Museum

Fort Griffin State Historic Site

Name: Fort Griffin State Historic Site — video
Uploaded: 2016-09-03T13:34:25-07:00
Duration: 3 min 54 s
Channel: Texas Historical Commission
Description: Video featuring Fort Griffin State Historic Site, a museum in Albany, Shackelford County, Texas.

Albany · Shackelford County · THC Atlas #4200000549

Texas history, up close and curated.

About this site

Fort Griffin State Historic Site is a museum in Albany, Shackelford County. It is one of 2 museums documented in Shackelford County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 57 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.9264, -99.2339 near Albany. The nearest cataloged historic site is Civilian Conservation Corps at Fort Griffin (historical marker), about 0.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Frontier Town of Fort Griffin, Western Cattle Trail Crossings at Fort Griffin, The, and Fort Griffin Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4200000549. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

Fort Griffin State Historic Site — Photo: Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

History

Fort Griffin was established July 31, 1867, by four companies of the Sixth Cavalry to protect settlers from Comanche and Kiowa raids, and it anchored a line of frontier forts until 1881. Its Tonkawa scouts and Buffalo Soldiers took part in the 1874 Red River War that ended Kiowa and Comanche domination of the region. Deeded to the state in 1935, the site preserves fort ruins and is home to the Official State of Texas Longhorn Herd.

Sources: thc.texas.gov en.wikipedia.org

📍 32.9264, -99.2339 · Albany, Shackelford County

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