Mason: Mason County Museum

Two storey brick building with front triangular pediment

Mason County Museum

Photo exhibit named Hall of Pioneers

Pioneers who settled Mason County.

Photograph of Major Mason B. Jones, Texas Ranger

Major John B. Jones, a Texas Ranger involved in the Mason County War.

Marker at gravesite of Daniel Hoerster, cattle brands inspector, killed in 1875 by cattle rustlers in Mason County War – a feud between the law and the lawless

Marker at the grave of Daniel Hoerster, a cattle brands inspector killed during the Mason County War.

Illustration of man on horseback being shot by a group of men rustling cattle

Artwork depicting cattle rustling in Texas in an 1874 edition of Harper’s Weekly. (Library of Congress)

Housed in an 1887 school building, the Mason County Museum interprets fort history and the development of the county over time. The travel trunk of John O. Meusebach, founder of Fredericksburg and peacemaker with the Comanches, is on display here, as is an exhibit telling the story of the 1875 Mason County Hoodoo War, a local cattle rustling feud.

Mason County Museum
  • Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Closed December - February
  • Admission: None
  • 210 Bryan St., Mason, TX
  • 325-347-5151
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