08/31/2026
While digging for a photo, we came across another that caught our eye. This one shows Ritchart Ford-Chrysler on Main Street South in Cambridge.
The building at 2440 Main Street South has seen many cars in its lot over the decades. What started as an expansion to the well-known Jack Roach Ford dealership eventually transitioned into Ritchart and later Hayford Ford. The building is now home to the Isanti County Sheriff's Office.
Note the properties directly east of the structure. The Cambridge Christian School was yet to be built, and if you look closely in the upper-left frame, you can just see a combine harvesting soybeans on what we think may have been the Glenn Nelson property.
The little wetland (Bayview Pond) shown in the treeline is part of a development now.
Things sure have changed!
