A history of Cuba,
since 1822
Postcards, papers and photographs of Cuba from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Town of Cuba was formed in 1822 from part of the town of Friendship. In 1830, Cuba was reduced by the formation of the town of Genesee. In 1835, Cuba was partitioned again to form the town of Clarksville.
Formerly known as Township 3 Range 2 of the Holland Land Purchase, the settlement of Cuba began in 1817, and the town was separated in 1822, and a village incorporated in 1850. Between 1810 and the late 1820s the place saw a boom in both settlement and population as many of the town's first businesses, churches and schools were established.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Cuba’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewLake Cuba, 1908: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Cuba
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Cuba, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Lake Cuba (1908) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.