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Ted Nugent's House
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The hard rock guitarist and vocalist lives here.

Kim Mulkey's Former house
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Kimberly Mulkey was the head women's basketball coach at Baylor University. She is the first person in NCAA history to win a basketball national championship as a player, assistant coach, and head coach. She is also only the third NCAA women's basketball coach ever to win three national championships. Mulkey was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000 for her accomplishments as a player. She won her third consecutive Big 12 Coach of the Year award in 2013.
Kim Mulkey was born in Santa Ana, California, USA on Thursday, May 17, 1962. She is 57 years old and is a Taurus. She played point guard at Louisiana Tech University from 1980 to 1984. Her time as a player informed her approach greatly and allowed her to formulate her signature coaching pattern.
Since the inception of the NCAA women's tournament in 1982, Mulkey has been involved in that tournament as a player or coach every year except 1985 and 2003. Mulkey in 2007 signed a 10-year extension to remain as Baylor's coach. In 2012, Mulkey made NCAA history by leading the Lady Bears to a perfect 40–0 season, the most wins in college basketball history, men or women. The season culminated at the NCAA Championship game in Denver, where the Lady Bears defeated Notre Dame.
Her autobiography is called Won't Back Down: Teams, Dreams and Family. The book has seen limited success.
Mulkey is well known for her "bold" sense of fashion. She once wore a snakeskin print to a game against Connecticut; her wardrobe choices have triggered pages of discussion on fan message boards. Mulkey is one of the most prominent women's basketball figures who is known for her solid coaching skills and level headed approach. She’s been one of the most influential women in women's basketball of all time.

Branch Davidian - Mt. Carmel - Feb 28, 1993
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If this area were in high res you would be able to see the rebuilt church of the Branch Davidians. Location of the 1993 disaster. Trying to find a web page that reports the event in a neutral tone is near impossible.

Hawkesdene Residence
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Hawkesdene is a 17,000sqft mansion nestled in a secluded lot on the edge of Lake Waco. The owners, Jim and Nell Hawkins, host special occasions such as charitable events, political events, weddings, social events, and fundraisers. Some notable guests at Hawkesdene include former President George W. Bush, Governor Rick Perry, former Senator Rick Santorum, and former Governor Sarah Palin.

Art Briles' House (former)
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The football coach lived here from 2014-16 during his stint with Baylor University.

C. Clifton Robinson's House
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C. Clifton Robinsonis a real estate mogul, Baylor regent and former owner of the Tribune-Herald.

Ken Starr's residence
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Kenneth Starr & his wife Alice currently live in the Albritton House (President's house) on the Baylor Univerity Campus. Most famous for being the independent council while Bill Clinton was President, Starr is now President of Baylor University
In the early 1960s, a neighborhood on the outskirts of campus along Guittard and Harrington avenues was established to house faculty and executive-level Baylor employees. Quickly dubbed "Fort Faculty," the community allowed faculty members living there to have interaction with students while still being able to maintain some privacy.
In the decades since, the University has grown steadily around the neighborhood with the additions of the McLane Student Life Center, the Speight Avenue Parking Garage and now the new sciences building. What was once a quiet residential area on the edge of campus quickly is becoming a central part of it.

ALICO Building
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AKA Amicable Life Building
The ALICO Building is a 22-story office building in downtown Waco, Texas, United States, located on Austin and 5th Streets. It was built in 1910 by the architectural firm Sanguinet & Staats and associate architect Roy Lane, for the Amicable Life Insurance Company at a cost of $755,000. It was completed in only one year.
The building is today owned by the American-Amicable Life Insurance Company of Texas (a subsidiary of Industrial Alliance), and remains the tallest building in Waco by far. The acronym "ALICO" is spelled in red neon letters on the top floor, and can be seen for many miles.
The ALICO Building was one of the few downtown office buildings that survived the 1953 Waco tornado outbreak. It swayed several feet when the tornado hit it directly, but its steel frame structure allowed it to survive the winds.
ALICO stands for Amicable Life Insurance Company. This was the company that incorporated and contracted to have the building built back in 1910. In 1965, Amicable Life Insurance Company and American Life Insurance Company merged to become the American-Amicable Life Insurance Company.

