 Orwell enjoyed a time of peace and prosperity after the war's conclusion, marking a time of great emotional uprising and town glee.However, these bright times would be marred by several major tragedies that coincided with the attempted industrialization of the area's farmlands in the 1870s, when several young men were lost in a thresher accident near what is now the intersection of Main Street and Route 22A.This tragedy was keenly remembered by the community, which banned industrial farming later that year in a special town meeting.