1912 Cotton Palace Exposition

ID: 1610 ~ Source: Olenbush, Adrienne Wilkes, interviewed by Susan Monaghan, October 29, 1975, in Waco, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. View the full interview
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Adrienne Wilkes Olenbush speaks of the Cotton Palace Pageant that featured the appearance of an Indian tribe in traditional dress, as well as items owned by the Waco Indian tribe.

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By Amanda Sawyer
The city of Waco derives its name from the agrarian indigenous group that originally resided in the area. The Waco, orWi-iko, Indians were a tribe of the Wichita that arrived in Central Texas in the 1700s. The tribe’s early history is difficult to…