Branch Davidian Church: 50 day siege and fire of April 19,1993
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This is the replacement church for the Mt. Carmel Branch Davidian compound destroyed 19 years ago today.
The Waco siege began on February 28, 1993, and ended violently 50 days later on April 19. The siege began when the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), accompanied by several members of the media, attempted to execute a search warrant at the Branch Davidian ranch at Mount Carmel, a property located 9 miles (14 km) east-northeast of Waco, Texas. On February 28, shortly after the attempt to serve the warrant, an intense gun battle erupted, lasting nearly 2 hours. In this armed exchange, four agents and six Branch Davidians were killed. Upon the ATF's failure to execute the search warrant, a siege was initiated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The siege ended 50 days later when a fire destroyed the compound when a second assault was launched. 76 people (24 of them British nationals) died in the fire, including more than 20 children, two pregnant women, and the sect leader David Koresh.

Baylor University
Baylor University is a private, Christian university in Waco, Texas. Founded in 1845, Baylor is one of the oldest universities in Texas and was one of the first educational institutions west of the Mississippi River. The university is located in the central part of the state of Texas, an hour and a half south of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and an hour and a half north of Austin, the state capital. Its main 800 plus acre campus is located to the east of the historic area of downtown Waco and the major freeway I-35 on the banks of the Brazos river.

Waco Tornado Memorial
The 2-and-a-half ton teardrop-shaped granite monument is engraved with the names of the 114 people who died and with a brief description of the tragedy .
The memorial has been placed near the center of the heaviest damage caused by the tornado, which cut through the heart of downtown Waco causing $57 million in property damage.

The Cottonland Castle
Stone contractor John Tennant began this house in 1890, when Waco's cotton-based economy flourished. In 1906 Tennant sold the structure to Ripley Hanrick, a cotton broker, but it remained unfinished. With plans drawn by architect Roy Lane (1884-1956), "The Castle" was eventually completed in 1913 as a residence for businessman Alfred Abeel (1845-1922).

Rolls Royce's Boeing 747-200 'Trent 1000' testbed
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Rolls-Royce Group plc is developing the Trent 1000 engine to be used on .the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which is currently in development. Because the aircraft has not yet been produced, Rolls-Royce sought an aircraft to serve as a flying test bed for risk-reduction flight testing of the Trent 1000 engine. The company selected a 747 and has hired L-3 to mount a developmental Trent 1000 in place of one of the 747's usual engines so that it can perform tests on the new engine while the 787 continues development.
This program requires the modification of a Boeing 747-200 aircraft to include a pylon strut adaptor to interface with the Trent 1000 engine. We will be responsible for the aircraft modification, maintenance, logistics support and flight crews for the duration of the engine test program.
The Trent 1000 is the lead engine on the Boeing 787 program, having been selected by launch customer All Nippon Airways (ANA) to power its fleet of 50 Dreamliners. The engine has also been chosen by Air New Zealand. Development testing of the Trent 1000 will start in Spring 2006, leading to certification by the airworthiness authorities in 2007. It will enter service with ANA in 2008.

Waco Mammoth site
It isn't much yet, but it will soon be under construction and then a National park. Check out the Link for more info and pictures.
The story of the Waco mammoths has captured the imagination of central Texans for almost 30 years. Investigation of the site began in 1978 when Paul Barron and Eddie Bufkin first discovered a bone protruding from an eroding creek bank and reported it to the Baylor University's Strecker Museum staff.
By 1990, fifteen mammoths had been identified, their remains preserved and removed. During the clean-up of the dig site, another bone was found which has led to the discovery of ten additional mammoths, a camel, and a young saber-toothed cat's tooth. Boreholes in the site area indicate that additional mammoths have yet to be unearthed.
The Waco Mammoth Site is the largest known concentration of prehistoric mammoth elephants dying from the same event.

Baylor University Stadium
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West Waco Library
The former Dunlaps location has been renovated into the West Waco Library & Genealogy Center. Waco has an extensive collection of genealogical resources and is a great place to do research.

Lion's Park Waco
Lion’s Park is owned and operated by the Waco Lion’s Club. Recently celebrating its 50th anniversary, the park features Kiddieland, miniature golf, go-karts, paddle boats, a giant slide, and a train ride around the perimeter of the park.
The park has just recently undergone some repairs & updating. It has some great old vintage rides and an old putt-putt course.

