Fort Griffin Living History Days: Texas on the Edge of an Expanding Nation
Friday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.Celebrate America’s 250th by stepping back to 1876- the Nation’s Centennial! Watch history come alive with frontier demonstrations, cavalry and artillery drills, longhorn cattle, the Army Camel Corps, chuckwagons, cowboy music and poetry, Centennial games, and more!
Fanthorp Stagecoach Day
Friday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.Living History Event at the Fanthorp Inn in Anderson, TX
Cycling Saturdays
Saturday 7 a.m. - 9 a.m.Second Saturday of Every Month
The roads within the San Jacinto State Historic Site will open early for bicyclists. Travel our 7.5 miles of site roads and see the battleground where Texas was won at your own pace. No motorized vehicles will be allowed into the site during this time to promote safe bicycling.
Fort Griffin Living History Days: Texas on the Edge of an Expanding Nation
Saturday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.Celebrate America’s 250th by stepping back to 1876- the Nation’s Centennial! Watch history come alive with frontier demonstrations, cavalry and artillery drills, longhorn cattle, the Army Camel Corps, chuckwagons, cowboy music and poetry, Centennial games, and more!
2nd Annual Hearth Wars: A Period Cooking Competition
Saturday 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.Hearth Wars is BACK for it's 2nd annual period cooking competition! Join us on Saturday, October 10th as some of the best cooks in Texas museums face off to see who is the best cook in Austin's Colony!
Eisenhower Birthday Celebration
Saturday 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.Come celebrate Dwight Eisenhower's 136th birthday with music, community partners, music and, of course, cake!
Archeology Day
Saturday 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.Join us for our 2026 Archeology Day! Families get to learn how to be an archeologist with an activity about candy from different decades. Our educator and resident archaeologist Erin Frigo leads this program with help from the rest of the team!
Guided Tours
Saturday 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.Guided Tours of the museum and chapel at Presidio La Bahia by our Interpretive staff. Everyone is invited to join our Saturday guided tours.
Fall Star Party
Saturday 7 p.m. - 11:45 p.m.Trade the streetlights for natures night light and see the stars like you have never seen them before! Join us here at Fort McKavett for our fall star party!
Fall Star Party
Saturday 7:09 p.m. - 11:45 p.m.Trade the streetlights for the starlight and come out to Fort McKavett and see the stars like never before!