The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Cascade Township was formed from parts of Hepburn and Plunketts Creek townships on August 9, 1843. It is named for the series of waterfalls or cascades that are abundant in the many mountain streams of Cascade Township.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cascade’s history is told.
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Cascade, decade by decade
Before
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No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
Nothing in Cascade is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Cascade has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Bridge in Lewis Township in Lewis, 5.6 miles away.
Cascade and the nearest listed places
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How a place gets listed
1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Bridge in Lewis Township’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Cascade?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Cascade’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old placeNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.