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Pekin businesses on ice: the story of Pekin’s icehouses

For an older generation, the cold and ice of winter can bring to mind...

The days of the old ice houses

This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that first...

Woody Lawson: Pekin’s last ice man

This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that first...

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