Editing Orland, Indiana (section)

==History==
Orland is recognized as the first settlement in Steuben County,<ref>Taylor, et al., p. 26.</ref>
populated by migrants from [[Vermont]] and originally known as Vermont Settlement. Each year in late July, Orland celebrates this heritage with the Vermont Settlement Festival. Orland was settled in 1834 after a Vermont man named John Stocker had gone prospecting for his family and the families of his neighbors. Stocker chose this particular piece of land because of the rich burr-oak openings he found. Pioneers coming from Windham County, Vermont, arrived shortly thereafter and built a Baptist church.<ref>The expansion of New England: the spread of New England settlement and institutions to the Mississippi River, 1620-1865 by Lois Kimball Mathews page 202</ref> The town established a post office in 1837.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=IN&county=Steuben&searchtext=&pagenum=2 | title=Steuben County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=September 29, 2016}}</ref>

In the decades leading up to the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], Orland was a stop on the [[Underground Railroad]], sheltering and protecting runaway slaves until they could complete the journey to [[Windsor, Ontario|Windsor]], Upper Canada. The home of Russell Brown was said to contain a secret apartment on the second floor, complete with a separate stairway, in which 15 to 20 slaves might hide. S. U. Clark's hotel also was said to have a secret hiding place behind a basement cupboard, while the Butler family south of Orland "fed and sheltered scores of them and then took them on to other stations."<ref>Butler.</ref>

At one time or another during the period leading up to the Civil War, Brown, Clark, Benjamin Waterhouse, and Captain Samuel Barry were arrested for violating the [[Fugitive Slave Act of 1850]].<ref>Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology.</ref> Both Waterhouse and Barry were convicted, with Barry serving one hour in jail and paying a $30 fine (although other sources put the fine at $1000).<ref>Sauer.</ref>

[[Fawn River State Fish Hatchery]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1997.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>

During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Indiana|2019–20 coronavirus pandemic]], confirmed cases of [[COVID-19]] were reported on May 2, 2020, at a local meat processing plant run by Miller Poultry which resulted in [[sanitation]] of the plant and the implementation of safety measures such as temperature checks, [[social distancing]] & available [[personal protective equipment]] for workers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.journalgazette.net/news/local/20200502/steuben-meat-plant-reports-positive-tests|title=Steuben meat plant reports positive tests|date=May 2, 2020|first1=Jamie|last1=Duffy|work=[[The Journal Gazette]]}}</ref>