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Bernard Bailey, Pekin’s first mayor

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

From ‘German-American’ to AMCORE: 105 years of Pekin banking (1887-1992)

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

Pekin Public Library clock duo is now a trio

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

Beautiful gifts that adorned Pekin’s Carnegie library

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

Laying the groundwork for Pekin’s 1902 library

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

From funerals at home to funeral homes of Pekin

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

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