Flags and Chains: Military Surveying Across the Texas Frontier

Name: Flags and Chains: Military Surveying Across the Texas Frontier
Start: 2025-09-13T11:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-09-13T14:00:00-05:00
Location: 7066 FM-864, Fort McKavett, TX, United States, Texas 76841

Fort McKavett State Historic Site

Highlights

Sat, 13 Sep, 2025 at 11:00 am

3 hours

7066 FM-864, Fort McKavett, TX, United States, Texas 76841

Date & Location

Sat, 13 Sep, 2025 at 11:00 am to 02:00 pm (CDT)

7066 FM-864, Fort McKavett, Texas 76841

6889 FM-864, Fort McKavett, TX 76841-2205, United States, Fort Mc Kavett

About the event

Flags and Chains: Military Surveying Across the Texas Frontier

As the Indian Wars started to calm on the Texas Frontier, the soldiers at Fort McKavett played a vital role in land surveying to establish railways across the region, thus opening Texas to further settlement and laying the groundwork for the modern state we live in today.

Come learn more of about the history of land surveying and see the compass and chains in action.

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