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Most of you know by now that I’m a storyteller. When there is a story to be told, especially regarding one of my photos, I love to share. Today’s story takes us to a small unincorporated community in Indiana called Orangeville.
Orangeville is easily a town that you could drive through and not even know that you missed it. There’s an old church, a couple businesses and that’s about it. There’s no traffic light present. Even the town’s post office has long since closed (and closed over a hundred years ago at that!).
The Orangeville “This and That” store was a staple of the community. Built in 1925, it served many locals and also those just passing through. It’s said that it was owned by an older man who was a widower. He lived in a small apartment in the back of the store. The store sold gas, food, snacks, candy and other local goods. It was mentioned on Facebook that the owner did woodworking and sold some of the items he made at the store. One lady recalled the owner making her a small crib to order. Sadly the store would close after the owner passed and the family didn’t want to take over the business. Stories about the store vary but it seems that the store closed sometime in the late ‘90s and has been closed for more than 20 years.
One of my favorite memories I read about this store was a comment from another Flickr user named Keith. He visited the store in 1981 during a road trip through Southern Indiana. I don’t think he is active on Flickr these days and I hope he doesn’t mind me sharing part of his comment below:
Quote: “…The place was like a time capsule. Two elderly men sat in old wooden chairs out front, and watched every move we made, and studied my new Toyota as though it was an alien spaceship. The soft drinks were all in bottles, and the snack choices were Cracker Jack, peanut butter crackers, or salted peanuts...”
Today the store sits abandoned as nature slowly takes over the building. Vines typically cover the front during the summer making it hard to spot. The gas pump is long gone and only a few letters remain on the round orange sign up top. However the memory of this store and the many lives the owner touched live on. I'll share a photo in the comments below of the store taken in 1990.
* Information for this post was gathered from posts on Facebook, University of Southern Indiana archives, Wikipedia, and other flickr users.
Orangeville “This and That” General Store
Orange County, Indiana
The Depths Of The Forest...
From the archives.
Last May we found ourselves at Island Lake In Orangeville hiking the well groomed trails that surround the lake.
At the northern edge of the park are perfectly planted rows of pine trees, that are carefully groomed and beautifully maintained.
I had some fun with the Motion Blur tool on this shot.
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Island Lake…
May 17 was a strange day, as the last week has been unseasonably warm and sunny; Tuesday was cold and windy, with thick rain clouds threatening us from above.
We found ourselves at Island Lake In Orangeville hiking the well groomed trails that surround the lake.
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Between The Pines…
Tuesday was a strange day, as the last week has been unseasonably warm and sunny; Tuesday was cold and windy, with thick rain clouds threatening us from above.
We found ourselves at Island Lake In Orangeville hiking the well groomed trails that surround the lake.
At the northern edge of the park are perfectly planted rows of pine trees. that are carefully groomed and maintained beautifully.
Please do not copy my image or use it on websites, blogs or other media without my express permission.
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Trees…
The middle of May was strange, as the week preceding has been unseasonably warm and sunny; Yet this day the weather was cold and windy, with thick rain clouds threatening us from above.
We found ourselves at Island Lake In Orangeville hiking the well groomed trails that surround the lake.
At the northern edge of the park are perfectly planted rows of pine trees. that are carefully groomed and maintained beautifully.
Please do not copy my image or use it on websites, blogs or other media without my express permission.
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Sand Quarry…
We found ourselves at Island Lake In Orangeville hiking the well groomed trails that surround the lake.
in the distance we could hear the reverse horns of heavy equipment backing up and the sound of grinding and earth moving equipment.
As we crested the hill we saw the sand quarry; busy with activity, as machines and men scraped the earth and dug deep into the hills and landscape to extract the sand and gravel. to eventually be used for the building of the cities and towns of Ontario.
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Windy Tuesday...
From the archives.
Just a year ago this week,
We had hiked into Island Lake In Orangeville; we spent the better part of the day hiking the well groomed trails that surround the lake.
On one part of the trail we reached the top of a rather large hill, the wind was blowing heavy and westward making each step a chore. I looked over and Karen's hair was flying in all directions. So i composited the shot of her hair blowing into another shot of the lake.
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This is from last year's 7-week roadtrip. I still have several thousand photos to weed through. I was trying to think how I would edit this one when I "accidentally" went B&W. It fit the gloomy overcast of the day where we experienced weak sun, torrential rain and the biggest hail storm ever, all in the space of an hour.
