Wednesday, April 26, 2023 - 3:47pm
By Alexandra Dedovitch
In the days when Texas travelers needed protection from warring Native American tribes, wagons sought safe passage as they expanded westward, and camels roamed the region as an experiment for military transportation, Texas military forts were a pinnacle of importance for the Texas frontier. Although long deserted from active duty, these 3 famous Texas Forts...
Thursday, May 16, 2019 - 12:00am
It’s always a good time to visit a state historic site, but Texas anglers have a special reason to get hooked on history. Several of the Texas Historical Commission’s state historic sites offer amazing fishing opportunities year-round. State fishing rules apply at all sites.
Confederate Reunion Grounds1738 FM 2705, Mexia, TX 76667
Mexia’s Confederate Reunion Grounds...
Friday, May 2, 2014 - 8:00am
By Will Cradduck, Fort Griffin Herd Manager
What do wildflowers and large groups of Scouts have in common with baby longhorns? They are all sure signs of spring at Fort Griffin State Historic Site!
Pictured is one of our new heifer calves born about eight weeks ago. She’s getting lots of company, as the other cows have their calves, and they all have great fun as they play...
Friday, April 4, 2014 - 8:11am
By Mitch Baird, Fort Griffin Site Manager
Fort Griffin State Historic Site participated in Fort McKavett State Historic Site’s annual living history event on March 21–22. I, along with my wife Sharon and son Bobby, discussed corn and frontier cooking, while Fort Griffin Program Specialist Eric Abercrombie baked biscuits and discussed green coffee beans and other items issued to...
Friday, September 27, 2013 - 8:06am
By Will Cradduck, Fort Griffin Herd Manager
This is a story about one of the steers in our Official State of Texas Longhorn Herd at Fort Griffin State Historic Site. I call him Old Paint because he’s an old, paint-colored steer, and he reminds me of the old song, “Ridin’ Old Paint and Leadin’ Old Dan.”
One day a couple of years ago, I was about to load Old Paint into a trailer...
Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - 12:08pm
By Will Cradduck, Fort Griffin Herd Manager
As manager of the Official State of Texas Longhorn Herd at Fort Griffin State Historic Site, I get to interact with the cattle quite a bit. It is remarkable how intelligent these animals are. Combined with their natural instinct for survival, this intelligence produces some amazing examples of longhorn behavior—including when they interact...
Thursday, June 13, 2013 - 11:21am
By Judy Jensen, THC Senior Graphic Designer
Historic preservation and the arts came together most unexpectedly at the recent KinCity Reading Series at The Twig Book Shop in San Antonio’s historic Pearl Brewery complex. The spring reading featured seven poets and a short memorial for San Antonio poet H. Palmer Hall. One of the poets, Janice Rebecca Campbell, read a poem about Fort...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 10:00am
By Will Cradduck, Fort Griffin Herd Manager
It is springtime again at Fort Griffin State Historic Site, and I am reminded just how many living things we have here at the fort that are a part of our history.
Our longhorn herd is having calves again, which is always a fun time of year for us. A friend of mine said looking for new calves was like looking for Easter eggs—they are...
