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The North Grove School grew from a Sunday school until it joined the DeKalb County school system in the early days of the County, around 1980. Photo credits courtesy of: Joiner History Room Regional History Center North Grove School Association Academic sources: https://www.northgroveschool.org/

This historic Wesleyan Methodist Church was also a location where escaped slaves were secretly given a route to freedom. Photo credits courtesy of: Ryne James [map design] Joiner History Room Academic sources: Nancy M. Beasley, The Underground Railroad in DeKalb County, Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers, 2013 Past and Present of DeKalb County, Vol. I, 155

A marker placed for Almon Parke to commemorate his contributions to agriculture. Photo credits courtesy of: Joiner History Room [information and images] DAAHA Archival Collection

The history of the town of Fairdale, and the devastation and impact caused by the tornado which touched ground there in the early 20th century. Photo credits courtesy of: Joiner History Room Bob Myers

The long-standing Pacific House Hotel is thought to be one of the oldest and most historic buildings in the area. Photo credits courtesy of: Joiner History Room Bob Myers Academic Academic sources:s:: Jon McGinty, The Stagecoach Era, Northwest Quarterly, Summer/Fall 2016 Matile, Roger. By Trace and Trail: the Stagecoach Era in Northern Illinois. Oswego, Illinois: Little White School Museum Press, 2010

Carlos Lattin and his family were early settlers in the rich farmlands which are known today as DeKalb County. Photo credits courtesy of: Joiner History Room Ryne James [map design] Bob Myers Academic sources: Portrait and Biographical Album of DeKalb County, Illinois, Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

A home belonging to a local Deacon also served as a spot where a route to freedom was provided to people escaping slavery and Southern tyranny in the 1800's. Photo credits courtesy of: Ryne James [map design] Joiner History Room Bob Myers Academic sources: -Nancy M. Beasley, The Underground Railroad in DeKalb County, Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers, 2013 -From Oxen To Jets, a History of DeKalb County 1835-1963, 1963. Harriet Wilson Davy ed., Dixon, IL: Rogers Printing Company http://illinoisundergroundrailroad.net for more information about the Underground Railroad in Illinois

A segment of the first American trans-continental highway was located in DeKalb County, to demonstrate the difference between paved and gravel roads. Photo credits courtesy of: Library of Congress Joiner History Room Bob Myers Academic sources -https://www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org/ https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/lincoln.cfm https://blogs.loc.gov/maps/2018/02/1920s-road-trip-the-lincoln-highway-in-strip-maps/ Eisenhower Archives