Wyatt Tate Brady (January 20, 1870 – August 29, 1925) was an American merchant, politician, former Ku Klux Klan member, and a founder of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
After the marriage, Brady was adopted into the Cherokee tribe and became a strong advocate for their tribal claims against Washington.
[1] In 1896, Brady and other prominent businessmen signed the charter to officially incorporate Tulsa in Indian Territory.
[1] In March 1905, Brady traveled the country on a train with about 100 civic leaders, a band, and Will Rogers to promote the city of Tulsa.
[2] In 1918, Brady helped bring the Sons of Confederate Veterans 28th Annual Reunion to Tulsa, with Nathan Bedford Forrest II serving as the keynote speaker.
[2] In 1923, the Klan, established as the Tulsa Benevolent Society, paid $200,000 for the construction of a large "Klavern" or gathering hall that could seat 3,000 members.
He was said to be despondent over the death of his son, John Davis Brady, who was killed in a car accident in the spring of 1925 while studying law at the University of Virginia.
[7] Brady built a mansion known as "Arlington" that was patterned after the ancestral home of the Lee family in Virginia.