"… (i am) indebted to samuel mcvitty, esq., formerly of shirleysburg, now of clay township, this county, with reference to the natural surroundings in its immediate vicinity. the site of the fort has been frequently pointed out to him by those who had seen it, and by isaac morgan, who claims to have forted in it in his boyhood days. it was a log fort of considerable strength and size, standing on the edge of the plateau, south of the fort run and west of the road entering shirleysburg from mount union (sic) aughwick was situated about half-way between the fort and aughwick creek, where the depot of the east broad top railroad now stands. mr. mcvitty spent many hours of his youthful hours in gathering arrow-heads, stone tomahawks, beads, and musket balls from this historic ground" (1875, 64-65).