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‘Ever since the boat blew up’ – a letter from a Pekin riverboat disaster survivor

The current issue of the Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society Monthly features a...

Was there something fishy about Illinois’ nickname?

By Jared Olar Library assistant Once upon a time, back in the Age of...

Steamboat disaster on the Illinois River

This is a revised version of a “From the Local History Room” column that...

The steamboats named Lucy Bertram

By Jared Olar Library assistant Last month we learned the name of the riverboat...

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