Rohrsburg Latitude/Longitude 41.133 N / 76.423 W Rohrsburg is located on Green Creek in Columbia County. Patterson Bridge on Green Creek is located on township route 575 between Orangeville and Rohrsburg, off 4041. The roads intersect with Rohrsburg are 254 and state road SR1022 and SR9041. 254 comes from the west. When it reaches Rohrsburg it turns north. SR1022 comes from the east and intersects with 254 and SR4041. SR4041 comes from the north and intersects with 254 and SR1022. Rohrsburg has always remained a small, rural community. The village was established in 1829 by Frederick Rohr. By the 1920's, the town had only grown to some 50 homes and 110 inhabitants. Farming was the main occupation of the people of Rohrsburg. There was a hotel and various eating establishments through the decades. Other businesses have included three blacksmith shops, a wagon and casket company, three general stores at various times, three small "up and down" sawmills, and even a piano store. The Rohrsburg Grange No. 108 was very active and boasted 115 members in 1915, but its numbers declined after that. The range provided local people with aid, entertainment, social occassions, and kept farmers informed on issues important to their livelihoods. Rohrsburg was the location of several intriguing mysteries in its history. Near Rohrsburg was a whirlpool in Green Creek known as the Witch's Kettle and the Spinning Wheel. Legend has it that a man driving a sled loaded with wood slipped off the edge of the road near the whirlpool, went into the creek and disappeared into the whirlpool forever. Floods since that time have changed the course of the creek, and the whirlpool is there no longer. There are also two stories of murders at Rohrsburg. The first involved a local man who went West to find his fortune in the gold fields. He returned loaded with a case of gold and stopped for the night at the Rohrsburg Hotel, only to disappear mysteriously in the night, along with his chest of gold. The other occurred in 1902 when Tom McHenry was killed with a shotgun about 20 feet from his barn in the midst of a snowstorm. His wife was arrested and tried for the murder, but the jury did not find her guilty. The murder remained unsolved.