistant In spotlighting the leading role of Miss Mary Gaither...

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