Baptism in the Brazos

ID: 1442 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University

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Wacoans used the Brazos River for a large variety of purposes, including religious rituals. Here, a group of Baptists wade into the river in order to baptize new congregants.

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Brazos River

By Dayton Kelley, ed., The Handbook of Waco and McLennan County, Texas

The Brazos River proved to be both a blessing and a curse for Waco, providing a constant water supply, means of transportation, and fertile farming ground, but also serving as a site of frequent flooding and destruction. This tension shaped the…