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7 unusual facts about DeKalb


BarberMcMurry

George Franklin Barber moved to Knoxville from his native DeKalb, Illinois, in 1888, bringing along his wife, Laura, and infant son, Charles.

Bronze Stalk Trophy

Designed by nationally recognized sculptor and DeKalb, Illinois (home to Northern Illinois University) artist Renee Bemis, the trophy depicts several cornstalks in tribute to the prevalence of maize around the respective home states of the rivals.

DeKalb massacre

DeKalb is a name given to several cities and counties in the United States.

DeKalb, Texas

De Kalb was the birthplace of Bonanza star Dan Blocker, who played the character "Hoss Cartwright" on the popular NBC television Western.

Mylan Engel

(born 1960) is a full professor of philosophy at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.

Stuckless Glacier

Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1999) after John S. Stuckless, Department of Geology, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb (later U.S. Geological Survey), who, in several seasons from 1972–73, investigated the geochemistry of McMurdo volcanic rocks, correlating samples from several Ross Island sites with DVDP core samples obtained in McMurdo Dry Valleys.

Union Pacific West Line

Speculation exists that the line could be extended from Elburn west through Maple Park and Cortland to DeKalb.


1st Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Heavy Artillery

They served in several military garrisons around Washington, including forts Woodbury, Tillinghast, Craig, Albany, and DeKalb.

Alpine, Alabama

Alpine, DeKalb County, Alabama, an unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Alabama

Chattahoochee River 911 Authority

Dunwoody joined in 2011, making it the second multi-county 911 system to span the county line from Fulton into DeKalb (the other being the city of Atlanta, which is also in both counties).

Clarence Harrison

On August 31, 2004, DeKalb Superior Court Judge Cynthia J. Becker granted the DeKalb County District Attorney's motion for a new trial and request that Harrison be released immediately.

Classical 24

WNIU, broadcasting from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois, is another full power FM that carries Classical 24 on a full-time basis.

DeKalb County, Illinois

Native Soil: A History of the DeKalb County Farm Bureau (DeKalb: Northern Illinois University Press, 2005), 288 pp.

DeKalb County, Missouri

McCaskill was elected in 2006 by a narrow margin statewide, but DeKalb County supported her opponent, incumbent Jim Talent.

Emory College

Emory College, an academic division of Emory University, located in DeKalb County, Georgia, USA, in the Atlanta area

Frank Orren Lowden

The following are named after Lowden: Camp Lowden Boy Scout Camp, Lowden State Park and Lowden-Miller State Forest, all near his estate outside Oregon, Illinois; the Frank O. Lowden Homes in Chicago; and two Lowden Halls, located on the campus of the Northwestern University School of Law in Chicago and Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.

Fyffe

Fyffe, Alabama, a town in DeKalb County, Alabama, in the United States

Gloria S. Butler

She is a member of the National Council of Negro Women, DeKalb Women’s Political Caucus, National Women’s Political Caucus (governing member), and the DeKalb County NAACP (lifetime member).

Hardy Ivy

In 1833 Mr. Ivy, from the Abbeville district of South Carolina, purchased Land Lot 51 of the 14th district of what was then Dekalb County from Mr. James Paden for the sum of $225.

Love 101

It was written and directed by Adrian Fulle and shot entirely on the campus of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois.

Menominee Opera House

It was designed by well-known American architect George O. Garnsey, whose other designs include the Ogle County Courthouse in Oregon, Illinois and Queen Anne style homes such as the Ellwood House in DeKalb, Illinois.

Meredith Emerson

Two days later on January 4, 2008, a witness at a Chevron gas station called DeKalb police and stated that "The guy you are looking for is cleaning out his van."

Norristown Transportation Center

It opened in 1989 to replace the older Norristown High Speed Line (Route 100) terminus one block away at Main and Swede Streets, and integrated the former Reading Company DeKalb Street Norristown railroad station (built 1933) into its structure.

Northern Illinois

Northern Illinois University (NIU), in DeKalb, IL, is located at the heart of Northern Illinois and is the state's second largest institute of higher education.

O'Donnell, Texas

Dan Blocker was born in DeKalb, Texas and moved with his parents to O'Donnell shortly after his birth.

Rochelle Township High School

The Hubs are currently in the Eastern Division of the NI-Big 12, along with DeKalb, Kaneland, Morris, Sycamore, and Yorkville.

Sally M. Walker

She is currently living in DeKalb, IL and married (1974) to her husband James Walker (an igneous petrologist) and is the mother of two grown children.

Stevenson High School

Stephenson High School, a public school in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States

Sue Price

She attended Lions Park Elementary, Lincoln Junior High School, and Prospect High School before graduating from Northern Illinois University, in DeKalb, Illinois.

Tawia Modibo Ocran

Since joining the Supreme Court in 2004, he was an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Ghana; and a visiting jurist at overseas institutions including the University of Akron School of Law in Ohio, Loyola University Law School in Chicago, Northern Illinois University Law School in DeKalb, Illinois, Washburn University School of Law in Topeka, Kansas, and the Nelson Institute for International & Foreign Affairs, James Madison University, Virginia, USA.

United States Senate election in Georgia, 2008

Vernon Jones, Businessman, Dekalb County chief executive officer, former member of Georgia General Assembly

WDEK

92.5 WCPY DeKalb, Illinois (FCC facility ID 15974) — was WDEK until 2008


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