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As Pekin’s Bicentennial Year continues, this week we’ll take a look back over the...

While it is natural that people might express interest in the history of the...

The 1974 Pekin Sesquicentennial volume devotes four paragraphs to the story of what was...

With last week’s collapse and emergency demolition of the western section of the Pekin...

Though Pekin has already lost much of the buildings lining its Courthouse Square, and...

Those who patronize Maquet’s Rail House at 221 Court St. not only enjoy a...

Continuing the history of 405 Willow St., we will consult some old maps, drawings,...

Over a year after Tazewell County was erected by the Illinois General Assembly in...

Recently a historical research query was submitted to the Pekin Public Library from someone...

Here’s a chance to read again one of our old Local History Room columns,...