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 Fort Warren Posted by:  CacheSafari
N 33° 35.722 W 096° 21.088
14S E 745774 N 3720437
Texas historical marker near Savoy, Texas to recognize Fort Warren
Waymark Code: WM74HK
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/31/2009
Views: 8
Texas historical marker near Savoy, Texas to recognize Fort Warren
Marker Number: 8888
Marker Text:
FORT WARREN
(site six miles north)
First settlement and fort In Fannin County. Built in 1836 by Abel Warren, Indian trader from Arkansas, to protect his trading post. Constructed of bois d'arc wood, the structure had a two-story guardhouse at all four corners. Kiowa, Tonkawa, Caddo, Wichita and other Indians came here to trade furs for paint, knives and trinkets. In Civil War, Fort Warren was a transport and food supply center, where goods were sent to Confederate Indian refugees and troops in Indian Territory (to the north) and to soldiers in Louisiana and Arkansas. (1968)
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