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Mary Elizabeth Gaither

Pekin in 1924: a city celebrates its centennial (Part Three)

As we continue our series on Pekin’s celebration of its Centennial in July 1924,...

Mary Gaither, ‘mother’ of Pekin’s Carnegie library

By Jared Olar Library Assistant Last week in our series on the history of...

How Pekin got a library

By Jared Olar Library Assistant Last week we recalled how the Pekin Public Library...

Looking back over 155 years of Pekin library history

By Jared Olar Library Assistant This month the Pekin Public Library marks an important...

William Gaither, Tazewell County treasurer

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

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