No Place Like Home

ID: 552 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University
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The houses of Sandtown, though not of the best quality, were kept up by the residents as best they could. In addition to the ever-present blanket of sand that covered their homes, the residents of Sandtown also had to deal with the constant threat of muddy roads and floods.

This file appears in: Sandtown Neighborhood

By Michael Woodward
Sandtown was a vibrant and predominately Mexican American neighborhood that was active from the turn of the twentieth century to the 1960s. It encompassed the area of downtown Waco between Third…