​Site of
​Fort McKavett

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Marker Text: ​Established March 14, 1852 by the United States war department as a protection to frontier settlers against hostile Indians. Named in honor of Captain Henry McKavett, who fell at the Battle of Monterrey, September 21, 1846. Evacuated by federal troops, March 22, 1859. Reoccupied April 1, 1868. Abandoned June 30, 1883. (1936) 

Marker No: 4795

1936 Gray Granite Centennial Marker 

National Register of Historic Places

Geographic: 30.824575, -100.111244

Location: ​at entrance to Fort McKavett from Menard take US 190 17 miles west to FM 864, take 864 6 miles southwest to Fort McKavett.