Texas Highways Magazine

Deep in the Heart

short drive from our state’s geographic center, Brady is named for the creek that runs through the area, previously home to members of the Apache and Comanche tribes. Henry and Nancy Fulcher donated the land for the city in the mid-1870s, and the town was chosen as the McCulloch County seat soon after. An imposing courthouse was built from local sandstone in 1878. By 1930, Brady was home to 3,983 citizens and boasted a three-story hotel, a movie theater, a newspaper,

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