Orestes A. Crowell (October 5, 1872 – August 17, 1967) was an American businessman, farmer, and politician. Born in

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, Portage County, Wisconsin, Crowell went to the Almond High School and to the

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. 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

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, as a Republican, in 1909 and 1911. Crowell died in a hospital in Stevens Point, Wisconsin."O. A. Crowell, Almond Bank Founder, Dies", ''Oshkosh Daily Northwestern'', August 18, 1967, pg. 18

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