Retired Orleans County Historian C. W. “Bill” Lattin produced weekly articles from 1979-2014, entitled, Bethinking of Old Orleans. These articles featured a treasure-trove of historical information about Orleans County since its inception to modern times. This page contains all articles written in during the second year, 1980. Special thanks to historian Frank Berger for clipping these articles from various local newspapers. We hope you enjoy reading and researching through this great resource.

Vol. 2 No. 1 Colonial Architecture Styles 01/02/1980

Vol. 2 No. 2 Silver Fox Farming 01/10/1980

Vol. 2 No. 3 Albion American Legion 01/17/1980

Vol. 2 No. 4 Ward Foster Travel Agency 01/23/1980

Vol. 2 No. 5 Claudius Jones Mouse Trap 02/1/1980

Vol. 2 No. 6 Orleans Newspaper History 02/06/1980

Vol. 2 No. 7 St Jacobs Evangelical Lutheran Church 02.14/1980

Vol. 2 No. 8 Mary E. Taylor’s Washington Portrait 02/20/1980

Vol. 2 No. 9 Hon. Sanford E. Church Portrait 02/27/1980

Vol. 2 No. 10 Tarbox Six-Sided House 03/05/1980

Vol. 2 No. 11 $86 Funeral 03/17/1980

Vol. 2 No. 12 Mrs. Brodie and Mrs. Blake PTA 03/20/1980

Vol. 2 No. 13 Barre Grangers Patrons of Husbandry 04/01/1980

Vol. 2 No. 14 Ecumenicity at Easter 04/02/1980

Vol. 2 No. 15 Muggs, the Celebrity Gentleman Boxer 04/09/1980

Vol. 2 No. 16 Flower Snippets from Washinigton DC 04/16/1980

Vol. 2 No. 17 Unique Tree on Ridge Road 04/23/1980

Vol. 2 No. 18 Orleans County’s First Museum 04/30/1980

Vol. 2 No. 19 The Beatles 05/08/1980

Vol. 2 No. 20 Burt A. Griswold 05/16/1980

Vol. 2 No. 21 History Repeats, A Parade 05/27/1980

Vol. 2 No. 22 Farmers Hall 05/30/1980

Vol. 2 No. 23 The Cobblestone Society 06/06/1980

Vol. 2 No. 24 Business and Professional Women’s Club of Albion 06/13/1980

Vol. 2 No. 25 H.R.H Queen Victoria 06/18/1980

Vol. 2 No. 26 First Presbyterian Church Steeple 06/25/1980

Vol. 2 No. 27 The American Legion 07/03/1980

Vol. 2 No. 28 Orson Nichoson 07/09/1980

Vol. 2 No. 29 Oak Orchard Harbor 07/18/1980

Vol. 2 No. 30 Quarry Explosion 07/23/1980

Vol. 2 No. 31 4-H Fairgrounds Log Cabin 07/30/1980

Vol. 2 No. 32 Two Bridges Covered Bridge 08/11/1980

Vol. 2 No. 33 The Bridge’s New Bridge 08/14/1980

Vol. 2 No. 34 A Signature Quilt 08/22/1980

Vol. 2 No. 35 Kenyonville Covered Bridge 08/29/1980

Vol. 2 No. 36 Waterport’s Old High Bridge 09/04/1980

Vol. 2 No. 37 Christ Church Organ 09/10/1980

Vol. 2 No. 38 Cassius M.C. Reynolds 09/18/1980

Vol. 2 No. 39 A Collapse 09/18/1980

Vol. 2 No. 40 Frank W. Mallison 10/01/1980

Vol. 2 No. 41 Cobblestone Society 20th Anniversary 10/10/1980

Vol. 2 No. 42 Arnold Gregory Memorial Hospital pt. 1 10/16/1980

Vol. 2 No. 43 Arnold Gregory Memorial Hospital pt. 2 10/22/1980

Vol. 2 No. 44 Arnold Gregory Memorial Hospital pt. 3 10/31/1980

Vol. 2 No. 45 Charles Newton Hood 11/05/1980

Vol. 2 No. 46 Farmstead of Stephen Hallock 11/12/1980

Vol. 2 No. 47 Peter B. West 11/19/1980

Vol. 2 No. 48 Albion Methodist Church 11/28/1980

Vol. 2 No. 49 Medina’s Bancroft House 12/03/1980

Vol. 2 No. 50 Growers Cold Storage INC. 12/11/1980

Vol. 2 No. 51 The Lone Star Inn 12/18/1980

Vol. 2 No. 52 Charles W. Howard 12/23/1980

Vol. 2 No. 53 Passenger Pigeon Extinction 12/30/1980