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)
1905 CHS Class Brightest Ever?
Reported to have been the brightest class ever to have graduated from the Cambridge Union School. The class had an average over 90 per cent for 4 years. Top row: …
Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)
The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a large multi-faceted organization (fraternal lodge, charitable society, special interest lobby, patriotic group, and political club) founded in 1866 by Union Army …
1922 Mary McClellan School of Nursing Catalogue
Mary Ann McMorris Bassett, CCS Class of 1962, let me borrow her copy of this catalogue so I could make a copy for my website. The School of Nursing at …
2020 Cambridge Firefighters
At the village elections on Wednesday March 18, 2020 residents were to be asked to approve a 25-year $3.7M bond issue to build a new firehouse on Gilbert Street (Route …
Mark Twain Visits Cambridge, 1870
Lecture series were a major form of entertainment in the late 1800s. The photo shows Ackley Hall on the south side of West Main Street where Samuel L. Clemens (better …
CHS Heritage Weekend 2005 – Rice Seed Fountain Dedication
In Sep-2005 the Cambridge Historical Society hosted three descendants of the McClellan family and one of the Rice family. The McClellan family members help dedicate the Mary McClellan room on …
2020 Photos of Homes
I spent the pandemic months riding my bicycle around the village taking a photo of every house. Click on a red dot to view the houses in that section of …