William H. Bates

With the end of Pekin’s Bicentennial year fast approaching, this is an opportune time...

Only 11 months after the founding of Pekin, the survival of the nascent pioneer...

The era of Prohibition during the 1920s is remembered as a time of speakeasies,...

The city of Pekin currently has four Illinois State Historical Society markers highlighting significant...

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

Our Bicentennial series on the history of Pekin continues this week with the account...

In previous installments of our ongoing Pekin Bicentennial series, we have recalled the earliest...

As Pekin’s Bicentennial Year continues, this week we’ll take a look back over the...

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

While it is natural that people might express interest in the history of the...