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Orestes A. Crowell (October 5, 1872 – August 17, 1967) was an American businessman, farmer, and politician. Born in
Almond The almond (''Prunus amygdalus'', Synonym (taxonomy)#Botany, syn. ''Prunus dulcis'') is a species of tree from the genus ''Prunus''. Along with the peach, it is classified in the subgenus ''Amygdalus'', distinguished from the other subgenera ...
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Portage County, Wisconsin Portage County is a county (United States), county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of th2020 census the population was 70,377. Its county seat is Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Stevens Point. Portage County comprises the Stevens Point, WI Micr ...
, Crowell went to the Almond High School and to the
University of Wisconsin A university () is an institution of tertiary education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase , which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Uni ...
. Crowell was involved with farming, mercantile business, real estate, and organized the Portage County Bank of Almond. Crowell served on the Portage County Board of Supervisors, served as postmaster of Almond from 1896 to 1901, and was the first president of the village of Almond, when it was incorporated as a village, in 1905. Crowell served in the
Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The Assembly is controlled by the Republican ...
, as a Republican, in 1909 and 1911. Crowell died in a hospital in
Stevens Point, Wisconsin Stevens Point is a city in Portage County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. Its population was 25,666 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It forms the core of the Stevens Point micropolitan statistical area, which had a p ...
."O. A. Crowell, Almond Bank Founder, Dies", ''Oshkosh Daily Northwestern'', August 18, 1967, pg. 18


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1872 births 1967 deaths People from Portage County, Wisconsin University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni Businesspeople from Wisconsin Farmers from Wisconsin County supervisors in Wisconsin Mayors of places in Wisconsin Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly Wisconsin postmasters 20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Republican-1870s-stub