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Fire! Kingston School Destroyed

$16 member/$18 non-member

(presently out of inventory)

This book is a history account of the Kingston School from 1896-1954, including the fire that razed the building.

Kirkland: Then and Now

$15 member/$17 non-member

This book is a historical account of the founding of the village of Kirkland from 1842-2007.

Cups: blue with museum outline

$.60 member/$1.00 non-member

Atlas 1871-1892-1905-1929

This book is a reproduction of 1871, 1892, 1905, and 1929 Plats of DeKalb County.

Genoa and Kingston

$19 member/$21 non-member

This book is a pictorial account of Genoa-Kingston from 1835-2010.

Genoa Blue Books

        $6 member/$8 non-member     

 This book is a combination of stories from Genoa residents, historical references, pictures, and maps from 1836-1936.

Tie Tack with Museum Silhouette

$2.50 member/$3.50 non-member

DeKalb County Cemeteries/Genoa Township

$11 member /$13 non-member

(Presently out of inventory)

This book is a listing of grave cites for Ney cemetery, Genoa cemetery, and St. Catherine's cemetery up to 1990 with an index and map for each cemetery.

Mark of Shabbona

$7member /$9 non-member

This book is the history of the Shabbona Native Americans in the 1790-2009.

     Hybrid Corn and Purebred People

Volume II

This book is Barry Schrader's favorite newspaper columns beginning in 2010-2015, which he enjoyed writing about DeKalb County.

$23 member/$25 non-member

Woodstock & Sycamore Traction Company

$15 member/$17 non-member

(Presently out of inventory)


This book is the history of the train that extended from Marengo to Sycamore from 1910-1918.

Journey Through DeKalb County

Volumes 1,2,3 @$6/8

Set of 3 $15 member /$17 non-member

This book was published in 2001, population of 65 historical articles of communities in DeKalb County.

Set of 5 Railroad Post Cards: (1) McKeen car on trestle

5 for $3.50 member/$5 non-member

Railroad Post Cards: (2) McKeen Engine 711


Acres of Change

This book is a summary of Agriculture, Arts and Entertainment, Education, Government, Industry, Law, Libraries, Media, Medical, Religion, Service Organizations, and Townships and Municipalities between 1963-2012.

$38 member/$41 non-member

Woodstock to Sycamore McKeen car in front of Pacific Hotel (3)


Milwaukee tracks between abutments for Woodstock to Sycamore Traction Rail Road (4)

McKeen Engine going under the 

Illinois Central tracks by Washington St. (5)

Genoa Post Cards: (1) Genoa 1926-27

(limited # left

of this post card)

Genoa Post Cards: (2) Slater&Douglass Drugstore




Genoa Post Cards: (3) Pacific Hotel


Genoa Post Cards: (4) Eureka Hotel

Railroad Post Cards: (5) Milwaukee Depot

Genoa Post Cards: (6) Children in Genoa

First Automobile in Genoa, 

Cadillac by Mr. Wylde (7)

Railroad Post Cards: (8) McKeen Car 1913

(limited # left

of this post card)

Main St. Genoa (9)

 before the rails, 1899

Early Main Street (10)

  North side beginning with 200 block

(limited # left

of this post card)

10 Note Cards with envelopes

Numbers 8, 5, 7, 3 from above Post Cards

5 1/2" x 4 1/4 "

$6.50 member/$8.00 non-member

Sweatshirt with KVHS under

picture of the Illinois Central's Land O' Corn

Special train

90% warm cotton

members $20/non-members $25

add $2.00 for (2)2X Large; and (1) Medium left

Christmas Ornament

 Museum silhouette

.60 member/$1.00 non-member

Order by calling 815-784-5559 or email order to KVHSmuseum@gmail.com

Genoa Township Pioneer Families

Beginning in 1835

Published in 1985

$6 member/$8 non-member

Pioneer Day 2018

Illinois 200th Anniversary

(1) 2XL, (4) XL, (1) L, (1)S, and left

 (2) Medium

$5 member/$6 non-member

Pioneer Day Cookbook

Collection of recipes used in the "early days"

$5 for members and non-members

Shopping Bag

(more brown than the picture indicates)

 (11" x 5 1/2" x 3")

$5 member/ $6 non-member

(one left)

342 pages of the tax payers in DeKalb County in 1876; Indexed with names... another 95 pages.

$30 Member/$40 non-members

Prairie farmer Reliable Directory

of Farm and Breeders 

DeKalb County Illinois

$20 members/$25 non-members

Five-Mile Spur Line:

 A Railroad History of Sycamore, Illinois

$10 member/$15 non-member

207 pages with index