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Site of Old Texas Cotton Palace |
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Waco,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
31° 30' 17.37587999988",
-97° 8' 55.79018000016"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Founded in 1894, when Waco was cotton capital of the South. After first exposition to mark end of cotton season, original palace burned; was rebuilt, 1909. Exposition each November had grand royal coronation; nobility came from Texas cities, other states and foreign countries. Featured farm crops, animals; a warpath of sideshows; parades, football games, auto shows, horse races and other attractions. The 10,000-capacity coliseum was the setting for grand opera, concerts, coronation balls, shows from Broadway, debutante balls. After 1930, property was sold.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Site of Old Texas Cotton Palace Historical Marker Location Map, Waco, Texas
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