Mackinaw

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

The first 19 years of Pekin’s history cover the period when our community was...

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

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...

After Illinois achieved statehood, new settlers poured into central Illinois throughout the 1820s, making...

By Jared Olar Library assistant In Mackinaw Township Cemetery is a gravestone marked with...

Judging from the number of “likes” and “shares” on Facebook and Twitter, a great...

Here’s a chance to read again one of our old Local History Room columns,...