Russell Huntley (born 1807), along with his younger brother Lewis Huntley (1816-1862), founded the Illinois city of DeKalb. The pair owned most of the land that would become DeKalb. County surveyor Daniel W. Lamb platted two sections of DeKalb township as a new village in November 1853,[1] a village originally known as Huntley's Grove.[2] Huntley gave the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad (later the Chicago and North Western Railway) right-of-way across his land and a site for a depot. Other railroad investors also received land for speculative purposes.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Bigolin, Steven (22 May 2006). "Landmarks of the Barb City: Founders left a permanent park". Daily Chronicle.
  2. ↑ Bigolin, Steve (19 April 2004). "The Landmarks of Barb City-Part 18A". Daily Chronicle.


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