Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office

ID: 1468 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University

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Western Union Telegraph and Cable Office

Elm Mott prospered after the Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroad arrived for multiple reasons, not the least of which was the increased efficiency of communication brought by the telegraph office associated with the railway. Note the Western Union sign on the side of the M-K-T depot in this photograph.

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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…