Baylor University - Ferrell Center
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Burned historic school
The 104-year-old Sanger Elementary School building in Waco was victim of arson in October 2008. The inside was gutted by the fire and the only thing that remained were the exterior walls and the entries. It has since been demolished & the only thing that remains are the decorative entries.

Lockheed EC-130H Compass Call
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The EC-130H Compass Call is an airborne tactical weapon system using a heavily modified version of the C-130 Hercules airframe. The system disrupts enemy command and control communications and limits adversary coordination essential for enemy force management. The Compass Call system employs the offensive counterinformation and electronic attack capabilities in support of U.S. and Coalition tactical air, surface, and special operations forces. Programmed upgrades will expand its mission by procuring a secondary Electronic Attack (EA) capability against early warning and acquisition radars.
Airborne electronic warfare consists of three major 'players' forming a triad of capability: the EC-130H Compass Call, the EA-6B Prowler, and the F-16CJ Fighting Falcon suppress enemy air defenses while jamming communications, radar and command and control targets. Compass Call is in demand with all unified commands, and therefore, subject to worldwide deployment in support of operations on very short notice.

Stanford Chapel cemetery
Marker Text:
This cemetery is named for the Reverend Thomas Stanford, a pioneer Methodist minister who moved to Texas from Arkansas in 1862 with his wife and family. They, with the E. R. Barcus family, established a school, church and cemetery. The Stanfords' daughter and son-in-law, Martha and Thomas Richey, donated five acres of land for this graveyard in 1875. The first recorded burial occurred in 1875. After years of neglect the graveyard was restored in 1962, and by 1965 a cemetery association was formed to maintain the site. The cemetery continues to serve the community.

Mclane Stadium
Mclane Stadium is the new home of Baylor Bear Football. Mclane Stadium opened just in time for the 2014 season. The bears finished 5th in the AP poll, and were Big 12 champions for the second year in a row, in the inaugural season at Mclane. The stadium seats 45,140 and will host a variety of events in the off-season.
Designed by Populos, the stadium features a pedestrian bridge across the Brazos to link to Baylor University and a special cove that allows fans to arrive by boat for "sailgaiting" pre-game.

Brazos Belle Riverboat (former location)
This imagery is prior to March 2007, that is when the Belle succumbed to rapidly rising river waters and was flooded with eight feet of water. It used to be a restaurant & place for parties & receptions. The boat has since been removed.

Lehigh Cement Company
This Lehigh Plant makes white cement

Tehuacana Creek Vineyards
A small winery just outside Waco the makes some great wines.

Rusty Star Barbecue
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Ted Nugent's favorite.

Lockheed EP-3E ARIES II
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The Lockheed EP-3E ARIES II is the signals reconnaissance version of the P-3C Orion, operated by the United States Navy. There are 11 EP-3Es in the Navy's inventory, the last of which was delivered in 1997. A total of 12 P-3C aircraft were converted to replace older versions of the aircraft, which had been converted in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
There are a bunch of them at this airport. The modifications are done by L3 Communications. This is one of two L3 facilities in the country. They also do the Rivet Joint aircraft.

James W. Harris (1863-1897) & Judge George Bruce Gerald (1836-1914) duel site
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James W. Harris (1863-1897), editor of Waco's "Time -Herald" and Judge George Bruce Gerald (1836-1914) argued over an article the Judge wrote. It supported William Cowper Brann's controversial magazine, "The Iconoclast", which denounced, among other things, Baptists and Baylor University. After a fist fight which Harris won, the Judge distributed a handbill branding Harris "a liar, coward and cur" and challenged him to a duel. Harris and his brother met Judge Gerald near this intersection in a pistol battle. The Harrises were killed and the Judge wounded. Judge Gerald won reelection in 1900.
There is some confusion regarding Judge Gerald's birth year. The year on the Texas historical marker and the Find A Grave page is 1836, but the image of the headstone the year is 1835 for Judge Gerald and 1836 for his wife, Omega, is 1836. See links below.

