History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township . ome settlers in theAiighwick Valley. GEORGE CROGHANGeorge Croghan, an Irishman bybirth and an Indian trader, was avery conspicuous character in theearly days of the settlement of theAughwick Valley. He had previous-ly been a resident of Cumberlandcounty, where he had extensive landinterests, (about 1748). A little laterhe came to this side of the Tusca-rora Mountain, into the territorydrained by the Aughwick Creek, andsettled near what is now known asShirleysburg, where he owned named this section, Auc-quick, or Old Town.
History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township . ome settlers in theAiighwick Valley. GEORGE CROGHANGeorge Croghan, an Irishman bybirth and an Indian trader, was avery conspicuous character in theearly days of the settlement of theAughwick Valley. He had previous-ly been a resident of Cumberlandcounty, where he had extensive landinterests, (about 1748). A little laterhe came to this side of the Tusca-rora Mountain, into the territorydrained by the Aughwick Creek, andsettled near what is now known asShirleysburg, where he owned named this section, Auc-quick, or Old Town. His lands,owned in and around what is nowShirleysburg, later went into thehands of James Folay (1773) and stilllater, into the hands of Paul Warnerof Maryland (1776). Croghan wasa remarkable man and was a greatfriend of the Indians. He owned con-siderable land in the Aughwick, alsoclaimed title to the Standing Stonetract, where Huntingdon is now lo-cated. It was through his liberality,and because of the extensive lossesof the French, that he later became. 10 financially embarrassed. WashingtonIrving, in his celebrated Life ofWashington mentions this territoryalong the Aughwick, also Fort Shir-ley, now Shirleysburg. He also men-tions George Croghan and his workamong the Indians. It is probablethat Croghan left the Aughwick Val-ley about 1756, never returning; buthe still claimed the land however, af-ter his departure. JACK ARMSTRONGOne of the pioneers of this section,a man who roamed throughout JacksNarrows, and over Jacks Mountainwas John or Jack Armstrong. Hewas a brave man, fleet as an antelope,tall as a giant and as strong as alion. As early as 1750 he had his lit-tle cabin in the Narrows above MountUnion. There his wife and two child-ren lived, and together they dweltin happiness and peace. Armstrongwas a white, but he was truly kingof the forest. One day in 1752, Cap-tain Jack jumped into his canoe, andstarted off upon the waters of theBlue Juniata. When he returned,he fo
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