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    Waco (/ˈweɪkoʊ/ WAY-koh) is a city in and the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States. It is situated along the Brazos River and I-35, halfway...
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    The Waco siege, also known as the Waco massacre, was the siege by U.S. federal government and Texas state law enforcement officials of a compound belonging...
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    The Waco Mammoth National Monument is a paleontological site and museum in Waco, Texas, United States where fossils of 24 Columbian mammoths (Mammuthus...
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    Edwards Plateau in Central Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 260,579. Its county seat and largest city is Waco. The U.S. census 2023 county...
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  • The 1982 Lake Waco Murders refers to the deaths of three teenagers (two females, one male) near Lake Waco in Waco, Texas, in July 1982. The police investigation...
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  • Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas and stars Michael Shannon, Taylor Kitsch, Andrea Riseborough, Paul Sparks...
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  • Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), and the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas. The sequel series portrays the aftermath of the siege and the trials...
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    Lake Waco is a man-made reservoir located on the west side of Waco, in McLennan County, Texas. It provides water to several cities in the Waco Metropolitan...
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    On May 17, 2015, in Waco, Texas, United States, a shootout erupted at a Twin Peaks restaurant where more than 200 persons, including members from motorcycle...
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    Hill County, Texas, United States. It is located between Dallas, Fort Worth and Waco, directly on Interstate 35 in North Central Texas. Hillsboro draws...
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    Minnesota in the north to Texas in the south. The strongest and deadliest tornado was a powerful F5 tornado that struck Waco, Texas on May 11, causing 114 of...
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    David Koresh (category People from Waco, Texas)
    originally led by Benjamin Roden, based at the Mount Carmel Center outside Waco, Texas. There, Koresh competed for dominance with another leader, Benjamin Roden's...
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  • Look up Waco in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Waco, Texas, is a city in the United States Waco or WACO may also refer to: Waco tribe, a Native American...
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  • of Texas is a nickname that has been coined to describe several cities in Texas, United States, including: Marshall, Texas Sherman, Texas Waco, Texas Athens...
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    seventeen-year-old African American farmhand who was lynched in the county seat of Waco, Texas, on May 15, 1916, in what became a well-known example of lynching. Washington...
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  • city of Waco, Texas, US. 1830 – Hueco village sacked by Cherokees. 1849 – Shapley Ross founds Waco March 1: "First sale of town lots at Waco village."...
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    Branch Davidians (category Waco siege)
    group that became known as "Davidians" and some moved onto land outside Waco, Texas. They built a community called the Mount Carmel Center, which served...
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    The Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum in Waco, Texas, is the state-designated official historical center of the famed Texas Rangers law enforcement...
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    Doris Miller (category Military personnel from Waco, Texas)
    during the Battle of Makin in the Gilbert Islands. Miller was born in Waco, Texas, on October 12, 1919, to Connery and Henrietta Miller. He was named Doris...
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  • Waco, a Texas city of around 120,000 has a number of neighborhoods. These are not official government neighborhoods, but rather common names given by...
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    The Waco (also spelled Huaco and Hueco) of the Wichita people are a Southern Plains Native American tribe that inhabited northeastern Texas. Today, they...
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    his basic military training on Fort Hood (later renamed Fort Cavazos), Texas. He and Anita became close friends with local business man Eddie Fadal....
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    Waco Regional Airport (IATA: ACT, ICAO: KACT, FAA LID: ACT) is an airport in Waco, McLennan County, Texas. It is owned by the City of Waco. The airport...
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    when her case went to trial. Guinan was one of four siblings born in Waco, Texas, to Irish immigrants Michael and Bessie (née Duffy) Guinan, who had emigrated...
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  • The Waco Suspension Bridge crosses the Brazos River in Waco, Texas. It is a single-span suspension bridge, with a main span of 475 ft (145 m). Opened on...
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    Chip Gaines (category People from Waco, Texas)
    later marry in 2003. The couple currently have five children and live in Waco, Texas. Gaines began his career in real estate by flipping houses while in his...
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    The NoZe Brotherhood (category 1924 establishments in Texas)
    NoZe Brotherhood is a collegiate secret society at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. Founded in Brooks Hall in 1918, the society was originally formed as...
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  • University High School is a public high school located in the city of Waco, Texas, part of Waco Independent School District and classified as a 5A school by the...
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    years old, the family settled in Austin, Texas. During her junior year of high school, they relocated to Waco, Texas, where her father opened a franchise...
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  • KWKT-TV (category Television stations in Waco, Texas)
    (channel 44) is a television station in Waco, Texas, United States, serving as the Fox affiliate for Central Texas. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside...
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