Details for Old Fort Mason
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5319011276
Data
Marker Number | 11276 |
Atlas Number | 5319011276 |
Marker Title | Old Fort Mason |
Index Entry | Fort Mason, Old |
Address | |
City | Mason vicinity |
County | Mason |
UTM Zone | 14 |
UTM Easting | 476485 |
UTM Northing | 3403126 |
Subject Codes | forts; military topics |
Marker Year | 1965 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
Marker Location | 1 mile north of Mason on US 87 in roadside park at junction of Us 87 and US 377 |
Private Property | No |
Marker Condition | In Situ |
Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
Marker Text | 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 February 1860 to February 1861. Here he made his decision as to his part in the Civil War, saying: "If the Union is dissolved,...I shall return to my native state and...save in defense...draw my sword on none". He left Fort Mason February 13, 1861. In wartime he remembered "the enemy never sees the backs of Texans". (1965) |