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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28L0_mason-county-courthouse_Mason-TX.html
Constructed in 1909, this is the third courthouse to serve the people of Mason County. Commissioners Court probably met in other locations until the first courthouse was built in 1872. It burned in 1877 and was replaced that year by a second red s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM284K_fort-mason-camp-llano-c-s-a_Mason-TX.html
(front side)
Fort Mason, located 5 blocks south, was headquarters for the first regiment Texas Mounted Rifles 1861-62. These Confederate troops occupied the line of old U. S. forts to give protection against Indians.
215 prisoners-of-war were…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM284H_mason-national-bank_Mason-TX.html
Throughout the 1890s, private banking institutions sporadically served Mason residents. In December 1903, several pioneer settlers met to form a new bank. It received its authorization in January 1904 as the German American National Bank of Mason.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM283Q_mason-county-jail_Mason-TX.html
A good example of a small, nineteenth-century jail, this structure was built in 1894 from the brown sandstone available in the nearby hills.
The ground floor of the county's third jail includes living quarters for the sheriff, while the jail cel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q9T_todd-mountain_Mason-TX.html
Named for family of George W. Todd, first Mason County clerk, which was attacked by Indians at this site while en route to Mason in late Dec. 1864.
A 12-year-old black servant girl was killed, 13-year-old Alice Todd taken captive, and T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q9S_dizenia-peters-todd_Mason-TX.html
Born in Mississippi, Dizenia Peters moved to Texas with her parents about 1835. She married William P. Smith in 1844, and had a son, James. After Smith's death, she married George W. Todd (1827-1901) in 1851; they had 3 daughters. Todd and members…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q5L_mason-county_Mason-TX.html
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 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q5E_bethel-m-e-church_Mason-TX.html
Built 1862. Second church of any faith in Mason County. Housed first school in the county.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PLR_herman-and-willie-lehmann_Mason-TX.html
German immigrants Moritz and Auguste Lehmann settled along Squaw Creek (4 mi. w) in the 1850s. After Moritz's death, Auguste married Phillip Buchmeier. On May 16, 1870, two of the Lehmann children, Herman (age 10) and Willie (age 8) were captured …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PKQ_old-fort-mason_Mason-TX.html
Situated near a spring long used by Indians; built of stone quarried from Post Hill. Fort helped protect Texas frontier from Indians. Colonel Robert E. Lee stationed in Texas 2 years, commanded Fort Mason from Feb. 1860 to Feb. 1861. Here he made …