Joshua Wagenseller

The seed from which Pekin grew was the log cabin that pioneer settler Jonathan...

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

For this third in our series of Pekin Bicentennial Black History Month articles, we’ll...

Before the formal platting and surveying of the little pioneer settlement that would be...

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

This week we feature another of the six 19th-century downtown Pekin businesses in the...

By Jared Olar Library assistant Continuing our review of what historical records can tell...

By Jared Olar Library assistant This month in which we have observed President Abraham...

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