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Fort Phantom Hill, Jones County, TX

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Fort Phantom Hill

Ruins of a 1851 U.S. Army post on the Texas frontier, with several surviving stone buildings to explore.

Jones County, TX

About Fort Phantom Hill

Fort Phantom Hill, also called the Camp on the Clear Fork, sits in Jones County in west central Texas. The Army built it in the early 1850s as one of a second line of posts protecting settlers moving west. Soldiers occupied it from 1851 until 1854, and a fire soon destroyed most of its wooden structures. Three original stone buildings remain, including a powder magazine, a guardhouse, and a commissary, along with many stone chimneys and foundations. The site is part of the Texas Forts Trail and is run by the Fort Phantom Foundation.

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