Details for Mason County
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5319011285
Data
| Marker Number | 11285 |
| Atlas Number | 5319011285 |
| Marker Title | Mason County |
| Index Entry | Mason County |
| Address | |
| City | Mason vicinity |
| County | Mason |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 479256 |
| UTM Northing | 3400296 |
| Subject Codes | counties |
| Marker Year | 1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | From Mason take U.S. Hwy 87 south approx 2 miles to rest stop (across U. S. Hwy 87 from Ft. Mason City Park) |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 1936 Centennial - Highway Marker (pink granite) |
| Marker Text | 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) |