Gideon Rupert

As we recalled last week, the same year that Pekin voted to incorporate as...

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

By Jared L. Olar Local History Program Coordinator Here at “From the History Room”...

As we continue this week with the history of 405 Willow St., let’s take...

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...

After Illinois achieved statehood, new settlers poured into central Illinois throughout the 1820s, making...

All available records indicate that when the founders of Pekin gave their town its...

Here’s a chance to read again one of our old Local History Room columns,...