While Pekin traces its origin to the 1824 arrival of Jonathan Tharp from Ohio,...
Around the time white settlers began flooding into Tazewell County in the 1820s, Potawatomi War Chief...
As previously noted in this column, the city of Pekin was established at the...
Previously in our ongoing Illinois Bicentennial series, we saw how the controversy over slavery...
On Friday, March 2, at 11 a.m., the Pekin Public Library will present the...
It was less than a decade from the creation of the Illinois Territory in...
Following the conclusion of George Rogers Clark’s Illinois Campaign in 1779 during the Revolutionary...
In the course of our survey of the events of history that led to...
As National American Indian Heritage Month nears its end, this week we’ll take a...
Monday-Thursday, 9.00 a.m. - 8.00 p.m.
Friday, 9.00 a.m. - 6.00 p.m.
Saturday, 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
