Industries in Orange
Between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, agriculture and manufacturing in and around Orange increased and laid the...
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Orange County Historical Society
May 31, 2021
Freight Train Wreck at Orange
On the night of February 1, 1965, a two freight cars of a north-bound Southern Railroad train loaded with steel beams derailed and...
Orange County Historical Society
May 11, 2021
Mayor Adoniram Judson Harlow
Better known as “A.J.” or “Preacher” Harlow, Adoniram Judson Harlow was one of Orange’s most successful entrepreneurs of the early 20th...
Orange County Historical Society
Dec 17, 2020
The Automobiles of Orange
During the first few decades of the twentieth century, Orange's dominance as a railroad center began to decline. Trains continued to stop...
Orange County Historical Society
Nov 10, 2020
Captain Andrew Maples, Jr.
Andrew Maples, Jr. grew up on Church Street in Orange, Virginia, and he graduated from Armstrong High School in Washington, DC in 1939....
Orange County Historical Society
Aug 3, 2020
Timothy Crosthwaite
In the mid-18th century, residential and commercial “developer” was a term that was unheard of. However, Timothy Crosthwaite, a...
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