Think the European settlers were the first to discover this beautiful area? Maybe the Mohicans or Iroquois? Oh, no. This place we call home—it goes waaayyy back. 

From the Cambridge Band to the World's biggest stage. Go ahead and Google Camille Saint-Saens, then consider how big you'd have to be for Camille to dedicate a composition to you. A giant? Heck, yeah.

". . . Charles J. Gateau shall be hanged by the neck . . . until he be dead . . . " Never heard of Guiteau? How about Lee Harvey Oswald? John Wilkes Booth? A Cambridge man takes center stage.

Civil War Surgeon? Poet-Pal with Walt Whitman? Landscape designer for PT Barnum? Oh yes, and this Cambridge native did much more to shape and sculpt his amazing contributions. 

Did you know our area can brag about a Major League Baseball pitcher? This one was coached by a Hall-of-Famer and umpired by an ump immortalized in a Norman Rockwell painting that hangs in Cooperstown. And our pitcher put his promising career on the back burner to serve his country.

Who gets to move the body of Ponce de Leon, famous explorer and conquistador? Not you or me. But, one Cambridge native did just that—and did it in broad daylight!

Did you know that Susan B. Anthony was NOT the only big-time suffragist from the Cambridge area? When you hear how Anna made a huge impact on her state and her nation, you'll want to "Clapp" Your Hands for the Boss Lady!

Portland, Oregon prides itself on being "weird". One Cambridge, NY native turned out to be a colossal failure, a complete loser . . . when it came to keeping Portland weird. He's also why so many Portland places are named "Cambridge".

Big-time spies right here in Cambridge? Oh yes! Learn about "Crusader" and his Ashgrove spy-buddies, about wealth-from-guano-Ivar, about elite-racehorse-breeder and fortune-heiress-Josephine, and about their pal Ian who made the spy game world-famous.

This is the first of two Brag-on-Cambridge stories that feature a scene at the 1893 World's Fair. How about a big-time lawyer, a national college baseball champion, a national college football champion, and a successful Army-West Point head football coach? And yes, it's all one bragworthy, Cambridge-born person.