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 sixth year of 1984. 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. 6 No. 1 Harvesting Natural Ice 01/04/1984

Vol. 6 No. 2 Marc W. Cole 01/11/1984

Vol. 6 No. 3 ‘The End of a Family’ 01/18/1984

Vol. 6 No. 4 The Gumaer Family – Another Slant 01/25/1984

Vol. 6 No. 5 Two Poems by Joseph B. Achilles 02/01/1984

Vol. 6 No. 6 The Story of Grace Bedell and Her Letter to Lincoln 02/08/1984

Vol. 6 No. 7 The Murder of Emma Louise Hunt 02/15/1984

Vol. 6 No. 8 Architecture Destroyed pt. 18 The Shattuck Residence 02/22/1984

Vol. 6 No. 9 Architecture Destroyed pt. 19 Stratton-Hanlon Residence 02/29/1984

Vol. 6 No. 10 The Dr. Charles M. Burrows and Dr. A.W. Jackson Residences 03/07/1984

Vol. 6 No. 11 Our WPA Mural 03/14/1984

Vol. 6 No. 12 Gaines Centennial Booklets 03/21/1984

Vol. 6 No. 13 Pioneer Memorial 03/28/1984

Vol. 6 No. 14 The Home of Food Research 04/05/1984

Vol. 6 No. 15 Judge Francis A. Sturges 04/12/1984

Vol. 6 No. 16 Judge Bernard Ryan 04/18/1984

Vol. 6 No. 17 The Rosewood Class 04/25/1984

Vol. 6 No. 18 Architecture Destroyed pt. 21 The Little Red Brick Store 05/02/1984

Vol. 6 No. 19 Historic Gaines 05/10/1984

Vol. 6 No. 20 Dedication Exercises May 20 05/17/1984

Vol. 6 No. 21 Epitaphs 05/23/1984

Vol. 6 No. 22 The Murray Marker 05/31/1984

Vol. 6 No. 23 Crossroads 06/06/1984

Vol. 6 No. 24 On the Erie Canal 06/13/1984

Vol. 6 No. 25 Spectrum to Perform at the Village Inn 06/25/1984

Vol. 6 No. 26 The Maple Crest 06/29/1984

Vol. 6 No. 27 A Balloon Ascension 07/06/1984

Vol. 6 No. 28 The Village Inn 09/16/1984

Vol. 6 No. 29 Architecture Destroyed pt. 22 Eagle Harbor Wesleyan Methodist Church 07/18/1984

Vol. 6 No. 30 The O’Donnell Bros. Lumber Trucks 07/25/1984

Vol. 6 No. 31 Architecture Destroyed pt. 23 Old Fair Grounds Buildings 08/01/1984

Vol. 6 No. 32 Gaines Exhibit Review 08/08/1984

Vol. 6 No. 33 Looking for Ancestors in all the Wrong Places 08/16/1984

Vol. 6 No. 34 Architecture Destroyed pt. 24 Home of A.J. Richards 08/22/1984

Vol. 6 No. 35 Historic Gaines Celebrates 08/30/1984

Vol. 6 No. 36 Robert C. Marsh 09/05/1984

Vol. 6 No. 37 Architecture Destroyed 09/13/1984

Vol. 6 No. 38 Architecture Destroyed pt. 25 Former High School-Medina 09/20/1984

Vol. 6 No. 39 Architecture Destroyed pt. 26 Arcade Block-Bancroft House 09/26/1984

Vol. 6 No. 40 Scrap Drive 10/04/1984

Vol. 6 No. 41 A Miscellany of Odds and Ends 10/15/1984

Vol. 6 No. 42 Architecture Destroyed pt. 27 County Buildings 10/22/1984

Vol. 6 No. 43 Sesquicentennial Cobblestone Church 10/29/1984

Vol. 6 No. 44 Gaines Basin 10/31/1984

Vol. 6 No. 45 Origin of Sheret Post #35 11/08/1984

Vol. 6 No. 46 Sheep 11/14/1984

Vol. 6 No. 47 Clark’s Mills 11/23/1984

Vol. 6 No. 48 ‘Architecture Destroyed in Orleans County, New York’ 11/29/1984

Vol. 6 No. 49 Judge William H. Munson 12/05/1984

Vol. 6 No. 50 Main Street Bridge – Albion 12/13/1984

Vol. 6 No. 51 Architectural Heritage pt. 1 The Presbyterian Manse 12/19/1984

Vol. 6 No. 52 The Seasons Message 12/26/1984