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 …
Pistol that fired the Shot Heard Round the World
The Pitcairn Pistols, the ones that fired the Shot Heard Round the World to start the American Revolution, were once the possession of John Pope Putnam who lived on South …
Horatio Stone (1808-1875)
Born in Jackson, Horatio was a renowned sculptor with 6 or his works on permanent display at the US Capitol in DC. But we don’t have to go that far …
Cambridge Movie Theater
The building across from the post office (A&M Printers in 2024) started as the Congregational Church. In 1872, a splinter group of the United Presbyterians disagreed with the construction of …
Early Telephone in Cambridge
Early Cambridge telephones were leased in pairs and communication was only possible between the two instruments of the same pair (think of two tin cans connected with string). If you …