Mildred [Strong] attended 6th and 7th Grades here after the district became consolidated. Some rural school buildings were moved in and placed around this building - and used for grade rooms until the new building was erected across the street south.
This is apublic notice in the Orient Independent newspaper
concerning an upcoming auction of spotted Poland China pigs at the E.J. Higgins Sale Pavilion in Orient, Iowa.
This Thanksgiving greeting card features two turkeys pulling a cart of white, pink and purple flowers. The back of the card is an embossed tracing of the front.
Pumpkin Days started in 1906 in Orient, Iowa as a fall festival and has continued through the years. This is a short history of the event that later became the Pumpkin Festival