Marking DeKalb County's First Permanent Settlement in 1917

From the December 20, 2017, MidWeek  "Looking Back."

1917, 100 Years Ago.

"'Site of the first permanent settlement in DeKalb County (Illinois) by John S. Sebree, 1834, erected by D.A.R. and DeKalb County, 1917, 182 feet west.' This inscription has been carved on a block of red St. Cloud granite which was set up this Tuesday on the site designated, which is in the highway just south of the C.B. & Q railroad track, running north and south about one-half mile west of Hinckley.

"The marker weighs 3,000 pounds.  A proper deed will be obtained assuring the permanency of the monument."

History Even Back In History.  --Cooter