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 thirty-sixth year of 2014. 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. 36 No. 1 Morton Since 1894 12/27/2014

Vol. 36 No. 2 William B. Dye 01/03/2014

Vol. 36 No. 3 Calling the Market 01/10/2014

Vol. 36 No. 4 Seeing Lincoln by Ziba Roberts Jr. 01/17/2014

Vol. 36 No. 5 Advertising Symbols 01/24/2014

Vol. 36 No. 6 John G. Sawyer 01/31/2014

Vol. 36 No. 7 Reminiscences 02/07/2014

Vol. 36 No. 8 Judge Bernard Ryan 02/14/2014

Vol. 36 No. 9 Thomas A. Kirby 02/21/2014

Vol. 36 No. 10 S.A. Cook’s Cottage 02/28/2014

Vol. 36 No. 11 Dr. Charles E. Padelford 03/07/2014

Vol. 36 No. 12 Carline Phipps Achilles 03/14/2014

Vol. 36 No. 13 David Hardie 1821-1896 3/21/2014

Vol. 36 No. 14 Canning product the ‘Very Best’ 3/28/2014

Vol. 36 No. 15 Trivial tidbits of history in the 1800s 4/04/2014

Vol. 36 No. 16 The year of no summer – 1816 4/11/2014

Vol. 36 No. 17 The Holly Scene 4/18/2014

Vol. 36 No. 18 The Famous Waterport Plow 4/25/2014

Vol. 36 No. 19 Clements Bean Planter 5/02/2014

Vol. 36 No. 20 The Albion Advertiser 5/09/2014

Vol. 36 No. 21 Albion’s Court House Square, 1840 5/16/2014

Vol. 36 No. 22 Clarendon Lime 5/23/2014

vol 36 misc. 1 Crews build trolley in Medina a century ago 6.22.14

vol 36 misc. 2 Men harvest crop from the muck 1930s 6.29.2014

vol 36 misc. 3 Dignitaries Gather in 1885 for Memorial Chapel at Albion Church 7.06.2014

vol 36 misc. 4 ‘The Bean King’ ran a bustling produce business in Albion 7.13.2014

vol 36 misc. 5 Soldier from Gaines included in Civil War photo by Mathew Brady 7.27.2014

vol 36 misc. 6 Workers built big wall with canal expansion in 1913 7.27.2014

vol 36 misc. 7 Orleans gets some help laying cornerstone of new ‘infirmary’ 8.03.2014

vol 36 misc. 8 Horse had company with fly net, cute kids 8.10.2014

vol 36 misc. 9 Lions Club helped keep downtown Albion clean a half century ago 8.10.2014

vol 36 misc. 10 Onlookers check out a car wreck in Albion 8.17.2014

vol 36 misc. 11 Before Rite Aid, Albion corner was a gas station 8.17.2014

vol 36 misc. 12 The S.A. Cook cottage 8.19.2014

vol 36 misc. 13 Big celebration when Odd Fellows dedicated temple in Albion 8.24.2014

vol 36 misc. 14 Shelby once had horse racing track next to railroad 8.31.2014

vol 36 misc. 15 Harness maker was a presence on Main Street a century ago 9.07.2014

vol 36 misc. 16 Grand home would be turned into hospital 9.07.2014

vol 36 misc. 17 Vanished Orleans – Greek Revival house 9.09.2014

vol 36 misc. 21 The one-room schoolhouse in Jeddo 9.21.2014

vol 36 misc. 22 Enlarging the Canal in Medina 9.28.2014

vol 36 misc. 23 The House of Refuge in Albion 9.28.2014

vol 36 misc. 24 Vanished Orleans Former Birds-Eye Laboratory, Albion 10.01.2014

vol 36 misc. 25 Vanished Orleans County had two covered bridges 10.07.2014

vol 36 misc. 26 Gaines Grange officers 10.12.2014

vol 36 misc. 27 Vanished Orleans Swan-Hart house, South Main St., Albion 10.14.2014

vol 36 misc. 28 Crews build trolley in Medina a century ago 10.19.2014

vol 36 misc. 29 Tragedy struck with train crash in Carlton in 1883 10.26.2014

vol 36 misc. 30 Vanished Orleans Colonial style residence graced South Main St. 10.28.2014

vol 36 misc. 31 Vanished Orleans Lakeside Hotel 11.04.2014

vol 36 misc. 32 Quarrymen use steam engine to haul stone from Medina 11.09.2014

vol 36 misc. 33 Card club from Medina dressed up for costume party 11.16.2014

vol 36 misc. 34 Men harvest crop from the muck in 1930s 11.16.2014

vol 36 misc. 35 Eagle Harbor Wesleyan 11.10.2014

vol 36 misc. 36 Prehistoric finds displayed at Swan Library 11.23.2014

vol 36 misc. 37 Catholics built church close to street to block view of Baptist’s 11.23.2014

vol 36 misc. 38 Vanished Orleans O’Donnell Brothers Lumber 11.25.2014

vol 36 misc. 39 Medina’s baseball team in 1910 10.30.2014

vol 36 misc. 40 Vanished Orleans Octagon barn 12.02.2014

vol 36 misc. 41 Vanished Orleans – First Catholic church in Albion 12.09.2014

vol 36 misc. 42 Albion Marching Band poses in front of courthouse in 1962 12.14.2014

vol 36 misc. 43 Vanished Orleans Albion Firemen’s hose tower 12.16.2014

vol 36 misc. 44 Albion’s first motion theater opened in 1906 on East Bank Street 12.21.2014

vol 36 misc. 45 Vanished Orleans – Clarendon ME Church 12.23.2014