William H. Bates

In early April, this column featured a Civil War-era newspaper called “The Star Spangled...

Question: What do Pekin’s pioneer historian William H. Bates, the Hanging Judge of Andersonville,...

Note: Archivists and historians in Missouri recently contacted the Pekin Public Library with information...

Recently we highlighted the somewhat tense and at times colorful relationship that noted Pekin...

The November 2015 issue of the Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society Monthly, page...

Here’s a chance to read again one of our old Local History Room columns,...