FORT McKAVETT, TEXAS — Here, the wind whispers stories. In lonely places such as the frontier forts in West Texas, old stories swirl through the dry breeze, slipping around the stone, wood and ...

Walking the paths between the remnants of the fort sends the imagination to a faraway place. Fort Phantom Hill is about 15 miles north of Abilene on FM 600.

In 1997, the State of Texas through the Texas Historical Commission (THC) established a statewide heritage tourism program. There were 10 heritage regions including Texas Brazos Trail, Forest ...

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – The Abilene Parks & Recreation board met Tuesday to hear a progress report on the development of the Lake Fort Phantom Hill Master Plan. It was in 2023 that the city ...

At Fort Phantom Hill, the previous waterbody record was a 12.90 fish that Scotty McCorkle landed on July 19, 2022, according to TPWD. Lewis' bass became the 10th overall largemouth ass in the 2024 ...

ATHENS Fort Phantom Hill Reservoir, just north of Abilene, joined the list of public reservoirs in Texas that have produced a Legacy Class ShareLunker largemouth bass. Eric Lewis of Haskell reeled ...