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How Pekin became the 10th incorporated city in Illinois

Our Bicentennial series on the history of Pekin continues this week with the account...

Three who answered the call: the Pekin-area ministers who marched for civil rights in Selma

By Jared L. Olar Local History Program Coordinator The decade of the Sixties was...

Illinois makes it to 10: the state’s first incorporated cities

By Jared Olar Library assistant Following up on our recent accounts of how Pekin...

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