Texas Cache to host arrowhead and artifact show in Castell; Saturday, Dec. 6
An exhibit at the Castell Hill Country Gallery features the iconic art, articles, and artifacts featured in the 31-year-history of Texas Cache magazine. Texas Cache is hosting an arrowhead and artifact “show n’ tell” at the gallery on Dec. 6. Photo by Ryan Murray
Texas Cache, an archaeology magazine in circulation for over 30 years, will host one of its arrowhead and artifact “show n’ tell” events in Castell from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 6. The event is held amid a Texas Cache exhibit that is on display at the Castell Hill Country Gallery through Dec. 31.
The show n’ tell is free to attend and serves as a venue for artifact enthusiasts and amateur archaeologists to share their collections of arrowheads and other ancient human relics that have been uncovered across the Lone Star State. While guests are encouraged to bring their collections, there will be no buying or selling of artifacts on site.
Find the event in Castell, about 20 miles west of Llano, at 19347 W. RR 152.
“We live in a spot where there has been continuous human habitation for at least 13,000 years, and possibly longer than that,” Texas Cache Publisher Ryan Murray told DailyTrib. “It’s really cool just seeing what people have at these events.”
Murray and Texas Cache periodically hold these show n’ tell events to connect with the artifact-hunting community. Members of Texas Borderland Archaeology will be on hand during the event to help identify and catalogue visitor’s archaic treasures.
A modern day flint knapper will also be demonstrating the ancient art of shaping stones into tools at the show n’ tell.
The Castell Hill Country Gallery is also showcasing the iconic photos and finds that have been featured in Texas Cache since it was founded in 1994.
Murray, a Briggs resident and dedicated amateur archaeologist, was featured in The Picayune magazine in 2023. His local claim to fame is that he discovered the remains of a 700-year-old bison embedded in the bank of South Rocky Creek near his home, and donated the skeleton to the Falls on the Colorado Museum, at 2001 Broadway in Marble Falls. The bison, now known as Rockie, can be seen on display during the museum’s normal hours of operation, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Monday through Saturday.