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William Henry Bates

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

Tharp cabin painting

The seed from which Pekin grew was the log cabin that pioneer settler Jonathan...

The first years of Pekin’s existence coincided with a period when men and goods...

Before the formal platting and surveying of the little pioneer settlement that would be...

The late Christal Dagit (1943-2019) was long-time president of the Tazewell County Historic Places...