
Recalling Howard’s Beloved Christmas Park
Vol. 5, No. 47 Starting in the mid-1950s, Charles Howard started the process of converting his farm and barns to a Christmas-themed amusement park. On Saturday, September 22, 1956, this…
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Vol. 5, No. 47 Starting in the mid-1950s, Charles Howard started the process of converting his farm and barns to a Christmas-themed amusement park. On Saturday, September 22, 1956, this…
Read moreVolume 5, Issue 46 There is no better way to reflect upon the holiday season than to recall the story behind the foundation of the world’s first Santa Claus school…
Read moreVol. 5, No. 45 Another year has passed, and another volume of Overlooked Orleans has concluded. To write another article about Charlie Howard and his Santa Claus School is perhaps…
Read moreVol. 5, No. 44 One of the most infamous stories to occupy the annals of Orleans County history is that of Albion resident Albert S. Warner. Regarded as one of…
Read moreVol. 5, No. 43 This photograph, taken some time in the late 1880s or early 1890s, shows Main Street in Albion looking north from Bank Street. Comparing this image to…
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