Historical Markers and War Memorials in Cambridge City, Indiana

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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Cambridge City, Indiana

1 ► Indiana, Wayne County, Cambridge City — 1904-1925 "Dinkey" —

A line extended between Cambridge City and Milton with a car going every hour. This car resembled the street cars and was dubbed the "Dinkey". The fee was 5¢. Open cars were run in the summer and closed cars in the winter last run on . . . — — Map (db m228229) HM

2 ► Indiana, Wayne County, Cambridge City — 89.1992.2 — Cambridge City —

A transportation center, platted 1836 along the Whitewater River, the Cumberland/National Road, and the Whitewater Canal route. Four steam railroads served the town; interurban electric railroad opened 1903. Cambridge City Historic District listed . . . — — Map (db m63949) HM

3 ► Indiana, Wayne County, Cambridge City — Cambridge City Veterans Memorial —

Dedicated in memory of those who fought to maintain this nation’s freedom — — Map (db m120306) WM

4 ► Indiana, Wayne County, Cambridge City — General Solomon Meredith —

Union Army General Solomon Meredith 1810-1875 Iron Brigade 6th Wis • 7th Wis • 2nd Wis • 19th Ind • 24th Mich — — Map (db m228232) WM

5 ► Indiana, Wayne County, Cambridge City — Huddleston House — 1839 1940 —

Built by John Huddleston of bricks made on this farm. Located on the old National Road now U.S. Highway 40. The house is typical of the architecture of the period. Pioneers going west in covered wagons found food and shelter here. . . . — — Map (db m152014) HM

6 ► Indiana, Wayne County, Cambridge City — Indian Boundary Line — The Treaty of Fort Wayne — The Twelve Mile Purchase/ The Ten O’Clock Line —

Indian Boundary Line marking the Twelve Mile Purchase from the Indians by the Fort Wayne Treaty in 1809 by Gov. William Henry Harrison Placed by the National Old Trails Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution . . . — — Map (db m120639) HM

7 ► Indiana, Wayne County, Cambridge City — 89.1963.1 — Iron Brigade Commander —

One-quarter mile south of this marker is the home of General Solomon A. Meredith, Iron Brigade Commander at Gettysburg. Born in North Carolina, Meredith was an Indiana political leader and post-war Surveyor-General of Montana Territory. — — Map (db m4122) HM

8 ► Indiana, Wayne County, Cambridge City — Lincoln's Funeral Train —

Lincoln's Funeral Train April 30th 1865 - April 30th 2015 150th Anniversary — — Map (db m228233) HM

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9 ► Indiana, Wayne County, Cambridge City — 89.1992.1 — Overbeck House and Studio —

Indiana's first art pottery, a nationally-recognized product of the American Arts and Crafts Movement, was produced 1911–1955 by the Overbeck sisters. Their 1930s Federal Style house, one block south, was listed in National Register of . . . — — Map (db m265) HM

10 ► Indiana, Wayne County, Cambridge City — 89.2014.1 — Virginia Claypool Meredith — "Queen of American Agriculture" —

As a writer, speaker, stockbreeder, and university professor, Meredith (born 1848) encouraged women to pursue education and careers related to farm life. She inherited Oakland Farm, three blocks south, 1882. Successfully grew business and . . . — — Map (db m120302) HM

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