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SPECIAL EVENTS

Aug 2025

First Person, First Fridays at Fanthorp Inn

First Person, First Fridays at Fanthorp Inn – 08/01/2025
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Join us for the first Friday of August for a special tour of the inn given by a historical figure who actually worked or stayed… Learn More>>


“In Vito Veritas” Mustang Grape Wine at Fanthorp Inn

“In Vito Veritas” Mustang Grape Wine at Fanthorp Inn – 08/09/2025 - 08/10/2025
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

In August of 1849 local physician and Texas declaration signer, Dr. C.B. Stewart, wrote of a French immigrant who made the sweetest port wine from… Learn More>>


Cooking in the Kitchen & Quarter

Cooking in the Kitchen & Quarter – 08/16/2025 - 08/17/2025
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Enslaved women and men, such as Mary, Jerry, Willis, Amy, and Charity, were an integral part of the full story of Barrington. Start your experience… Learn More>>


Sep 2025

Election 1835 at Fanthorp Inn

Election 1835 at Fanthorp Inn – 09/01/2025
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Join us for a special Labor Day event as we commemorate the 190th anniversary of the Washington municipal election of 1835. Discover the positions available… Learn More>>


Feb 2026

Texas Independence Day Celebration

Texas Independence Day Celebration – 02/27/2026 - 02/28/2026
All Day

SAVE THE DATE because the Texas Independence Day Celebration is back! After two years of exciting renovations to the historic site, we are happy to… Learn More>>


 

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Texas Independence Day Celebration
03/03/2018 - 03/04/2018    
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
“Texas Independence Day Celebration” is an annual two-day living history celebration to commemorate when 59 delegates bravely met in 1836 to make a formal declaration [...]
Stagecoach Days
03/10/2018    
9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Stagecoach Days allow visitors to experience what it was like to travel cross country via mule-driven stagecoach and learn about the Inn’s history and connection [...]
Making Hay
03/12/2018 - 03/16/2018    
10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Visitors can watch staff mow the grass with a scythe, and then they can help with the raking, drying, mounding the hay into hay rows [...]
Living History Saturday
Travel back in time to where a nation was born in 1836.  On the third Saturday of each month, staff and volunteers dress in period [...]
Beasts of Burden
03/17/2018 - 03/18/2018    
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Turning the fields over after they lied fallow during the winter, and plowing under green manure are rites of spring. See oxen and other draft [...]
Bluebonnets
03/18/2018 - 05/06/2018    
All Day
March through April is wildflower season at Washington on the Brazos. This photo-op paradise offers a safe alternative to pulling off the highway. The bountiful [...]
Flint & Steel, Spark of Life
03/24/2018    
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Starting a fire was a critical skill in the 1850s since fire was the main tool for light, heat and food preparation. See how flint, [...]
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Stagecoach Days
10 Mar 18
Anderson
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Making Hay
12 Mar 18
Washington
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Living History Saturday
17 Mar 18
Washington
Beasts of Burden
17 Mar 18
Washington
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Bluebonnets
18 Mar 18
Washington
Events on 03/24/2018
Flint & Steel, Spark of Life
24 Mar 18
Washington

Since most events occur at least partially outside, guests should dress appropriately for the weather and uneven terrain. Programs and events are open to all ages; children must be accompanied by an adult.