Brazos Valley

ID: 1280 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University
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Brazos Valley
General Photo Files, Accession #3976, Box 270, Waco-Cotton-Waco Cotton Oil Company, The Texas Collection, Baylor University.

This early photograph of the Brazos Valley Cotton Oil Company shows the mill long before the construction of the two enormous silos which today serve as city landmarks. Though a smaller company at that point, the mill still contirbuted signifiantly to the city's economy through its support of local farmers.

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