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Sunset and cannon at Fort McKavett

By Kevin Malcom, Fort McKavett Educator/Curator

Another year, another West Texas Heritage Days at Fort McKavett.

This year’s event was again a smashing success, with a new date that worked well for many reenactors. The parade field at Fort McKavett State Historic Site was alive with historic reenactors who set up various displays about life and soldiering on the Texas frontier...

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By Cody Mobley, Fort McKavett State Historic Site

Last month, living historians traveled from as far away as Colorado to help transform Fort McKavett State Historic Site into a military outpost in 1853. Using the Inspector General’s report on the 8th Military District in 1853, these living historians were able to accurately represent the soldiers of Company H of the 8th Infantry as they...

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