WACO  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of McLennan county, See also:

• TEXAS

Texas, nearly in the centre of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state, on both sides of the Brazos See also:

• RIVER

river, about See also:

• LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo m . S. by W. of See also:

• DALLAS
• DALLAS, ALEXANDER JAMES (1759-1817)
• DALLAS, GEORGE MIFFLIN (1792-1864)

Dallas . Pop . (189o) 14,445; (1900) 20,686, of whom 5826 were negroes; (1910 See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 26,425 . Waco is served by the See also:

• MISSOURI

Missouri, See also:

• KANSAS (known as the Sunflower State ")

Kansas & Texas, and by other See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . Waco is the seat of Baylor University (co-educational) and of the Texas See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian University (Christian; co-educational) . Baylor University was founded at See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

Independence, Texas, by the Texas See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union Baptist Association, in 1845, and was consolidated in 1886 with Waco University (Baptist, 1861, founded by Dr See also:

• RUFUS, GAIUS VALGIUS
• RUFUS, LUCIUS VARIUS (c 74—14 B.c.)

Rufus C . Burleson, a former See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of Baylor University) . It was named in See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert E . B . Baylor (1793-1874), a representative in See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress from See also:

• ALABAMA

Alabama in 183o-1831, and one of its founders . In 1908-Igo9 it had 40 instructors and 1296 students (664 See also:

• WOMEN

women), of whom 647 were in the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college .

The Texas Christian University was founded in 1873 at Thorp's Springs as a private school, chartered as Add Ran College, transferred to the Christian Churches of Texas in 1889, and removed to Waco in 1895 . Its See also:

• PRESENT

present name was adopted in 1902, the name Add Ran College being retained for the college of arts and sciences . In 1908-1909 the university had 26 instructors and 379 students (279 in the college of arts and sciences) . Waco is situated in a fertile farming region . In 1905 the factory products were valued at $2,979,800 . The city was named after the Waco (or Hueco) See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians (Caddoan stock), who had a large See also:

• VILLAGE

village here until 183o, when they were nearly exterminated by the Cherokees; in 1855 they removed to a See also:

• RESERVATION (Lat. reservare, to keep back)

reservation, and after 1859 became incorporated with the See also:

• WICHITA

Wichita . The first See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement was made in 1849 . Waco was incorporated as a See also:

• TOWN

town in 1856; in 1909 the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration was entrusted to a See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor and four commissioners .