The Village of Cambridge will turn 150 years old on 16-Apr-2016. Over the next 8 weeks, these articles will chronicle the “raucous road to incorporation” as Dave Thorton has called it.
This first article describes the village in 1866. Subsequent articles will cover the turmoil, bickering, and distrust that led to the formation of the village.
- Village Turns 150 – Part 01 – 1866
- Village Turns 150 – Part 02 – The Corners
- Village Turns 150 – Part 03 – Churches, Schools, and Stagecoaches
- Village turns 150 – Part 04 – East End Fire, July 1864
- Village turns 150 – Part 05 – Drunkards and Pigs
- Village turns 150 – Part 06 – A Water Company, Fences, and a Bank Heist
- Village turns 150 – Part 07 – A meeting, a vote, and two (?) villages
- Village turns 150 – Part 08 – More meetings
- Village turns 150 – Part 09 – West End Fire, Mar-1866
- Village turns 150 – Part 10 – Village bylaws addressed the major concerns
- Village turns 150 – Part 11 – Fire Department
- Village turns 150 – Part 12 – 1891, a big year; Electricity Comes to Cambridge
- Village turns 150 – Part 13 – 1891, Electricity and Telephone
- Village turns 150 – Part 14 – 1891, Cambridge Fair
- Village turns 150 – Part 15 – 1891, Cambridge Schools, Part 1
- Village turns 150 – Part 16 – 1891, Cambridge Schools, Part 2
- Village turns 150 – Part 17 – 1913, Yellow Brick Road
- Village turns 150 – Part 18 – This and That
- Village turns 150 – Part 19 – More This and That
- Village turns 150 – Part 20 – 1916, Old Home Week
- Village turns 150 – Part 21 – Misc photos
- Village turns 150 – Part 22 – Anniversary Tree