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Pekin history

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

Since the mid-1990s, the building at 363 Court St. – the northwest corner of...

The first years of Pekin’s existence coincided with a period when men and goods...

In 2019, Ashley and Russell Spencer opened a bar and grill in Farmington, Illinois,...

As we recalled last week, the same year that Pekin voted to incorporate as...

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

Of Pekin’s remaining historic downtown storefronts, perhaps Hamm’s Furniture’s high-peaked façade at 347-351 Court...

Our Bicentennial series on the history of Pekin continues this week with the account...

In a previous post here, we looked into the historical accounts and legends of how...

Since the early 2000s, the building at 337 Court St. has been the home...