Thomas Snell

In a previous post here, we looked into the historical accounts and legends of how...

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

Pekin Mayor Mary Burress will formally inaugurate Pekin’s yearlong calendar of Bicentennial celebrations tomorrow...

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...

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

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

For the first 19 years of its existence, from 1830 to 1849, Pekin was...

The founding of Pekin was due to the influx of settlers of central Illinois...