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The saga of Pekin’s three city halls

Although Pekin voted to incorporate as a city in 1849, Pekin had no literal...

Bernard Bailey, Pekin’s first mayor

In our previous installment in our Pekin Bicentennial series we reviewed the story of how...

The saga of Pekin’s three city halls

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

Distillery workers, domestics, and war heroes: Pekin’s blacks in the Gilded Age

By Jared Olar Library assistant Last week in this column, we surveyed the African-American...

The mineral spring of Mineral Springs Park

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

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