Historic Place

Fortin de la Cienega

Shafter · Presidio County · Dedicated 1976 · THC Atlas #2076002059

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Archeology - Historic Non-Aboriginal, Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Agriculture

About this site

Fortin de la Cienega is a historic place in Shafter, Presidio County, dedicated in 1976. It is one of 3 historic places documented in Presidio County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 81 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.8021, -104.2092 near Shafter. The nearest cataloged historic site is Unknown Grave #4 (cemetery), about 5.5 miles away. Others within a short drive include Brooks Cemetery, Old Shafter-Concordia, and Here Milton Faver.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2076002059. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

This private adobe fort near the head of Cienega Creek about six miles east of Shafter was built between 1855 and 1857 by Milton Faver, Presidio County's first Anglo-American rancher. Built for defense, it had a single story, a flat roof, twenty-foot walls three to four feet thick, and two square towers at diagonal corners, with a single gated entrance. Fed by nearby Cienega Spring, the self-sufficient fort served as a stronghold during raids and an outpost for army patrols from Fort Davis. After Faver's death in 1889 the property passed to his son Juan and later to the Pool family.

Sources: tshaonline.org legendsofamerica.com loc.gov

📍 29.8021, -104.2092 · Shafter, Presidio County

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Nearby in Presidio County

Old Shafter-Concordia