Establishing the Town Brings New People

ID: 1385 ~ Source: Podet, Mordecai, interviewed by Daniel B. McGee, December 10, 1981, in Waco, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. View the full interview
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Mordecai Podet speaks about how a township was established in the 1840s, and about how different groups of people, such as Jews, came to Waco.

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By Amanda Sawyer
The establishment of Waco Village in the nineteenth century laid the foundation for what would evolve into the vibrant commercial city that is Waco. The humble beginnings of this town were developed upon the site of the Wi-iko, or Waco Indians’…