Our Bicentennial series on the history of Pekin continues this week with the account...
The final resting place of Nance Legins-Costley’s eldest child now has a monument, thanks...
Ongoing research into the family of Nance Legins-Costley (1813-1892) has recently uncovered additional information...
As we mentioned here a little over two weeks ago, some special Juneteenth-related events...
Plans are underway for a permanent stone monument in downtown Pekin to honor the...
The two Illinois State Historical Markers for the Freedom & Remembrance Memorial that were...
Last autumn a newly-published diary detailing an Easterner’s 1835 travels in the Midwest was...
This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that first...
“To rescue a name worthy to be remembered and honoured To recall great events,...
Following up on our recent accounts of how Pekin became an incorporated town in...
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