Mayor J. Norman Shade

In the past century and a half, several bridges have spanned the Illinois River...

In the Pekin Public Library’s Local History room collection is a copy of Pekin...

In our previous installment in our Pekin Bicentennial series we reviewed the story of how...

By Jared Olar Library Assistant As we have proceeded through this series on the...

By Jared Olar Library Assistant In the previous installment of our ongoing series on...

By Jared Olar Library Assistant Continuing our series on the history of the Pekin...

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 revised version of one of our “From the Local History Room”...

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