Population 2,122 Altitude 1,550 General Seat of Mason County, grew under protection of Fort Mason, one of series of Texas frontier forts. In rolling, scenic Hill country noted for camping, hunting and fishing. Historical interest centers around Indians who once roamed area, a bloody feud known as the Mason County War, and the fort. Many homes and businesses in town are constructed of original-cut sandstone blocks from old Fort Mason.
Bluebonnets blanket surrounding hillsides and valleys during spring.
Note picturesque rock fences stitched along scenic countryside. A number of crumbling foundations still show some sites of 23 original buildings that included barracks, officers quarters, storehouses, stables, guardhouse and hospital. Briefly activated after that war, Fort Mason was abandoned in 1869. About five blocks south of courthouse. The original spring for the fort still flows just east of the museum, although not as profusely as when it served the fort.