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Illinois Bicentennial

Closing the Bicentennial Year, remembering the Centennial

By Jared Olar Library assistant The state of Illinois’ Bicentennial Year draws to a...

Early Tazewell County’s first banks

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

Was there something fishy about Illinois’ nickname?

By Jared Olar Library assistant Once upon a time, back in the Age of...

Sober voters were rare in early elections

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

The Great Chatsworth Train Wreck of 1887

This is a revised version of a “From the Local History Room” column that...

A further look at Pekin’s old fire companies

This is a revised version of a “From the Local History Room” column that...

Over a century of Pekin Hospital history

This is a revised version of a “From the Local History Room” column that...

‘The Great Fire’ and Pekin first fire companies

This is a revised version of a “From the Local History Room” column that...

Remembering the ‘doomed women of Ottawa’

By Jared Olar Library assistant Over the coming weeks, the Pekin Public Library and...

Prehistory and history of the Schipper and Block building

This is a revised version of a “From the Local History Room” column that...

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