Albion middle schools working on repainting 4 historical markers

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 10 October 2025 at 9:44 am

Clarendon historian shows students bicentennial ox, historic jail cell

Photos courtesy of Tim Archer

CLARENDON – A group of Albion Middle School students recently had a memorable trip to Clarendon with Town Historian Melissa Ierlan.

Ierlan has repainted about 40 historical markers in the community in recent years and hse put the students to work on four of them.

The photo at top shows eighth graders Jeffrey Echevarría, Daniel Dash, Brian Patten and Caleb Wolf.

Ierlan also showed the students the progress on decorating a fiberglass ox with historic photos from Clarendon. This ox is part of a celebration of Orleans County’s 200th anniversary this year. Ierlan is a member of the Bicentennial Committee.

The students toured the Clarendon Historical Society and saw old farm implements and a 100-year-old jail cell.