Waco, TX, United States
Site of Waco Boating and Fishing Club. On January 10, 1890, a small group of prominent Waco citizens gathered at the McLennan County courthouse. According to the minutes of that first meeting, they had come together "for the purpose of establishing a boating and fishing club." The organization obtai
ned a state charter a month later. The club originally was comprised of fifty members, each of whom purchased stock in the new venture. Tom Padgitt was elected first president of the club, Otis W. Dav
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