Isaac Perkins

While Pekin traces its origin to the 1824 arrival of Jonathan Tharp from Ohio,...

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...

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

By Jared Olar Library assistant As previously noted in this column, the city of...

By Jared Olar Library assistant For the first 19 years of its existence, from...

By Jared Olar Library assistant The founding of Pekin was due to the influx...

By Jared Olar Library assistant The Black Hawk War of 1832 is a significant...

By Jared Olar Library assistant One of the publications in the Pekin Public Library’s...