A Place to Gather

ID: 1466 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University

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The small economic boom caused by the railway increased the demand for goods and services, leading to the establishment of new businesses such as the McFerrin’s boarding house and the mercantile. Local businesses, such as this barbershop, continued to serve as centers of community.

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Elm Mott

By Sharon Bracken, ed., Historic McLennan County: An Illustrated History

An unincorporated township north of Waco, Elm Mott has remained a small but thriving community since its founding in 1872. Two of Elm Mott’s earliest settlers, Louis Bishop Christian and Edward M. Long, described the area as a wilderness or “an…