Dr Pepper Museum
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Waco Suspension Bridge
The Waco Suspension Bridge is a 475-foot structure that crosses the Brazos River in downtown Waco. At the time that it was built it was one of the longest single-span suspension bridges in the world

Waco Vietnam Memorial
As one approachs the memorial, the first sight is a quarter circle concrete wall with the inscription VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL(at corner of Washington & University Parks). Extended from one end of the quarter circle are six linear concrete wall sections. A plaza is located beyond the wall. It is designated Veterans Plaza and is dedicated to this country's veterans, past, present and future. The linear wall sections facing the plaza contain bronze seals of the five branches of military service. These seals recognize the contributions of servicemen and women during the Vietnam War.
A walkway leaves the plaza and leads through a grove of 64 trees. The trees are in memory of the 64 servicemen from Waco and McLennan County who died in Vietnam. One tree ring stands empty in recognition of those still missing in action. Three pavilions are located within the trees:
Pavilion I, The Beginning, represents our country, our families and us as individuals before the Vietnam War. Its granite markers states, "Before the Vietnam War, We Were Whole."
Pavilion II, The Conflict, is encountered further along the walkway. It is similar to Pavilion I, but it is broken and torn down. It symbolizes the war itself, the destruction and turmoil, the loss of life and the divisiveness within our country. Its marker states, The Vietnam War Brought Destruction And Turmoil.
Pavilion III, The Honor, is the final pavilion. Its marker is inscribed, "The Sacrifices of Those We Honor Make This Hallowed Ground. Let us Strive to Reunite and Heal." First, it pays tribute to the Waco and McLennan County servicemen who gave their lives in the war. On another level it recognizes the efforts of all American servicemen and servicewomen (those who died as well as those who survived) who served during the Vietnam era.

Mayborn Museum at Baylor
The Mayborn Museum Complex provides a wide spectrum of learning opportunities to engage all types visitors. The exhibits and education programs encourage families to learn together and design their own museum experience.
This complex offers sixteen hands-on discovery rooms in the Jeanes Discovery Center with themes from vertebrates to transportation, health to sound. Natural history exhibits are located both indoors and outdoors and include walk-in dioramas and exploration stations.
The 15 wood frame buildings that make up the 13-acre Gov. Bill & Vara Daniel Historic Village gives visitors an accurate view of life in Texas from the latter part of the 19th Century into the early 20th Century.
At the Waco Mammoth Exhibit, guests can walk on a see-through floor to look down upon casts of the Columbian mammoth bones displayed exactly as they were unearthed at the Waco Mammoth Site, just 5 miles from the Baylor Campus.

M-60 Patton
A M-60 at the Waco National Guard Center

Boeing 747SP "SOFIA"
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NASA and the DLR, German Aerospace Center, are working together to create SOFIA — a Boeing 747SP aircraft modified by L-3 Communications Integrated Systems to accommodate a 2.5 meter reflecting telescope.

TSTC Aeropspace Center (Future)
This site is the future location of new Colonel James Connally Aerospace Center. All the building between the road and the apron have been demoed (except the one with the gray metal roof) and construction will soon start. The project bid in early January 2011. It will serve as a terminal & classroom space for Texas State Technical College Waco.

Waco VA Hospital
60 flags line Memorial Drive, the Main Entrance to the hospital.

L-3 Communications Integrated Systems Waco
L-3 Communications is a company that supplies command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C3ISR) systems and products, secure communications systems and products, avionics and ocean products, training devices and services, microwave components and telemetry, instrumentation, space and navigation products. Its customers include the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, selected U.S. Government intelligence agencies, aerospace prime contractors and commercial telecommunications and wireless customers.

Curves Coporate HQ
This is the Corporate Headquarters for Curves International.

Elephants at Cameron Park Zoo
This shot caught the two African elephants, Tembo and Tanya, at the Cameron Park Zoo in Waco

First Baptist church Waco
Built 1906 it is considered one of the most beautiful churches in Texas.

Boeing E-6 "Mercury"
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Waco Chamber of Commerce Building
Opened in June 2008 the Waco Chamber of Commerce building was the first "Green" building in the country

WACO-FM (99.9 FM, "WACO 100") Transmitter tower
WACO-FM is one of three stations in the United States where the call letters spell out the name of the city of license.

Boeing 747SP-21 ("Sofia" testbed)
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Fat Ho Burgers
Newly opened, March 22, 2011, Fat Ho Burgers in Waco is stirring a bit of controversy because of the name & menu.

