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==History== [[File:Cambridge Wisconsin Public School and High School NRHP.jpg|thumb|left|Historic [[Cambridge Public School and High School]]]] The settlement of Cambridge dates back to October 15, 1847, when the farmer Joseph Keyes filed plans with the Register of Deeds of Dane County. The first structure in the area was a dam on the northern part of Koshkonong Creek. By the late 1880s, Cambridge had grown into a community of about 700 people with shops, hotels, and a post office. Future inventor [[Ole Evinrude]] lived there. In 1890 a devastating fire broke out, destroying most of the businesses and parts of Main Street.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cambridgehouse.us/cambridge%20history.htm |title=The History of Cambridge - Cambridge House B & B |access-date=August 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721140541/http://www.cambridgehouse.us/cambridge%20history.htm |archive-date=July 21, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The town was rebuilt by 1910, following the fire, and the invention of the automobile ignited tourism. Nearby [[Lake Ripley, Wisconsin|Lake Ripley]] became a destination for many Chicago travelers. During the 1980s and 1990s, Cambridge was touted as the "salt glaze pottery capital of the world" because of the potteries located there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitcambridgewi.com/history.htm |title=Our history|publisher=Village of Cambridge |access-date=April 18, 2018}}</ref> After Cambridge lost much of its pottery draw,{{clarify|date=September 2013}} the village began to draw mountain bikers from southeastern Wisconsin. CamRock County Park offers trails for hiking and cross-country skiing, and a 16-mile mountain bike track.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://parks-lwrd.countyofdane.com/park/CamRock |title=CamRock County Park |publisher= Dane County Land & Water Resources Department |access-date=April 18, 2018}}</ref>
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