Marker Inscription
Created January 22, 1858, and organized August 2, 1858, this county was named for its most important settlement, Fort Mason. Garrisoned intermittently from July 6, 1851, to March 23, 1869, Fort Mason was named for Lt. G. T. Mason of the United States 2nd Dragoons, killed in Mexican War action on April 25, 1846, near Brownsville. Fort Mason was one of a chain of posts situated a day's horseback ride apart, from Red River to the Rio Grande, for protecting frontier against Apaches, Comanches, other Indians. (1971)
About this site
Mason County is a historical marker in Mason vicinity, Mason County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 37 historical markers documented in Mason County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 67 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.7370, -99.2167 near Mason vicinity. The nearest cataloged historic site is Rudolph and Therese Runge House (historical marker), about 0.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include Muckelrath Grave, St. Paul Luthern Church, and First Christian Church.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5319011285. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
