Caravan celebrates Trail’s anniversary

The caravan celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Texas Forts Trail arrived at Fort Griffin on Thursday morning, with park employee Eric Abercrombie presenting a history of the fort, the Flat, and the Fandangle.

According to Susan Waller of the Friends of Fort Griffin, who was among the greeters at the park, several of the visitors took golf carts out to see the buildings during their 30-minute stay.

Dr. Tim Chandler of Hardin-Simmons University and several of his history students were among those in the caravan, which numbered close to 40.

In the summer of 1968, Governor John Connally visited Albany and Fort Griffin as part of the original caravan dedicating the newly marked Texas Forts Trail. 

Promoters of heritage tourism retraced the route last week.