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 Thirtieth year of 2008. 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. 30 No. 1 Reflection – Seeing the Need 01/03/2008
Vol. 30 No. 2 ‘Its Hard To Be Poor’ in 1919 01/10/2008
Vol. 30 No. 3 Town Pump 01/17/2008
Vol. 30 No. 4 The Trolley Took A Turn 01/24/2008
Vol. 30 No. 5 An Interview with Daniel W. Hanley 01/31/2008
Vol. 30 No. 6 Spring Ice 02/11/2008
Vol. 30 No. 7 Cold Weather 02/14/2008
Vol. 30 No. 8 Eagle Harbor Schools 02/21/2008
Vol. 30 No. 9 Busy Road 03/06/2008
Vol. 30 No. 10 Designs for Death 02/28/2008
Vol. 30 No. 11 New Beds at Hospital 03/13/2008
Vol. 30 No. 12 Western House of Refuge 03/20/2008
Vol. 30 No. 13 Heating Stoves 03/27/2008
Vol. 30 No. 14 A Governor is Removed 04/03/2008
Vol. 30 No. 15 Myra Cook Gordon 04/10/2008
Vol. 30 No. 16 Emma E. Swan 04/17/2008
Vol. 30 No. 17 George Kuck, Founder of Kuckville 04/24/2008
Vol. 30 No. 18 Early Photo 05/01/2008
Vol. 30 No. 19 Albion Establishes Union Free School 05/08/2008
Vol. 30 No. 20 ‘Launched in Life’ About Birds, Weddings 05/15/2008
Vol. 30 No. 21 A Story in Preservation 05/22/2008
Vol. 30 No. 22 Kuckville Bridge was Abandoned in the Early 1930s 05/29/2008
Vol. 30 No. 23 Historic Markers Reveal Orleans’ Past 06/05/2008
Vol. 30 No. 24 Abandoned Terminology 06/12/2008
Vol. 30 No. 25 Quarrying Brought Growth to Murray 06/19/2008
Vol. 30 No. 25 Wedded A Second Time 06/28/2008
Vol. 30 No. 26 Tinsmithing 06/26/2008
Vol. 30 No. 27 And A Grand Old Time was Had By All 07/03/2008
Vol. 30 No. 28 First Electric Power 07/10/2008
Vol. 30 No. 29 The Rev. Dr. Charles H. Fluhrer 07/17/2008
Vol. 30 No. 30 Hardie was Newsman, Community Supporter 07/24/2008
Vol. 30 No. 31 Jeddo Chapel Shows a History from the Past 07/31/2008
Vol. 30 No. 32 John H. Stevens 08/07/2008
Vol. 30 No. 33 Launched in Life 08/14/2008
Vol. 30 No. 34 Wilbur saw mill a great success 08/21/2008
Vol. 30 No. 36 Father Sone Publishers of the Orleans American Newspaper 09/04/2008
Vol. 30 No. 37 Judge Edwin R. Reynolds 09/11/2008
Vol. 30 No. 38 Thompson Active in Community 09/18/2008
Vol. 30 No. 39 Rural Remedies 09/25/2008
Vol. 30 No. 40 Lime Kilns and Lime Mortar 10/02/2008
Vol. 30 No. 41 Drive Barn Appeared in Late 1800s 10/09/2008
Vol. 30 No. 42 William Glidden’s Story 10/16/2008
Vol. 30 No. 43 Kenyonville Covered Bridge 10/23/2008
Vol. 30 No. 44 Old Church Bell 10/20/2008
Vol. 30 No. 45 Lafayette H. Beach 11/06/2008
Vol. 30 No. 46 Apple Harvest 1905 11/13/2008
Vol. 30 No. 47 Henry L. Porter 11/20/2008
Vol. 30 No. 48 The Murder of Emma Louise Hunt 11/27/2008
Vol. 30 No. 49 Launched in Life 12/04/2008
Vol. 30 No. 50 Gaines Bicentennial Calendar 12/11/2008