Texas Highways Magazine

It’s a Small-Town World, After All

E. Dan Kleeper BRACKETTVILLE

rackettville cowboy Pedro Serrano rides up Ranch Road 674 on his horse, Reyna. Brackettville has something for everyone: the 600-acre Alamo 4 solar farm, Kickapoo Cavern State Park, and Fort Clark Historic District. “Brackettville was my home for much of the 1990s,” Klepper says. “It prepared me for small-town living, so

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