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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S93_going-up-the-chisholm-trail_Waco-TX.html
"To those riders who passed this way ...their memories, honored in stone butwritten in our hearts" "Across the Brazos at Waco"
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S92_the-waco-suspension-bridge_Waco-TX.html
In 1866 the Waco Bridge Company was granted a 25 year charter to build a toll bridge here. The charter guaranteed that no other bridge or ferry could be built within five miles. Construction began in 1868 and, after much financial difficulty, was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S91_jacob-de-cordova_Waco-TX.html
Born to a Jewish family in Spanishtown, Jamaica, British West Indies, Jacob De Cordova immigrated to Philadelphia about 1830. After a brief return to Jamaica where he founded a newspaper, he became engaged in trade between New Orleans and Texas. H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S90_waco-spring_Waco-TX.html
Erected by Henry Downs Chapter Daughters of The American Revolution 1849 - May 5 - 1917 Reclaiming the Waco Spring Famed in Local Tradition As the Camp Grounds Of the Waco Indians And the first crossing Of the Brazos River
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LE0_torreys-trading-post-no-2_Waco-TX.html
Site of greatest Indian council in Republic of Texas. There President Sam Houston made famous 1844 peace talks to assembled chiefs. Was "listening post" for frontier. Built and run by George Barnard for Torrey's Trading Company, post in 1844-49 wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LDZ_gerald-harris-shooting_Waco-TX.html
James W. Harris (1863-1897), editor of Waco's "Times -Herald" and Judge George Bruce Gerald (1836-1914) argued over an article the Judge wrote. It supported William Cowper Brann's controversial magazine, "The Iconoclast", which denounced, among ot…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LDY_brann-davis-shootings_Waco-TX.html
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 Univer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ATU_elite-cafe_Waco-TX.html
The first Elite cafe opened in downtown Waco in 1919 and was acquired by the Greek immigrant Colias family in 1920. The Colias brothers opened this Elite cafe in 1941 on "The Circle," a traffic hub built on Waco's suburban edge in the early 1930's…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN5L_doris-miller_Waco-TX.html
Doris (Dorie) Miller was reared on a farm in McClennan County, Texas, and attended Waco's A.J. Moore High School. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was assigned to the battleship "USS West Virginia" in 1940. The "West Virginia" was docked in Pearl …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM60_the-waco-suspension-bridge_Waco-TX.html
In 1866 the Waco Bridge Company was granted a 25 year charter to build a toll bridge here. The charter guaranteed that no other bridge or ferry could be built within five miles. Construction began in 1868 and, after much financial difficulty, was …
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