Tazewell County Genealogical & Historical Society
“…increasing and enriching public knowledge of our heritage”
History of March 30, 1938 Tornado.
48 pp, 8.5 x 11, softback.
On March 30, 1938, a family of three to five tornadoes moved across central and west central Illinois during the afternoon. The worst damage from the outbreak occurred in South Pekin, where seven people were killed, three city blocks were leveled, and 250 homes were damaged or destroyed. This booklet describes the destruction in detail and includes several photographs.
TCGHS is a non-partisan, 501(c3) non-profit educational research institution whose mission is to "stimulate interest; to collect, preserve, and safeguard records; and to provide related educational services for the purpose of increasing and enriching public knowledge of our heritage."
