Tharp Burial Ground

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

Before the formal platting and surveying of the little pioneer settlement that would be...

In the summer of 1834, the small pioneer community of Pekin – just four...

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

By Jared Olar Library assistant For the first 19 years of its existence, from...

By Jared Olar Library assistant Last month we recalled the old pioneer burying ground...

By Jared Olar Library assistant Two months ago we recalled the history of one...