Cambridge, Iowa: The First 150 Years - Additions and Corrections

Our first book, published during Cambridge's Sesquicentennial in 2006, Cambridge, Iowa: The First 150 Years has continued to be so popular that we are almost out of copies.  As we look at reprinting it, this seemed like a good time to include corrections and possibly additions.  The community has provided a number of both from reading the first edition.  Florence Wheeler collected many of these comments and we have started an online page with them.  These can be seen at this page.

Please add your additions and corrections as comments below or let members of the Cambridge Historical Association know and we will add them to the record.

Cambridge Historical Association Meeting - Tuesday October 19, 2010

The next meeting of the Cambridge Historical Association will be Tuesday, October 19, 2010.  Join us at 7 p.m. at 504 3rd Street.  (the old Masonic Lodge) and learn more about Cambridge, Iowa and its people.  Contact information:  515-220-HISTORY (515-220-4478) has an answering machine or you can email us at cha@huxcomm.net.  For further information, see our website at cha-notes.blogspot.com.

Cambridge Fall Fest - October 16, 2010

The Cambridge Jubilee Committee is sponsoring the Cambridge Fall Fest at the Community Center on Saturday, October 16, 2010 beginning at 5 p.m..  Support the Jubilee Committee and have a great time!

Sources for Flood Conditions Updates

With the heavy rainfalls throughout Story County, you may want to check some of these sources for flood conditions updates.

• Story County Home Page has links to maps showing road closures.
• Story County Facebook Page lists road re-openings on a frequent basis.
• Story County Receives Presidential Disaster Declaration ( August 15 and update added 8/15) - this page has information and links on how to apply as well as links suggesting how to clean up.
• Iowa State University Extension Service has some flood clean-up resources available. (added 8/16)

As we receive more links we will add them.

Cambridge Happenings - An Experiment

Some of the items we include on our website are announcements of local events.  Our most recent examples are the Cambridge Fire Department Open House and their raffle.

As an experimental way to provide more of these notices, we have begun to place them on their own site - Cambridge Happenings.  Its address is:  cambridge.posterous.com.  Thus far we have the Cambridge Fire Department Open House, the Cambridge Fire Department Raffle, the Methodist Vacation Bible School, and the Cambridge Library Summer Reading Program.

We still will include some events here (and maybe there as well).  The meetings and other events of the Cambridge Historical Association will definitely be here, as will Cambridge Jubilee Days notices and coverage.

Please let us know what you think.  You can leave comments on this site (see below) or at Cambridge Happenings.  And if you have an upcoming local event we may have missed, please let us know about it.

Cambridge Fire and Rescue Open House - July 31, 2010

The Cambridge, Iowa Fire and Rescue Department is having an Open House on Saturday, July 31, 2010 from 4 to 8 pm including a BBQ dinner.  Also see their raffle prizes!

See the pictures for more details.  (Click on the pictures and click them again for a larger poster.)

Flag Disposal Ceremony at Jubilee Days

The American Legion Post 233 of Cambridge, Iowa conducted a flag disposal ceremony so that people could properly dispose of their tattered United States flags.  This slideshow has photos from the June 12, 2010 ceremony during Jubilee Days. The color guard provided a gunfire salute followed by Taps played by two buglers.

Thank you to the Post for this service.

American Legion Flag Disposal

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