Wings For Christ International Flight Academy Airport
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Waco fallen Peace Officer Monument
In 2008, the Waco Police Association joined other law enforcement organizations in McLennan County to dedicate a memorial monument to their fallen officers. The monument, which stands in Indian Springs Park between Washington Avenue and the Waco Suspension Bridge, includes the names of 21 officers from city, county, state and federal agencies who made the ultimate sacrifice. The memorial contains a center monument with the badges of these agencies, and is surrounded by stone walls where the names of the fallen are engraved.

Google car reflection in the door & mirror

Floyd Casey Stadium
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Floyd Casey Stadium is a stadium in Waco, Texas. It is primarily used for football, and is the home field of the Baylor Bears. Floyd Casey Stadium is about four miles from the Baylor campus. Floyd Casey Stadium was built in 1950 and cost $1.8 million dollars to construct. It opened under the name Baylor Stadium in 1950 with a game against Houston, won by Baylor 34-7, and has room for 50,000 people. In a 2006 game against Texas A&M University, the modern attendance record of 51,385 was established.

Mars Chocolate

Lockheed P-3AEW&C
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Boeing 747SP-21 (SOFIA)

Baylor's McLane Stadium
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McLane Stadium is home to the Baylor Bear football team. Ground broke in September 2012 and the stadium opened almost two years later on August 29, 2014. Well-known sports facility architects, Populous built the stadium to hold 45,000 plus fans. McLane is located on the Brazos River allowing fans to arrive by boat. There is also a bridge connecting the stadium with the campus.
Direct link below.

'Earth Circle' by Andrew Green
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on the Baylor campus

Aerospace mosaic at TSTC Waco
This is a tile mosaic that is on the current culinary arts building at Texas State Technical College. It is planned to be moved to the new aerospace center that is under construction.

Wheel trencher

Puremco Dominoes
Puremco dominoes sell all types of domino games & sets. They can customize to order. They no longer make the dominoes on site, and they no longer sell the colored sets.

Articulating boom lift

Antique Fire truck

Little League Southwest Region Headquarters
Little League International maintains six year-around baseball and softball training facilities in the United States, each serving thousands of Little League boys and girls, and adult Little League volunteers. The newest of these facilities in Waco serves Little Leagues in Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.

Google car reflection
Poor image though

'Santa Monica III' by Betty Gold
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on the Baylor campus

Waco police SWAT truck
Has recently been replaced and converted to a surveillance vehicle

McLennan Community College
Located in Waco, Texas, MCC was established in 1965 by the citizens of McLennan County. MCC was the first junior college in Texas to incorporate the word "community" in its name. For more than 40 years, MCC has been serving Waco and the surrounding areas to help community members achieve their educational goals.

Texas Ranger Hall of Fame & Museum
Nice Museum with great artifacts and history on the storied Texas Rangers, past & present

Big gun Bar-B-Q pit
Outside Michna's in Waco, they don't use it anymore its just for decoration

Washington Avenue Bridge
With a construction date of 1901, this massive 450 foot Pennsylvania truss main span forms a bridge that is noteworthy for an extremely long span length for a simply spanning truss bridge. When first built, it was claimed to be the longest known simply spanning truss bridge in the world, although it apparently in reality fell short of that somewhat. It was however the longest span simple truss in Texas. With a complex truss configuration, built-up beams featuring extensive lattice and v-lacing, and decorative portal and knee bracing, this bridge is very beautiful. It is also an extremely old example of a bridge spanning a distance of over 400 feet. The bridge features deck plate girder approach spans at either end of the bridge, and the main truss span is seated on large caissons. The bridge features decorative shapes on the knee and portal bracing. On the portal bracing star-shaped cutouts are present. The historic integrity of the bridge is excellent, with no major design or character-altering alterations observed. As such, this bridge is among the most noteworthy historic bridges in Texas.

Health Camp Hamburgers
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American Flag billboard

Dubl-R Burgers
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Holt Cat flag
The Holt Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of Agricultural and construction equipment. Also known as Caterpiller.

Lockheed EP-3E "ARIES II"
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Waco Skate park

Exercising the animal
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Central Texas Rifle & Pistol club range

'Austin Avenue Methodist Episcopal South Church' by R. H. Hunt
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1925

Welcome to Georgia sign
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