Built 1755-56 by George Croghan. First a stockade and then a major link in the frontier fort chain west of the Susquehanna. Base for the Armstrong expedition, 1756. Site on opposite knoll.
One of the chain of frontier defensesof the Province of Pennsylvaniain the French and Indian Warsstood on this knoll,built 1756byits Commanderthe noted Indian trader and agentGeorge Croghanhere in 1753at the site of Aughwick Indian Townhe had loca…