Downtown is dominated by the Mason County Courthouse.
Mason, Texas
Mason was named for Fort Mason.
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Downtown is dominated by the Mason County Courthouse. |
There isn't much left of Fort Mason except for some deteriorating foundations and a reconstructed officers quarters. The fort is perhaps most notable as Robert E. Lee's last command in the U.S. Army.
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Fort Mason is strategically located atop Post Hill on the south side of town. |
This officers quarters is reconstructed on an original foundation using stone previously used in fort buildings. |
Fred Gipson, author of Old Yeller, was born in Mason in 1908. In his honor, a statue of a dog and a boy stands in front of the library. The bricks surrounding the statue bear the names of sponsors, including then-Governor George W. Bush, famous librarian First Lady Laura Bush, and many members of the Gipson family. There are also unusual names such as Kudo, Rowdy, Princess, Overall and Ugly--bricks honoring dogs past and present.
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