Great Cambridge Fair 1890-1943
In the 1970’s Bob Raymond, Carleton Foster and Kerry McKernon put together a narrated slide show of the history of the Great Cambridge Fair. Ken Gottry converted the show to …
THE WHEELBARROW BET, 1954
Mayor Charles Ackley and the Rev Jack Wells made an agreement that, if the NY Giants beat the Brooklyn Dodgers, they would push Ray Luke across Main Street in a …
CAMBRIDGE DISTRICT, THE EARLY YEARS
As we approach the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, I thought I’d talk about the beginning of the Cambridge District (today the towns of Jackson, White Creek, and …
CONTENT FARM
Content Farm was owned by the Law family (not sure if they built it), I think as far back as “Strong Oak” Law (I think I got nickname right) Around …
Old Stillwell Mansion is Cambridge landmark
(reprinted from Washington County Post article 23-Jan-1975 by J. Geoffrey Jones) The old Stillwell mansion, construction of which was begun during the American Revolution and completed in 1792, is a …
Poultry farms
Someone asked me last week if there had been any poultry farms in the area besides Brede Pederson’s turkey farm. Off the top of my head, I came up with …
Nellie Rice, a wonderful teacher for 50 years
My generation had teachers like Ruth Weir and Olive Theissen. My mother’s generation had teachers like Nellie Rice, Olive Wright Noteman, and Janey Coulter. Nellie’s first school was District School …
Coila Road Moved in 1934
As you head west on NY372 toward Coila, by Tannery Pond, by the turn onto Center Cambridge Road, by the old Cristaldi house, you can look to the right down …
Some Lake Lauderdale History
The Northern Turnpike was built in 1799 from Lansingburgh to Granville. The Turnpike Road from Eagle Bridge to Cambridge was part of it. From Cambridge to Salem the Northern Turnpike …
Asgrow-Mandeville Employees, 1976
Bicentennial photo on the front steps of Rice Seed House (click image to enlarge)