Pottawatomi in Pekin

The seed from which Pekin grew was the log cabin that pioneer settler Jonathan...

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

This week we conclude our series on Pekin’s 1924 Centennial Celebration with a “post...

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

Before the formal platting and surveying of the little pioneer settlement that would be...

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

We have previously recalled the life of Pottawatomi leader Shabbona (c.1775-1859), who is mentioned...

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

As previously noted in this column, the city of Pekin was established at the...

For the first 19 years of its existence, from 1830 to 1849, Pekin was...