Its construction would have been typical of other forts built at the time, utilizing blockhouses and made from split pine trees.
According to a contemporary account, of the 600 man garrison, a third became sick due to fever, dysentery, and other illness.
[1] The fort was occupied from, at the latest, September 1840, and abandoned by around April 1843.
Colonel Ethan Allen Hitchcock from October 1842 until January 13, 1843.
[2][3][4] Despite there being no record of an artillery unit posted to the fort, the discovery of a jacket button belong to the Artillery Corps indicates that the fort may have been equipped with cannons or other large guns.