Fort Shirley
One of the chain of frontier defenses
of the Province of Pennsylvania
in the French and Indian Wars
stood on this knoll,
built 1756
by
its Commander
the noted Indian trader and agent
George Croghan
here in 1753
at the site of Aughwick Indian Town
he had located his trading post
and here
September 3-6, 1754
Conrad Weiser
the noted Indian interpreter and agent
had held a conference with
the great Iroquoian half king
Tanacharisson
and other chiefs of the
Shawnee and Delaware Indians
Marked by the Pennsylvania Historical Commission and the Society of Pennsylvania Women in New York, 1926.
Marker is on Croghan Pike (U.S. 522) just south of Pump Station Road, on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