I have a fear of heights, yet the longer I stared at this scene, the more I forgot I was inches away from a drop of several hundreds of feet... beautiful, frightening, mesmerizing.
Despite the foul weather, there was a sense of peace, as if Shangri-La must exist somewhere out there. Was it this hypnotizing affect that convinced the first European settlers to homestead here? Even the indigenous peoples warned them that this arid, treacherous, fascinating land kills.
CP's Toronto to Owen Sound branch line job, popularly known as the "Moonlight", switching at Orangeville.
Excerpt from cvc.ca:
Bob Shirley’s volunteer contributions were acknowledged in a special tribute by naming the boardwalk trail, “Bob’s Bridges”. Bob has been a long-serving member of Credit Valley Conservation’s Board of Directors (1977-2008), the CVC Foundation (2003-2013) and the Friends of the Island Lake (2005-2013). Through more than 30 years of dedication to conservation, Bob has been a tireless fundraiser, a passionate trails advocate and the heart and soul of the Island Lake Community Trails Campaign.
“It is an honour to have this section of the Vicki Barron Trail named Bob’s Bridges,” said Bob Shirley. “I have been a long time supporter of Credit Valley Conservation especially as an advocator for the trail system that will eventually surround the lake and which joins one municipality with another. I strongly believed the trail would draw people to Island Lake and provide a positive experience.”
On our southwest bird photography trip in May, we stopped at the Sand Bench Rest Area in Orangeville, Utah (I-70, mile marker 105), This was the most scenic, beautiful rest stop we have ever seen. I took this shot behind a bristlecone cone. "The term bristlecone pine covers three species of pine tree...All three species are long-lived and highly resilient to harsh weather and bad soils. One of the three species, Pinus longaeva, is among the longest-lived life forms on Earth. The oldest Pinus longaeva is more than 5,000 years old, making it the oldest known individual of any species. Bristlecone pines grow in scattered subalpine groves at high altitude in arid regions of the Western United States. The name comes from the prickles on the female cones." I believe this one is the "Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva)," which is found "in Utah, Nevada and eastern California." Source: wikipedia.org
Earth Movers...
We found ourselves at Island Lake In Orangeville hiking the well groomed trails that surround the lake.
in the distance we could hear the reverse horns of heavy equipment backing up and the sound of grinding and earth moving equipment.
As we crested the hill we saw the sand quarry; busy with activity, as machines and men scraped the earth and dug deep into the hills and landscape to extract the sand and gravel. to eventually be used for the building of the cities and towns of Ontario.
Please do not copy my image or use it on websites, blogs or other media without my express permission.
© NICK MUNROE (MUNROE PHOTOGRAPHY)
You can contact me
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karenick23@yahoo.ca
munroephotographic@gmail.com
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Sunset Forest.... (EXPLORED)
This is one of those shots buried deep in the archives, on one of my hard drives that never saw the light of day,
In mid September of 2012 we hiked into the Hockley Valley Provincial Nature Reserve with some friends and their kids. , It was early afternoon when we started our trek into the woods and after several hours wandering about, we realized we were completely lost.
We thought we had found the trailhead several times but became aware we were going deeper and deeper into the park.and at one point we ended up in a farmers field surrounded by cows. by the time we finally found the trail that leads out of the park it was minutes before sunset.
We all had a good laugh once we arrived back at the spot where we had parked our cars. by that time the sun had gone down completely and it was really quite dark out.
"note to self". next time bring snacks, flashlights. and maybe bring some bread crumbs.
RE-EDIT originally posted in 2012
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It was the first week of May and this view was from a rest stop on our drive east from California to Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. We were captivated by the storm, white sandstone formations and red sand in the valley below. My wife and I thought the storm was heading in the other direction, but, within minutes of leaving this spot, as we drove at a 7300 foot elevation, our vehicle was engulfed in a huge ice storm. Without warning, the road had turned into a solid sheet of ice. Ten minutes later, at a lower altitude, the sky and road were finally clear. Those ten minutes, however, were really scary.
Island Lake…
In May 2022 we went for a nice walk along the shores of Island Lake In Orangeville hiking the well groomed trails that surround the lake.
This shot of one of the many small islands that are in the center of the channel from the main lake to the causeway.
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Originally was Canadian Pacific (CP Rail) branch line, which was sold off and became OBR shortline. OBR service was terminated 2021; right-of-way is becoming walking/biking trail
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangeville_Brampton_Railway
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortline_railroad
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Orangeville
We spent the day at Iron lake and then went for a drive through downtown Orangeville. it was a blustery day and we were glad to be out of the elements.
