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Jonathan Merriam

The city of Pekin currently has four Illinois State Historical Society markers highlighting significant...

As Pekin’s Bicentennial Year continues, this week we’ll take a look back over the...

The 1974 Pekin Sesquicentennial volume devotes four paragraphs to the story of what was...

During Pekin’s Juneteenth celebration last month, a crowd gathered downtown to witness the dedication...

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

By Jared Olar Library assistant On the east side of the Pekin National Bank,...