Growing Renown

ID: 728 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University ~ Creator: Charles Erwin Arnold
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Growing Renown

The Roosevelt Hotel was known throughout the region for more than its grandiose appearance and quality service. Many citizens used to recount the story of the night Clyde Barrow was arrested in the hotel, just three months before he met his future partner Bonnie Parker.

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By Amanda Sawyer
Waco rapidly industrialized in the early decades from its founding. The arrival of the railroad and the building of the Suspension Bridge increased the numbers of travelers through the region, and the city soon became a thriving urban center. In…