Fort Concho Resumes Walking Tours as Pandemic Wanes

SAN ANGELO, TX – With the expected increase in guest traffic and the recent lessening of some COVID-19 restrictions, Fort Concho will offer special site walking tours March 15-21. Covering both an introduction to the site at the Barracks 1 Visitor Center and up to seven of the site’s display and exhibit buildings, the tours will take about 90 minutes.

Two daily tours will start at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday; the single Sunday tour begins at 2 p.m. There is no extra charge for this service but donations are always welcome at the Barracks 1 Visitor Center, where all tours begin.

“We have not offered regular walking tours since last spring due to COVID regulations but better current conditions plus the nature of the tours taking place outside in open spaces convinced our staff that this was a timely service to offer our guests,” said Bob Bluthardt, Fort Concho site manager.

The tours will cover the exhibits, furnishings, period displays and stories of the Soldiers Barracks, Mess Hall 5, Headquarters, Hospital, Chapel, the artillery and wagon displays in Barracks 2 and the life of the commissioned officer in Officers’ Quarters 3.

The Fort Concho Artillery program will have living history volunteers firing an hourly salute from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 20.

The Danner Telephone Museum at Officers’ Quarters 4, the mules and displays at the Living History Stables and the Visitor Center and displays at Barracks 1 will remain open to all from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday on a self-guided basis.

For more information, please call Fort Concho at (325) 481-2646.