Historical Marker
Soldier's Waterhole
Brady vicinity, McCulloch County · Texas
Erected 1964
Brady, the nearest town, grew up on Brady Creek in the 1870s. Henry and Nancy Fulcher, the first settlers on the creek, gave land for a townsite in the mid-1870s; Allison Ogden and his father-in-law, Ben Henton, opened a store in 1875, and a post office followed in 1876. When county voters chose Brady City as the seat on May 15, 1876, it grew quickly. By 1884 it had two churches, a district school, three stores, two hotels and 300 people. Ranchers drove cattle to Kansas, and most other trade ran to Brownwood and Lampasas.
What the plaque says
Soldier's Waterhole U.S. soldiers under command of Robert E. Lee used this site while traveling the nearby military road and patroling this area for Indians. West bound immigrants also camped here prior to the Civil War; Here 27 Indians surprised and massacred 18 men, women and children burned their wagons and stole their horses. 1850; 1869. ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE MONUMENT: Ancient Indian Camp Ground; Erected in 1964 by McCulloch County Historical Society
Where it stands
31.17405, -99.22632 · Directions
More markers nearby
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