'''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,<ref name=chronicle2/> a village originally known as Huntley's Grove.<ref name=chronicle>{{cite news| author=Bigolin, Steve| url=http://www.daily-chronicle.com/articles/2004/04/19/neighbors/neighbors01.txt| title=The Landmarks of Barb City-Part 18A| publisher=Daily Chronicle| date=19 April 2004}}</ref> 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.<ref name=chronicle2>{{cite news| author=Bigolin, Steven| url=http://www.daily-chronicle.com/articles/2006/05/22/neighbors/neighbors01.txt| title=Landmarks of the Barb City: Founders left a permanent park| publisher=Daily Chronicle| date=22 May 2006}}</ref>
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