Grain Elevator 225 of 365 (4)
Located near the center of Dekalb County on Elva Road is the tiny village of Elva. The land that Elva was built on was owned by Joseph F. Glidden, inventor of barbed wire, and the town was named for his daughter Elva Glidden Bush. It was founded after the Northern Illinois Railroad was built. The most noticeable feature of Elva today is what looks like an early grain elevator along the railroad tracks. It's consists of nine tile silos stacked side by side with a barn on top. There is another another building on the property that looks like a train station that early residents probably used to take the train to nearby Dekalb.
Grain Elevator 225 of 365 (4)
Located near the center of Dekalb County on Elva Road is the tiny village of Elva. The land that Elva was built on was owned by Joseph F. Glidden, inventor of barbed wire, and the town was named for his daughter Elva Glidden Bush. It was founded after the Northern Illinois Railroad was built. The most noticeable feature of Elva today is what looks like an early grain elevator along the railroad tracks. It's consists of nine tile silos stacked side by side with a barn on top. There is another another building on the property that looks like a train station that early residents probably used to take the train to nearby Dekalb.