1849 Gazetteer
This excerpt from 1849 Gazetteer on Washington County covers Cambridge, Jackson, and White Creek Click on the link below to read it online, or click downlaod
Cambridge_Historic_District
As part of the Bicentennial celebration, Cambridge submitted an application to have a portion of the village added to the National Register. It was accepted in 1978 In general, the …
1950, Building the New School
Lt John Fisher, USNR, a native of Cambridge, sent a letter to the CCS BOE on 18-Jan-1945. He offered the services of his architectural firm Hampton & Fisher. He presented …
Paula Griffith, one of the oldest people in the U.S
Paula’s someone I remember from my youth, the mother of my classmate Nancy. But I didn’t realize that Paula’s one of 50 in America to reach 111. Wow. Griffith is …
CCS Class of 1948 Remembers
The following article was originally printed in the Washington County Post on August 11, 1955. Class of 1948 Has Reunion Recently at Brick Hotel Twenty-one Members Attend – Enjoy Steak …
CCS Virtual Tour, 2009
In 2009 I took a tour of CCS on a Saturday morning when no students were present. A lot has changed since then, but if you haven’t had a chance …
Company Announces Store Closings and Job Layoffs
OK, the company is Montgomery Ward and the year is 1985 but otherwise this sounds like something you’d read today Montgomery Ward was closing stores because of a new technology. No, …
Twin Tragedy, CCS Pine Trees
The twin pine trees on the CCS athletic fields were a feeling of pride. Then, in 1973 and 1976 vandals cut down the trees. Saturday evening 17-Nov-1973 the first of …
Yellow Brick Road, still there
The yellow brick road was installed in 1913 and paved over in the 1960s. When Mother Nature rips off some of the outer layer you can still see our history.
Freight Yard Restoration, 2007
(aka Hubbard Hall campus) Restored in 2007 by the Cambridge Partnership … thank you, thank you! As a kid we used to build forts using the bags of grain in …