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Keep up with all of the Texas Historical Commission’s historic sites at our See the Sites Blog. To read and follow posts about Fort McKavett State Historic Site, click here.

Fort McKavett: One of Texas' Best-Preserved Frontier Posts (PDF) The May/June 2010 edition of The Medallion features Fort McKavett in the Site Spotlight. To request a hard copy issue and/or subscribe to The Medallion, visit the THC web site.

In the Media:

Mason County News
West Texas Heritage Day At Fort McKavett State Historic Site
Published March 17, 2010
"Fort McKavett State Historic Site will come to life on March 27th, 2010, as Living Historians from around the state gather to portray life as it would have been at the fort in the 1800s..."

Texas Hill Country Magazine
Stargazing at Fort McKavett by Wanda Blackburn
Published Winter 2009
"The greatest show from Earth", is Hernan Contreras' description of star gazing, Contreras is a member of the Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society (JSCAS), an organization of amateur astronomers. Their fascination of viewing the night skies and its glorious sights has been shared with the public at star parties held each October and March at Fort McKavett State Historic Site in Menard County for the past 12 years."

Media Alerts:
CELEBRATE WEST TEXAS HERITAGE DAYS AT FORT MCKAVETT STATE HISTORIC SITE
Jan. 14, 2010