Henry Hobart Cole

With the end of Pekin’s Bicentennial year fast approaching, this is an opportune time...

By Linda Mace, Library assistant (retired),and Jared L. Olar, Local History Program Coordinator Once...

In 2019, Ashley and Russell Spencer opened a bar and grill in Farmington, Illinois,...

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

Of Pekin’s remaining historic downtown storefronts, perhaps Hamm’s Furniture’s high-peaked façade at 347-351 Court...

The late Christal Dagit (1943-2019) was long-time president of the Tazewell County Historic Places...

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...