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Explore Fort McKavett State Historical Site virtually by walking through the fort grounds and museum.
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Fort McKavett sits atop a strategic hill on the western edge of the Texas Hill Country and overlooks the San Saba River Valley. Established in 1852, the post was constructed using limestone quarried directly from the surrounding hills. After a temporary abandonment around the Civil War, the fort was rebuilt and reoccupied from 1868 to 1883, serving as a frontier command post garrisoned by the famous Buffalo Soldiers and earning praise from General William T. Sherman as the “prettiest post in Texas.” Following its permanent military deactivation, civilian settlers took up occupation in some of the site’s structures, leaving behind what is recognized today as one of the nation’s best-preserved Indian Wars military outposts.
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