Grave Games

ID: 2790 ~ Source: Gamboa, Robert. Interviewed by Alison Clark, Mark Ruth, Amber West, and Steven Aston, March 4, 2006, in Waco, TX. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. Access full interview here.
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Growing up as a child in the Sandtown neighborhood, Robert Gamboa and his peers used to entertain themselves by playing in the cemetery. Here he discusses how they played, as well as describes the cemetery’s conditions.

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By Regina Wenger
Few sites in Waco capture the richness and complexity of the city’s history better than First Street Cemetery. The city’s oldest resting place, it holds the remains of many of Waco’s prominent early residents. However, its caretaking and development…