Pekin history

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

By Jared Olar Library assistant In early April, this column featured a Civil War-era...

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

By Jared Olar Library assistant Reading through the microfilms of the Pekin Daily Times...

By Jared Olar Library assistant This week we again examine some items that recently...

By Jared Olar Library assistant A few weeks ago, a Pekin Public Library patron...

By Jared Olar Library assistant Question: What do Pekin’s pioneer historian William H. Bates,...

By Jared Olar Library assistant Although it has been 13 years since CILCO –...

By Jared Olar Library assistant Note: Archivists and historians in Missouri recently contacted the...

By Jared Olar Library assistant The death of retired physical education teacher and coach...