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)
33.5954° N, 96.3514° W
Where to Find It
from Savoy take US 82 east .5 miles to R.O.W.
Nearby Markers
- 0.8 mi W Savoy Methodist Church Savoy
- 2.2 mi W Greenwood Cemetery Bells
- 2.3 mi E Little Jordan Cemetery Savoy
- 3.5 mi W First Baptist Church of Bells Bells
- 4.2 mi E Carson Cemetery Ector
- 4.3 mi N William W. Bell Cemetery Savoy