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 Third year, 1981. 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. 3 No. 1 The Extraordinary Ordinary 01/08/1981

Vol. 3 No. 2 Early County History Pt. 1 01/15/1981

Vol. 3 No. 3 Early County History Pt. 2 01/23/1981

Vol. 3 No. 4 Early County History Pt. 3 01/29/1981

Vol. 3 No. 5 Early County History Pt. 4 02/04/1981

Vol. 3 No. 6 Early County History Pt. 5 02/12/1981

Vol. 3 No. 7 Early County History Pt. 6 02/19/1981

Vol. 3 No. 8 Old Reconnoiter 02/27/1981

Vol. 3 No. 9 Dye Hose Company of Albion 03/04/1981

Vol. 3 No. 10 William V. N. Barlow 03/12/1981

Vol. 3 No. 11 The Orleans County Courthouse 03/19/1981

Vol. 3 No. 12 County Clerk and Surrogate Office 03/26/1981

Vol. 3 No. 13 Orleans County Jail 04/02/1981

Vol. 3 No. 14 Orleans County House and Hospital 04/10/1981

Vol. 3 No. 15 Miss Lillian A. Achilles 04/16/1981

Vol. 3 No. 16 Henry L. Porter 04/23/1981

Vol. 3 No. 17 Hon. E. Kirke Hart 04/30/1981

Vol. 3 No. 18 Recollecting our Roots 05/08/1981

Vol. 3 No. 19 Mr. Chauncy Olcott 05/14/1981

Vol. 3 No. 20 Jacob Landauer 05/21/1981

Vol. 3 No. 21 Causes of Dependence 05/27/1981

Vol. 3 No. 22 Frank H. Cushing 06/04/1981

Vol. 3 No. 23 A Dedication 06/10/1981

Vol. 3 No. 24 Dr. William O. Burbank 06/18/1981

Vol. 3 No. 25 Lyndonville Remembers 06/24/1981

Vol. 3 No. 26 Robert G. Ingersoll 07/01/1981

Vol. 3 No. 27 Some Doings of the 19th Century 07/09/1981

Vol. 3 No. 28 Dr. J. A. Hartman 07/15/1981

Vol. 3 No. 29 Ye Olde Country Store 07/22/1981

Vol. 3 No. 30 A Fair Time Reminiscence 07/19/1981

Vol. 3 No. 31 Landauer’s Store 08/07/1981

Vol. 3 No. 32 Dr. Benjamin Howes 08/13/1931

Vol. 3 No. 33 A Much Married Man 08/19/1981

Vol. 3 No. 34 Roosevelt Unveiled Gaines Marker 08/27/1981

Vol. 3 No. 35 The Great Clarendon Fire of 1892 09/02/1981

Vol. 3 No. 36 American Red Cross Centennial 09/10/1981

Vol. 3 No. 37 The Day William Jennings Bryan Came to Knowlesville 09/23/1981

Vol. 3 No. 38 Special Double Feature 09/24/1981

Vol. 3 No. 39 Feelin’ Free FIshin’ 10/01/1981

Vol. 3 No. 40 Rt. Rev. Monsignor Francis Sullivan 10/09/1981

Vol. 3 No. 41 Some Apple Tree Stories 10/14/1981

Vol. 3 No. 42 Lemuel Cook at Yorktown 10/22/1981

Vol. 3 No. 43 Herbet T. Reed 10/29/1981

Vol. 3 No. 44 Schuyler Hazard 11/05/1981

Vol. 3 No. 45 Tricky Techniques 11/11/1981

Vol. 3 No. 46 Medina Sandstone 11/18/1981

Vol. 3 No. 47 Some Happenings During the 19th Century 12/10/1981

Vol. 3 No. 48 Judge Isaac S. Signor 12/02/1981

Vol. 3 No. 49 William J. Curtis 12/14/1981

Vol. 3 No. 50 Santa Claus Charles W. Howard pt. 1 12/16/1981

Vol. 3 No. 51 Santa Claus Charles W. Howard pt. 2 12/24/1981

Vol. 3 No. 52 1981 Complete and ‘Everything is Copacetic’ 12/30/1981