In the early years, the council, forming in the wake of the armistice ending World War I, consolidated the independent troops into the organization.

The council longed for a camp closer to home, and in 1927 acquired the Reynolds Farm property on the Mason–Dixon line near Rising Sun, Maryland.

[3] Since the opening of the camp and the founding of the OA lodge in 1927, the council borders have gradually expanded, eventually extending down into Cecil County, Maryland.

In 2021, the council established the Oscar Lasko Program, Activity & Resource Campus (PARC) in Exton, Pennsylvania and moved its headquarters to the building the same year.

The council also maintains the Oscar Lasko Program, Activity & Resource Campus as its headquarters in Exton, Pennsylvania.