El Fortin de la Cienega
US 67, Shafter, TX, USA
Texas, USA
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EST. 1850
EST. 1850
1850
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at El Fortin de la Cienega.
The Texas Historical Commission Atlas records this marker as in situ at the listed location. It remains part of the state marker inventory; the placement description and coordinates in this row follow the current official Atlas record and should be field-verified before publication.
About El Fortin de la Cienega
Milton Faver built El Fortin de la Cienega in the mid-nineteenth century as the second headquarters of his ranching empire in Presidio County. The fortified adobe complex drew on natural springs and housed vaqueros who worked its cattle operations. Faver's heirs held the ranch after his 1889 death until its 1913 sale to the Pool family.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at El Fortin de la Cienega
Built along Cienega Creek in the mid-19th century and modeled after his headquarters ranch complex at nearby El Fortin del Cibolo, El Fortin de la Cienega was the second property developed by Milton Faver as he expanded the vast ranching empire he began in Presidio County in the 1850s. Faver chose a defensive site surrounded by hills and the creek to build a fortified adobe structure to serve as the Cienega ranch headquarters. The natural springs on the property were tapped to provide the needed water resources for stock raising and gardens. Also located at the Cienega site were dwellings, work rooms, stone corrals, fences, and holding pens. The primary activity at El Fortin de la Cienega was cattle ranching, and Milton Faver employed several families as vaqueros (cowboys) and laborers. Following Faver's death in 1889 his property was divided between his wife Francisca and his son Juan Faver, who received title to La Cienega. After Juan's death in 1913 his heirs sold the Cienega complex to neighboring ranchers John A. Pool, Sr. and J. W. Pool. It remained the property of the Pools and their heirs, the Greenwood family, until the 1980s. (1995) Source: https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5377001415
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