The campground is located on US 281/380 one half mile south of Jacksboro, Texas.

Soldiers at Fort Richardson protected settlers along the Texas frontier. Today, you can walk in the footsteps of those soldiers. But you can also camp and explore the countryside they protected on foot, bike or horseback.

Interior Lowlands Region of Texas

Cross Timbers Ecoregion

The park surrounds the historic Fort Richardson grounds, which has many of the buildings restored.

Lost Creek Reservoir state trailway.

The north park has a swim beach, trails, kayak launch and campsites.

Campsites have picnic table, fire ring with grill and water hookup

$4.00 per person per day (13 years and older)

4 Full Hookup sites: $25.00

19 50amp-Electric sites: $22.00

18 30amp-Electric sites: $20.00

10 Water only sites: $20.00 (North Site)

Restroom with showers,

I continued east on US 380 through many north Texas towns, Post, Clairmont, Jayton, Aspermont, Rule, Haskell, Throckmorton, Newcastle, Graham, Bryson and finally Jacksboro after which, I arrive at Fort Richardson state park, pay the $22.00 for an electric site so that I could camp next to the shower house and then cook a pot of soup. Then, I put away my kitchen, climb into the jammer and eat two large cups of the soup while I am pounding keys so as to catch up on my journal writing.

After I upload today′s journal, I then walk to the shower house to get into the hot water and yes, finally a shower house with steamy hot water, so much so that I linger under the shower for some time. Then, I dry off, don my summer blues and walk back to the campsite. I climb into the jammer and resume my key pounding while outside in the distance the sunglow lightens up the horizon with a bright orange.

I open up the Windows Media Player and drop in all seventy-five of the original songs from the Watchtower. Then, I press play and enjoy listening to each one while I pound keys. Outside, orange fades to gray and then dark encroaches upon the moment and I relish in the fact that we are in the last day of this old wicked world.

Yes, soon, God′s Kingdom will destroy the wicked and bless his people like never before. I continue to thank Him for the knowledge that He gives not only me but all of my spiritual family. Too, I pray that all of us will succeed in making it through these last days and walk into the new world paradise.