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Local History Program Coordinator at the Pekin Public Library. I oversee the library’s local history room collection, write a weekly local history column/weblog for the library, and present local history programs at the library and in the community.
Jared L. Olar
Next month, Tazewell County will celebrate Juneteenth with a program on Thursday,...
Jared L. Olar
Numbered among the notable businessmen of Pekin’s “Gilded Age” was John William...
Jared L. Olar
Historian and author Carl Adams of Maryland, known for his research on...
Jared L. Olar
Adding to the honors conferred on them by the Illinois State Historical...
Jared L. Olar
This week, on Friday evening, 25 April 2025, in commemoration of this...
Jared L. Olar
Almost two years after the formal dedication of a memorial park honoring...
Jared L. Olar
This week we bring our history of the house at 920 Broadway...
Jared L. Olar
In the course of our history of the house at 920 Broadway,...
Jared L. Olar
The next chapter in the story of the house at 920 Broadway...
Jared L. Olar
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