Tazewell County history

With the end of Pekin’s Bicentennial year fast approaching, this is an opportune time...

Only 11 months after the founding of Pekin, the survival of the nascent pioneer...

Our nation this weekend will mark the 82th anniversary of the Empire of Japan’s...

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

As another Veterans Day draws near, it is an opportune time to recall the...

Tazewell County’s and Pekin’s newest military memorial was dedicated during the county’s observance of...

As we continue our Pekin Bicentennial series, this week and the next we will...

Pekin and Tazewell County were well represented at the 2024 Illinois State Historical Society...

As we recalled last week, the same year that Pekin voted to incorporate as...

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