McFerrin Family

ID: 1471 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University

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New means of transportation meant larger numbers of people passing through Elm Mott. Several members of the McFerrin family worked at the M-K-T depot and their house (pictured here) stood near the depot as well, and served as a boardinghouse and hotel for travelers.

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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…