You must go to the park office and pay the entrance fee or show
them your Texas Parks Pass in order to log this cache! By doing so,
you will help geocaching continue to be a readily accepted use of
Texas State Parks by parks management. Thanks!
The entrance fee is $3, or $0 if you have a Texas State Parks Pass.
The cache is located near Jacksboro's orignal train depot which
has been moved to a spot near these coordinates. An old railroad
bridge is also here - hint, hint.
This is a very well preserved and maintained park.
There are nice, clean restrooms at the park office! Whee!
Fort Richardson was established in November 1867. Fort
Richardson was named in honor of General Israel B. Richardson, who
died in the Battle of Antietam during the Civil War.
The fort was the northernmost of a line of Federal Forts
established after the Civil War. The soldiers arrived in Jacksboro
in 1866 with orders to establish a fort at Buffalo Springs, 20
miles north of Jacksboro. Due to unhealthy conditions at Buffalo
Springs and the constant Indian raids, the fort was abandoned.
The soldiers returned to Jacksboro and eventually received
orders to establish a fort on the South Bank of Lost Creek.
Expeditions sent from Fort Richardson arrested Indians responsible
for the Warren Wagon Train Massacre in 1871 and fought Comanches in
Palo Duro Canyon. The Fort was abandoned in May 1878.
Alchemist2000 was the first to find and log
this cache and enters the
9Key Hall
of Fame.