Old Settlers

For the next installment in our series on the downtown Pekin businesses included in...

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...

By Jared L. Olar Library Assistant One of the most valuable and useful features...

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

By Jared Olar Library assistant Recently we highlighted the somewhat tense and at times...

By Jared Olar Library assistant Following on last week’s portrait of the life of...

By Jared Olar Library assistant Among the old families of the Delavan and Hopedale...

Ben C. Allensworth’s 1905 “History of Tazewell County” devotes an entire chapter (Chapter VII)...