Tazewell County history

The Black Hawk War of 1832 is a significant moment in Illinois history, for...

One of the publications in the Pekin Public Library’s Local History Room collection is...

Here’s a chance to read again one of our old Local History Room columns,...

In June 2013, this column offered some guidance on how to use old Pekin...

The Tazewell County Courthouse in downtown Pekin celebrated its 100th birthday just last month....

Vast numbers of pioneers trekked their way to the Pacific Northwest in the mid-1800s,...

All available records indicate that when the founders of Pekin gave their town its...

Twice before in this column space, we have spotlighted the life and death of...

For the past two weeks, we’ve spotlighted some items from the trove of William...

Last week’s column featured the Civil War discharge paper of William H. Bates of...