Below are a few recent photos of the Haish monument, taken on Sept. 21, 2017 by Jessi LaRue. The Haish monument, where barbed wire baron Ja...

The Haish Library, in Altgeld Hall, as pictured in the 1900 edition of the "Norther," the school yearbook.  In 1895, Jacob Hai...

The below article was published in the Sept. 18, 1916, edition of the Sycamore True Republican, as provided by the Joiner History Room: HA...

The below advertisement, courtesy of Northern Illinois University Archives, boasts Jacob Haish's "S" barb steel wire as "...

The below article was published in the March 9, 1922, edition of the DeKalb Daily Chronicle. Although Jacob Haish looked forward to his 100t...