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Col. Isaac Rogers Post, Orbisonia

When the Civil War veterans of the southern end of the county organised themselves, they did it under the name of a colonel. The Grand Army of the Republic was the union veterans' organisation, and Col. Isaac Rogers Post, No. 252, was chartered at Orbisonia on 30 May 1882. Africa's county history, printed the following year, records the men who first held its offices.

Col Isaac Rogers Post, No. 252, G. A. R., organized May 30, 1882, at Orbisonia, Pa., with the following officers: C., George S. Baker; S. V. C., William Minnick; J. V. C., A. E. Chilcoat; Adjt., B. F. Chilcoat; Chap., Jacob C. Lockard; Q.M., Henry H. Lahr; O. D., George S. De Bray; O. G., W. B. Snyder.J. Simpson Africa, History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1883) · character 0 of the scanned text

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J. Simpson Africa, History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties (1883), Cromwell township and Orbisonia: "Col Isaac Rogers Post, No. 252, G. A. R., organized May 30, 1882, at Orbisonia, Pa.", with its first officers named.

Checked 2026-09-01 · Quoted from the county histories

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East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, Roundhouse, State Route 994, West of U.S. Route 522, Rockhill Furnace

East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, Roundhouse, State Route 994, West of U.S. Route 522, Rockhill FurnaceLibrary of Congress · pa3371

View of Locomotive No. 12 about a quarter mile north of Orbisonia, crossing steel I-beam plate girder bridge after clearing yard at Orbisonia - East Broad Top Railroad

View of Locomotive No. 12 about a quarter mile north of Orbisonia, crossing steel I-beam plate girder bridge after clearing yard at Orbisonia - East Broad Top RailroadLibrary of Congress, No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government · pa1798.photos.355887p

Birds eye view of Orbisonia and Rock Hill, Pennsylvania, 1906. A perspective map, not drawn to scale.

Birds eye view of Orbisonia and Rock Hill, Pennsylvania, 1906. A perspective map, not drawn to scale.Fowler & Kelly, 1906. Library of Congress, Panoramic Maps collection. Public domain · LOC 75696513

General View Looking South Across Meadow Street (Rte. 994) from Orbisonia Depot Toward the Rockhill Shop Complex - East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, Orbisonia Depot

General View Looking South Across Meadow Street (Rte. 994) from Orbisonia Depot Toward the Rockhill Shop Complex - East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, Orbisonia DepotLibrary of Congress, No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government · pa3448.photos.360090p

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