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Snowman’s Is Orland’s Always-Open Store
By one very short measure, Snowman’s Grocery is the one business in
town that has operated with the same owners the longest.
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Yesterday
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Today |
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“It’s Big, But a Quiet Big”
Like most other
Hancock
County
towns, Orland is a growing place. In this town’s case, the
population changed upward by more than 300 people between 1990 and
2000.
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Places |
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Craig Brook Hatchery Has National Status
The dedication of the $11.8 million facility at the Craig Brook
National Fish Hatchery in Orland on Sept. 28 suggests something very
new in town.
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Community |
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Duffy’s Offers Home-cooked Food in a Down-home Atmosphere
Duffy’s Restaurant offers real home-cooked food and more—a
down-home, friendly atmosphere.
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Business |
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Rock of Ages: Thriving Stonecutting Business Started Out Small
Jeff Gammelin looked back on his many years at Freshwater Stone &
Brick Work, back to its beginnings in 1976 when he and wife Candy
started the Orland company.
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Air Waves |
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Something for Everyone, WERU’s Motto
ORLAND—Mix
together 160 volunteers, a handful of paid staff, music from African
to Zydeco and all styles in between plus alternative news.
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Memories |
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Town Once Had 13 Schools
Two years ago, the
Orland
Consolidated School
marked 50 years. That was an easy number to note, particularly since
the school’s 50th year coincided with the town’s 200th year.
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H.O.M.E. |
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There’s No Place Like Home
To many, going to Orland simply means going to HOME. The non-profit
organization, Homeworkers Organized for More Employment, is a refuge
in many ways.
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Go
Figure |
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Acreage:
33,023
Population, 2000:
2,134
Population, 1990:
1,805
Population, 19 years and younger, 2000:
554
Median age:
40.3
Library:
None
School:
Orland Consolidated School
Churches:
Methodist 1, Church of God 1
Town meeting:
Late March
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They
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“I would not
 want
to be anywhere else but Orland.”
—Wayne Ames,
selectman since 1970.
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Milestones |
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1764: First
settled as Eastern River Township No. 2.
1766: Orland gets its current name from the
discovery of an oar on the banks by settler Joseph Viles. He erects the
first frame house in that town.
1773: First sawmill built.
1775: Orland joins Township No. 1 to form a militia and
founds a committee of safety.
1790s: Shipbuilding starts, continues into the Civil War
years.
1800: Orland incorporates.
1861: Town sends 195 men to serve in the Civil War.
1871: Salmon fish hatchery is established, becoming in 1889
the first federal hatchery for the rearing of salmon.
Written and photographed by John Hubbard, Jennifer Osborn and Katherine
Williams.
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