Mason Bat Caves Preserve Area — Mason County

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Mason Bat Caves Preserve Area — Mason County

Historic Park TX • Mason County County
Description
Natural bat-cave country southwest of Mason listed among county tourist attractions; seasonal home to large Mexican free-tailed bat colonies in the Hill Country.
Historical Notes
Handbook of Texas notes the Mason Bat Caves among attractions drawing hunters, fishermen, and tourists to Mason County alongside the Fort Mason Museum and Sequist home. Bat caves in the Edwards Plateau–Hill Country transition supplied guano for ammunition during World War I manganese and nitrate booms in central Texas.
Status / Verification active — Legendary or approximate

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