Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1866-67 i whakatūria he whare pūhāhā i East Oro e te Oro Company, 35th Battalion the Simcoe Foresters. I tēnei wā, i te wā e whakaekehia ana e te Fenian
I whakawehi i te whenua, e waru nga whare keri a te kamupene i hangaia i te rohe o Simcoe, e $ 390 te utu a te rohe, $ 250 hoki te utu a te kawanatanga mo ia. Ko te kamupene i whakahaeretia e nga tangata paionia o Oro. Ko Wm.E. O'Brien o Shanty Bay i noho hei Lieutenant Colonel o te Battalion i te tau 1882. I mahi tenei whare keri Oro ki te rawhiti ki te Kamupene Oro tae noa ki te timatanga o te rautau 20th a ka whakakorehia i te tau 1918.