Pottawatomi

While Pekin traces its origin to the 1824 arrival of Jonathan Tharp from Ohio,...

The first 19 years of Pekin’s history cover the period when our community was...

Around the time white settlers began flooding into Tazewell County in the 1820s, Potawatomi War Chief...

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...

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 Olar Library assistant For the first 19 years of its existence, from...

By Jared Olar Library assistant On Friday, Feb. 2, at 11 a.m., the Pekin...

By Jared L. Olar Library assistant When French missionaries and explorers first came to...