Gideon Hawley

In a previous post here, we looked into the historical accounts and legends of how...

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...

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

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

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...