ADT-Monitored Home Security Service in Mason, TX

Mason is a city in, and the county seat of, Mason County, Texas, United States. The city is an agricultural community on Comanche Creek southwest of Mason Mountain, on the Edwards Plateau and ration of the Llano Uplift. Its population was 2,114 at the 2010 census.

The first settler is thought to have been Peter S. Parker in 1846. The agreement of Mason grew up vis-а-vis Fort Mason, which was expected by the United States War Department as a front-line defense adjacent to Kiowa, Lipan Apache, and Comanche, on July 6, 1851. George W. Todd customary a Fort Mason publish office March 8, 1858, which became consigned to the civilian settlement upon June 26, 1858.
The tutelage and advertisement possibilities of the fort drew settlers. W. C. Lewis opened a general store that served soldiers and settlers. In 1860, James E. Ranck opened a second increase and higher became known as “the Father of Mason”. Ben F. Gooch and he began leasing 5,000 acres (20 km²) of home to cotton sharecroppers. Mason was voted the county chair in 1861.

After the U.S. Civil War, returning Confederate veterans and German ranchers clashed in 1875 more than cattle rustling and other crimes. The resulting killings were known as the “HooDoo Wars”. In the midst of the war, Loyal Valley homeowner Tim Williamson was murdered by a dozen masked vigilantes, who accused him of cattle theft. Williamson’s adopted son, Texas Ranger Scott Cooley, sought revenge. Cooley and his desperadoes, which included Johnny Ringo, created a reign of terror greater than the area. During this episode, Ringo enthusiastic his first murder, that of James Cheyney.