Orient’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Orient. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Orient was the endpoint of a cable bucket tramway completed in 1892 that ran from the First Thought Mine. The First Thought Mine closed down in 1942.
Orient was first settled in 1900 by Alec Ireland and by George Temple in 1901.
Other excavation sites that were located in the area include such mines as Hidden Treasure, Red Lion, Copper butte, Globe, and Scotia.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Orient’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewOrient Bridge, Spanning Kettle Ri…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Orient
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Orient, decade by decade
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1 historic place in Orient
1 place in Orient is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Orient Bridge, Spanning Kettle River at Richardson Road and it appears here side by side.
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nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.