Tazewell County history

Back in May of this year, a collection of 1924 and 1925 Tazewell County...

By Jared L. Olar Local History Program Coordinator Here at “From the History Room”...

To mark the 160th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg in July, a historic...

Almost 45 years after Tazewell County’s collection of Civil War artifacts were carried away...

President Abraham Lincoln’s long road to the White House began in his days as...

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

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

One of the most prominent of Pekin’s community leaders in the earliest years of...

Last week we told the story of how Nance Legins-Costley became one of Tazewell...

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