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St. Paul’s German Evangelical Church

The building of the builders: the history of the Lampitt Building

The buildings in Pekin’s historic downtown range in age from about a century and...

George Ehrlicher, shoemaker and grocer

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

The changing face of Pekin

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

A look inside Root’s City Directory of 1861

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

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