Cotton Gin

ID: 1467 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University

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Farming of cotton, corn, and oats served as the principal industry of Elm Mott for many years. Multiple local cotton gins established the region as a vital part of McLennan County’s booming cotton industry.

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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…