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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/HM17B4_central-presbyterian-church_Woodway-TX.html
This church was established as Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Waco by 18 charter members in 1869. The Rev. William Dillard served as first Pastor. Led by the Rev. D.C. Kinnard, the congregation built a 2-story brick sanctuary in 1873 which also…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16F9_groppe-building_West-TX.html
One of the first German settlers in the area, August Groppe, Sr. (1840-1919) had this structure built in 1892, the year the town of West was incorporated. A prominent cotton farmer and businessman. Groppe hired local brickmasons and used bricks th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14RA_west_West-TX.html
This community traces its origin to the establishment by entrepreneur Thomas M. West of a stagecoach stop, dry goods store and post office here in the late 1860s. Known as the Bold Springs Settlement, these commercial structures were built on a se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14J5_the-crash-at-crush_West-TX.html
A head-on collision between two locomotives was staged on Sept. 15, 1896, as a publicity stunt for the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad. Over 30,000 spectators gathered at the crash site, named "Crush" for MKT passenger agent William G. Crush, wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNZV_the-crash-at-crush_West-TX.html
A head-on collision between two locomotives was staged on Sept. 15, 1896, as a publicity stunt for the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad. Over 30,000 spectators gathered at the crash site, named "Crush" for MKT passenger agent William G. Crush, wh…
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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