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Another year passes.
I took this image on new years day 2022 of this old house that is estimated to be in excess of 100 years old.
As I watched the day draw to a close it reminded me that this old house had just seen the dawning of yet another year.
We can only wonder as to what stories it could tell us, for starters it could divulge stories of those who once called it home and it could give us an intimate insight into their lives.
On a much broader spectrum we only guess as to the historical moments in history that occurred during its time.
Perhaps more importantly we can can only wonder as to how many more New Year's Days it will see?
Orangeville, New South Wales, Australia.
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OBRY (Orangeville Brampton Railway) is seen making it's way south along the former CP Owen Sound Sub through Brampton Ontario to interchange with CP in Streetsville. All of this track has since been removed and the OBRY is just history now.
July 2,2002
Night Skies over Orangeville
I took 2 different approaches to how I processed these individual moments in the middle of the night in central NY. I'm not sure which I prefer.
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Excerpt from citizen.on.ca:
A stage, an open theatre or an amphitheatre has long since been the vision of the Credit Valley Conservation, planned to be built on land within the Island Lake Conservation Area.
It was David Nairn, Artistic Director of Theatre Orangeville, and Marilyn Logan, then General Manager, who first approached the CVC to build on the water. The curved and sloping shape of the land in front of the water, a natural formation, perfect for audiences, persuaded one and all – this was the right place for such an amphitheatre.
It was exciting to put together the design and execution of the amphitheatre: “We wanted a unique venue to attract people,” Mr. Lidster remarked. “The site is a perfect shape for the amphitheatre. The noise is absorbed by the trees. There's room for enough seats but to limit [the numbers] for an intimate experience.
The skull.
It seems an odd place to keep the skull of a cow but it what it is.
I was really caught by the circular motion of the tank and skull which is why I opted to use the fisheye affect for this image.
Located at the site of an uninhabited house that is estimated to be at least 100 years old it provided the perfect backdrop for this image.
Orangeville, New South Wales, Australia.
The Orangeville Brampton Railway is southbound into the curve just east of Cheltenham with a pile of photographers documenting the final journey. Immediately to my right, the joints on 1921 stamped rail clink together beneath the passing weight and calmly settle one last time. Management from GIO Rail, Trillium Railway's holding company, have applied their logo to the front of the "triple 3" with the Owen Sound spur's dates of operation... 1879 - 2021. The first train departed Orangeville December 2, 1879, and the final one 142 years, 15 days later.
The OBRY caboose left the property by truck about a month ago, now a private residence near Bala. The ballast hopper too is sold and will leave by truck. Note the phone taped to the MU cover... someone has documented some great views of the line.
OBRY Final Run
GMTX 333
OBRY Owen Sound Spur
Cheltenham, ON
Excerpt from cvc.ca:
Credit Valley Conservation Foundation (CVCF) celebrated the official opening of the boardwalk trail at Island Lake Conservation Area on June 22.
Donors and volunteers joined community members and families to celebrate completion of the boardwalk trail made possible by a successful $600,000 fundraising campaign led by the Friends of Island Lake, under the leadership of co-chairs Bob Shirley and Wayne White.
Bob Shirley’s volunteer contributions were acknowledged in a special tribute by naming the boardwalk trail, “Bob’s Bridges”. Bob has been a long-serving member of Credit Valley Conservation’s Board of Directors (1977-2008), the CVC Foundation (2003-2013) and the Friends of the Island Lake (2005-2013). Through more than 30 years of dedication to conservation, Bob has been a tireless fundraiser, a passionate trails advocate and the heart and soul of the Island Lake Community Trails Campaign.
“It is an honour to have this section of the Vicki Barron Trail named Bob’s Bridges,” said Bob Shirley. “I have been a long time supporter of Credit Valley Conservation especially as an advocator for the trail system that will eventually surround the lake and which joins one municipality with another. I strongly believed the trail would draw people to Island Lake and provide a positive experience.”
Construction of the boardwalk trail started in August 2012. In October, a volunteer work crew started cutting and drilling the hemlock timbers for 75 wooden cribs which were 5 feet by 6 feet with an average height of 10 feet. About 15 cribs were built and put in place prior to winter. The crew was busy all winter cutting and boring crib material and cutting support boards for the railing and all decking. The final touches were completed in May which included landscaping, seeding and grooming.