With the building of Faraday II beginning and the news of more added structures on campus, it’s sometimes hard to remember DeKalb has historical areas. That’s where Corn Fest’s historical bus tour comes in.

For the seventh year in a row, the success of Corn Fest’s historical bus tour is expected to continue.

Steve Bigolin, chairman of the City Landmark Commission, which sponsors the tour, said his aim was to show people the more historical sections of DeKalb.

“The tour will be on voluntary action center buses and is free to anyone who wants to attend,” he said. “We will go through the historical areas of DeKalb, looking at the oldest parts on North and South First, Second, Third and Fourth streets.”

Bigolin also said the buses will not only drive extensively through those areas, but brochures will be handed out with 32 illustrations of historical views so that those on the tour may compare how the sights look today to how they used to look.

“The tour will also view the College/Augusta area which began developing with the university in the late 1890s and early 1900s,” Bigolin said.

One of the highlights of the tour will be a trip to Fairview Cemetery, where the gravesites of Issac Ellwood, Joseph Glidden and Jacob Haish, the three inventors of barbed wire, are located.

“It is a very good historical and architectural tour of our city,” Bigolin said.

The tour will be about run five times on Saturday and also on Sunday at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Reservations are still available by calling the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce at 756-6306.