Nance Legins-Costley

Pekin and Tazewell County were well represented at the 2024 Illinois State Historical Society...

The final resting place of Nance Legins-Costley’s eldest child now has a monument, thanks...

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

As Pekin’s Bicentennial Year continues and we now find ourselves in Black History Month,...

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

In the summer of 1834, the small pioneer community of Pekin – just four...

Ongoing research into the family of Nance Legins-Costley (1813-1892) has recently uncovered additional information...

Previous articles here at “From the History Room” have told the story of the...

Three special days of honor in Peoria and Pekin this month culminated Saturday, 17...

With special Juneteenth-related events planned next week that will honor the memory of Nance...