War
As we continue our Pekin Bicentennial series, this week and the next we will...
Black History
The final resting place of Nance Legins-Costley’s eldest child now has a monument, thanks...
Pekin
By Jared OlarLibrary Assistant This week “From the History Room” will commence a systematic...
This is a reprint (with corrections and updates) of a “From the Local History...
This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that first...
By Jared Olar Library assistant Not even two whole generations had elapsed since Illinois’...
By Jared Olar Library assistant Previously in our ongoing Illinois Bicentennial series, we saw...
By Jared Olar Library assistant It was less than a decade from the creation...
By Jared Olar Library assistant In the course of our survey of the events...
Here’s a chance to read again one of our old Local History Room columns,...