Dekalb High School - Kalibre Yearbook (Dekalb, IL)

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BOOKKEEPING AND PHILOSOPHY WERE ADDED TO THE CURRICULUM 1902 A WINTER SCENE AT D. T. I-I. S. . Silvery white and crystal Snow, Rare black lace of things And trees, Black mirrored water with Magic pictures, Winters monotone Symphony. fI'J- '

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G. H. GURl,liR. J. I. KINGSLEY, AND E. F. SH1il-l,AB1iRGER .... CHEMISTRHE THE KISHWAUKEE NEAR OUR SCHOOL O Slowly rippling and slipping Along, Sparkling and gay in The sun, Somher and deep in the Dusky shade, The brook glides away with My song.

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IN 1903 THE ENROLLMENT WAS 170 .... FIRST TEN YEARS GRADUATED QKLTE 'fs -A 2 . JLTVE- .- -- 'J O u R TO w N X There has been much progress made in E DeKalb since the early days when the Porta- - watomie Indians roamed along the east bank of the Kishwaukee across Pershing Park. X On the college campus to the west is a marker erected by the DeKalb Historical Society. This marks one of the early trails formerly used by the well beloved friend of ,- 5 the pioneer, Chief Shabbona. For many years, Kapos, a famous Porta- watomie chief, counselled with his followers on the North First Street road at Coltonville. Here too, the trio of famed Americans, Abra- ham Lincoln, Zachary Taylor, Jefferson Davis, flater presidentsj , General Albert Sidney John- ston, and General Robert Anderson discussed war plans. Our town was originally begun two miles north of here, on the First Street road at Col- tonville by the pioneers, John Collins and Ss Norman Moore, in the spring of 1835. There X--X 69 were a number of papooses found suspended from the branches of trees. It was in this year, NZ- too, that the United States troops acted as escorts to the redmen. J7- It was fortunate for this city that Rufus Colton and Phineas Stevens, both men of property, should locate here, for it is to their credit that a store, blacksmith shop and a post office soon appeared. Rufus Colton built a hostelry, the most pre- tentious building in the entire country, for many years. A number of settlers decided that a site two miles south of here would be preferable to this one and so began our home town. It was then called Buena Vista, in honor of one of the most important battles of the Mexican war, which at that time was very vivid in the memory of each inhabitant. The first school house was built in 1850. A new arrival in 1851 would have found a population of less than a score and ten. Some of the places of business which began to appear were a log hotel built by Joseph Glidden, and a tailor shop by John Jones. One of the early law advisers was Elias G. Gilbert. Because of their great desire to have the Northwestern railroad come through the town, many people gave splendid donations to the road as well as the right of way. Early in the town,s progress the inhabitants in 1853 built a second school house where the Congre- gational Church now stands. DE KALB WAS ORGANIZED IN 1850 AS A TOWNSHIP .... DE KALB TOWNSHIP WAS