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As we recalled last week, the same year that Pekin voted to incorporate as...

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

President Abraham Lincoln’s long road to the White House began in his days as...

By Jared Olar Local History Specialist Last autumn a newly-published diary detailing an Easterner’s...

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...

This is a slightly revised version of one of our “From the Local History...

By Jared Olar Library assistant This column usually features resources from the Pekin Public...