Sandtown Neighborhood in the 1930s

ID: 1359 ~ Source: Torres, Lena P., interviewed by Sean Sutcliffe, February 25, 2005, in Waco, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. View the full interview
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Lena Torres speaks of how the residents of Sandtown Neighborhood lived in the 1930s.

This file appears in: Sandtown Neighborhood

By Michael Woodward
Sandtown was a vibrant and predominately Mexican American neighborhood that was active from the turn of the twentieth century to the 1960s. It encompassed the area of downtown Waco between Third Street and the Brazos River, and the seven blocks…