Historical Markers and War Memorials in Cambridge City, Indiana
Richmond is the county seat for Wayne County
Cambridge City is in Wayne County
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On East Main Street (U.S. 40) at Foote Street, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street.
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
On West Main Street (U.S. 40) at Foote Street, on the left when traveling west on West Main Street.
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
On National Road (U.S. 40), on the left when traveling east.
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
On Old National Road (U.S. 40) at Dale Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Old National Road.
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
On East Main Street (U.S. 40) at South Gay Street, on the left when traveling west on East Main Street.
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
On East Main Street (U.S. 40) at South Pearl Street, on the left when traveling west on East Main Street.
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
On National Road (U.S. 40), on the left when traveling west.
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