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Location of McLennan County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in McLennan County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in McLennan County, Texas. Four districts, 18 individual properties, and one former property ...
Ollolai is a comune at the centre of Barbagia, in the province of Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy. Its territory covers an area of 2,734 hectares (6,760 acres). Its territory covers an area of 2,734 hectares (6,760 acres).
Highlights of Waco History. Waco: Hill Printing and Stationery Co, 1945. Dayton Kelley (1972). Handbook of Waco and McLennan County, Texas. Texian Press. William R. Poage (1981). McLennan County, Before 1980. Texian Press. Patricia Ward Wallace (1983). Waco: Texas Crossroads. Historical Markers of McLennan County. Waco: McLennan College. 1986 ...
Antioch Waco, which serves as the headquarters of the Antioch movement, was founded in April 1999. Founder Jimmy Seibert had been an Associate Pastor at Highland Baptist Church in Waco since 1988, where he introduced the concept of "life groups" (small prayer groups) and started a missionary school called Antioch Ministries International.
In 1837, the Texas Rangers planned to establish a fort at Waco village, but abandoned the idea after several weeks. In 1844, a trading post was established 8 miles south of the village. [9] The anthropologist Jean-Louis Berlandier recorded 60 Waco houses in 1830. [10] The tribe had a second, smaller village located on the Guadalupe River. [10]
Incorporated in 1996, the Friends of the Texas Historical Commission (FTHC) is a 501c(3) tax exempt nonprofit organization, further designated as a 509(a)(1) and 170(b)(1)(A0(vi) Public Charity, whose purpose is to develop private philanthropic resources to assist the Texas Historical Commission with its mission to identify, preserve, and ...
The New Mount Carmel Center was a large group of buildings used by the Branch Davidian religious group located near Axtell, Texas, 20 miles (32 km) north-east of Waco.The Branch Davidians were established by Benjamin Roden in 1959 as a breakaway sect from Davidian Seventh-day Adventists, and was later led by David Koresh starting in the 1980s.
In 1923, a new franchise called the Indians was formed and became a member of the Class D level Texas Association. In 1925, Waco rejoined the Texas League with the formation of the Waco Cubs. On June 20, 1930, the first night game in Texas League history was played at Katy Park in Waco. The lights were donated by Waco resident Charles Redding ...