Marker Inscription
The city of Waco in the 1890s divided into two armed camps over the caustic criticisms of William Cowper Brann (1855-1898) in his magazine, "The Iconoclast". A gifted writer, Brann attacked many organizations, especially Baptists and Baylor University. This controversy sparked a duel in 1897 between Judge George Bruce Gerald and James W. Harris. A Baylor partisan, Tom E. Davis, met Brann here, within a half block of the earlier fight, and shot him with a Colt .45 revolver. Brann returned the fire. Both men died the following day from their wounds.
About this site
Brann-Davis Shootings is a historical marker in Waco, McLennan County, dedicated in 1978. It is one of 198 historical markers documented in McLennan County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 224 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.5570, -97.1304 near Waco. The nearest cataloged historic site is Gerald-Harris Shootings (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Waco Tornado, The, Alico Building, and Waco.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5309000490. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
