Conecuh County
This marker identifies the site of Fort Warren, one of the refuge sites connected to the early settlement period along Alabama’s Old Federal Road. Built in 1816, the fort stood during the unsettled years after the Creek Indian War, when families moving into this region still lived with fear and uncertainty.
Marker Text
OLD FEDERAL ROAD
SITE OF FORT WARREN. BUILT IN 1816 BY COLONEL RICHARD WARREN, WHO OWNED CONSIDERABLE LAND IN THIS VICINITY. THIS FACILITY WAS USED AS A REFUGE FOR SETTLERS WHO FEARED FOR THEIR LIVES IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE AFTERMATH OF THE CREEK INDIAN WARS OF 1812–1814.
ERECTED IN 1998 BY MONROE COUNTY HERITAGE MUSEUMS AND J. L. BEDSOLE FOUNDATION
Old Federal Road Project
The Old Federal Road was one of Alabama’s most important early travel routes. It carried settlers, soldiers, mail riders, stagecoaches, merchants, and travelers through what was then frontier country. Markers like this one help document the people, places, and stories connected to that road and the communities that grew around it.
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Location
Monroe County, Alabama
GPS: 31.63661, -87.13661