The United States Constitution is one of the greatest political documents in human history. Did you know that events near here and one particularly angry, sort-of-hermit-who-ended-up-in-our-local-hills-guy was a key figure in bringing about that famous document? Come take a fun “audio-hike” in our hills and let's explore a bit of American history. 

The "Shot Heard 'Round the World" was not fired in Cambridge, New York. But for sixty years, the pistol believed to have fired that world-famous shot was kept, yes indeed, right here in Cambridge. 

The world would be different if not for the American Revolution, and the Revolution if not for Saratoga, and Saratoga if not for Bennington, and Bennington if not for . . . why yes, a man from Cambridge. Too much of a stretch to say all that? Maybe not.

There are few guiding-principles documents that endure for centuries. E.g., the Magna Carta, the U.S. Constitution, and the Art of War by Sun Tzu. Did you know one such enduring document springs from this very area? It's still in use today, and it helps keep us safe.

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!