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From the History Room. Highlights of Pekin and Tazewell County history, from the Local History Room of the Pekin Public Library. November 4, 2016. Tags: Convent Bell, Frank Rhoads, Gen. James Shields, John Gill, Mexican War, Pekin history ( 48 ). Preblog columns ( 21 ). Samuel Rhoads, Santa Ana's leg, Uncle Bill Tinney. Memories of Pekin’s Mexican War veterans. Memories of Pekin’s Mexican War veterans. Knott had been a Trustee on the Pekin Town Board Pekin was not to become a city for another two years.
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Where is Nance Legins-Costley’s final resting place? | From the History Room
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From the History Room. Highlights of Pekin and Tazewell County history, from the Local History Room of the Pekin Public Library. August 2, 2015. Tags: Abraham Lincoln ( 6 ). Nance Legins-Costley, William Henry Costley. Where is Nance Legins-Costley’s final resting place? This week we revisit once more the life of Black Nance Legins-Costley of Pekin, who has the distinction of being the first African-American slave freed by Abraham Lincoln. Bailey v. Cromwell. Researchers have put forward two conjectures ...
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Hello and welcome! | From the History Room
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From the History Room. Highlights of Pekin and Tazewell County history, from the Local History Room of the Pekin Public Library. July 22, 2015. Hello and welcome to our visitors! In the summer of 2015 the Pekin Public Library debuted this new weblog spotlighting our Local History Room collection. The weekly From the Local History Room column that is published in the Saturday Pekin Daily Times will be posted here. We welcome your comments and questions and research queries. July 22, 2016. July 23, 2016.
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Kingman’s elephants from Baker’s office | From the History Room
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From the History Room. Highlights of Pekin and Tazewell County history, from the Local History Room of the Pekin Public Library. August 14, 2015. Tags: Ben Regan, Dong Kingman, Everett McKinley Dirksen ( 5 ). Howard Baker ( 2 ). Kingman’s elephants from Baker’s office. Why did they send it to Pekin? The immediate answer to that question is found on the back of the framed watercolor, where one may find a handwritten note that says, From Ben Regan / Eventually wants it placed in Pekin Library. Baker presum...
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Eyewitness accounts of Stillman’s Defeat | From the History Room
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From the History Room. Highlights of Pekin and Tazewell County history, from the Local History Room of the Pekin Public Library. July 25, 2015. Tags: Abraham Lincoln ( 6 ). Isaac Perkins ( 7 ). Pekin history ( 48 ). Stillman Valley ( 2 ). Stillman's Run ( 4 ). Tazewell County history ( 28 ). Eyewitness accounts of Stillman’s Defeat. In addition to Chapman’s account of Stillman’s Run, the Pekin Public Library’s Local History Room collection includes a few other publications pertaining to Illinois history ...
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Slideshow: Interior and exterior views of the Local History Room | From the History Room
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From the History Room. Highlights of Pekin and Tazewell County history, from the Local History Room of the Pekin Public Library. July 28, 2015. Tags: Local History Room. Slideshow: Interior and exterior views of the Local History Room. Here’s a slideshow of some interior and exterior views of the library’s Local History Room. We’re really proud of the room’s appearance and hope you’ll agree. Photos by Emily Lambe, library staff. This slideshow requires JavaScript. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Robert Strickland, lost and found | From the History Room
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From the History Room. Highlights of Pekin and Tazewell County history, from the Local History Room of the Pekin Public Library. August 7, 2015. Tags: Charles C. Chapman ( 2 ). Morton Township, Tazewell County history ( 28 ). Robert Strickland, lost and found. Various Ancestry.com family trees provide additional information, including published obituaries and gravestone photographs, telling of the lives and deaths of the little lost boy who had been clothed in the dress of the little girl he would ev...
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Arts & Entertainment. Meet & Compete. News & Resources. Arts & Entertainment. Arts & Entertainment. Cultural Infusion with Art, History and Performance. The arts are alive and well in Pekin, and they’re here to enrich most every aspect of your visit. Whether you prefer to perform or see a performance, hear live music or live the artist’s dream, you’ll find culture awaits around every corner. Hear an original poetry reading at Speakeasy Art Center. Experience the incomparable impact of Pekin Civic Chorus.