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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...

By Jared Olar Local History Specialist Last autumn a newly-published diary detailing an Easterner’s...

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

By Jared Olar Library assistant “To rescue a name worthy to be remembered and...

By Jared Olar Library assistant Following up on our recent accounts of how Pekin...