Tazewell County native tribes

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

Around the time white settlers began flooding into Tazewell County in the 1820s, Potawatomi War Chief...

As previously noted in this column, the city of Pekin was established at the...

As Illinois’ yearlong bicentennial celebrations commence this weekend, starting with this installment of “From...

As National American Indian Heritage Month nears its end, this week we’ll take a...

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