Talk:Orland, California

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I am curious about the history of the name "Orland." What is the history of this town and the origin of its name? Neither the City web page nor this entry has any mention of it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.162.131.66 (talk) 15:43, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Willows?!
"Orland is located 16 miles (26 km) north of Willows."

Why would anyone write this? Willows is one of the most obscure places in California. If you don't know where Orland is (as many don't) there is absolutely no way you'd know where Willows is. Absolutely ridiculous! Compare relative distance to Sacramento, or at the very least, Chico (a somewhat obscure place but there is a university there). Willows? Really? Did someone who's stuck in Willows write this thing? The Mayor/Barber/Used Car Salesman of Willows? Gingermint (talk) 19:57, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

Oh, and I really had to eliminate this sentence: "It has a few traveler services on I-5 at Highway 32, but not as many as Willows, Williams, or Corning." Not only is this unsubstantiated, not only is this a really crazy sentence (again with a Willows reference!) but is just a sort of a weird or stupid thing (I'm not sure) to say. Who wrote this? Gingermint (talk) 20:14, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

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To answer some of the questions raised here, first let me introduce myself somewhat and provide a bit of a disclaimer. I'm a factory worker that works in Willows and lives in Orland, and I did not write any of the stuff about where I live and work that you've read here.

First, the name "Orland," from what I heard of the story, was a change from the name "Orlando." And as the story goes, the town had a "Spanish" name just like many places in California. For instance, many of the neighboring towns have names like "Chico," "Los Molinos", and an unincorporated area locally known as "Capay," but was originally "Capay Rancho" (an old Spanish land grant). And then there's the nearby "Sacramento River."

So, "Spanish" names are all over the place. But, sometime in the early part of the twentieth century, around 1905 maybe, the overwhelmingly white population of "Orlando" decided that they didn't like the "Spanish" sounding name of their town. It was a little too "Mexican-ish." And the political consensuses was that something had to be done about it.

So, they dropped the last "o" in "Orlando" and that's how we ended up with the name "Orland." It just sounded "better" that way.

I got this stuff from reading up on the subject in some articles I found in the local underfunded public library. And from talking with some of the old timers.

One final note on this subject. The population currently is becoming increasingly Hispanic. And, as the local "ese's" like to put it, "We're taking it back!" So, stay tuned. The name might get changed back to "Orlando."

As for the other comments regarding the obscurity of a place like Orland, all I can tell you is that it is a typical small town in America, and as such is a microcosm of the country as a whole. What was once a quiet little town with a sustainable economy where, as the locals were fond of saying, "Nothing ever happens in Orland;" we've now got all of the problems that the entire country has. If you come here and take a good look around, you will notice the poverty, the unemployment, the under-employment, the rundown infrastructure, the drug abuse and alcoholism, the gang violence; and, of course, the ignorance, arrogance, and apathy that go along with it. Yep, we're pretty much all a bunch of "Real Americans." Just check out how we vote.

And I don't guess things are going to improve much any time soon. JoedogShaydog (talk) 01:01, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

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