Settlement
Looking at the history of the area, we find that in 1871 with the purchase of 320 acres by a prospector in what is now the Hagar area began in the mid 1800's. With the arrival of the railway in Markstay in 1883, the first settlers arrived being employed by the lumber industry and working on the railroads. In 1890, the station was moved further east to where Warren in now. Besides being employed in the lumber industry and working on the railway, they cultivated the land and had trap lines.