Waco History Podcast

Dr. Sloan talks with Dr. Jim SoRelle about the infamous novel Sironia by Madison Cooper. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is Living Stories, featuring voices from the collections of the Baylor University Institute for Oral History. I'm Louis Mazé. Many memories from our youth are intertwined with those of school, the place where we were making friends and developing interests. Waco native Helen Geltemeyer shares a treasured memory from her schooldays: "My earliest memories of Bell's Hill is going to school, walking every morning and with our dog, Tex, following my sister and I and maybe my brother. And the dog would stand at the door of this far end, the east end of the school, and we'd say, Tex, go home! And he'd finally go home. Every day that dog went to school with us. And I loved that school because you could see one end to the other. And the floors were just so clean and nice, and we had such a good time. All my teachers were—seemed to be so lovely." She recalls her older brother Ross and his friends: "And a lot of them had donkeys around there across the street. My brother was one of them. They loved to take their do

Dr. Sloan talks to Jimmy Dorrell about Waco, the Church Under the Bridge, Jubilee, and all his other philanthropic deeds. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is Living Stories, featuring voices from the collections of the Baylor University Institute for Oral History. During the summer months in Waco before air-conditioning, getting comfortable enough at night to go to sleep could be a challenge. Charles Armstrong recalls an alteration made to the house his family moved into in the early 1920s: “We didn't live there long till Daddy and my brothers built a room on the back, went all the way across. They called it a sleeping porch. It had windows all the way around it, you know, just one window after the other all the way around it.” Mary Sendón remembers the porch on her childhood home: “Right in back of the hallway, at the end of the house, was a screened-in porch. It was screened in on one side; that was one side that opened out, but it was the coolest, most comfortable place. We spent our summers out there almost all the time. And, of course, the porch was a wonderful place to sleep in the summertime. My mother and dad slept on the back porch in the summerti

Dr. Sloan talks with Calvin Smith and Paul Barron about The Waco Mammoth site in Waco Texas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode we hear from Ashley and learn more about Waco's deep rich history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Sloan talks with James “Derek” Ross, a longtime missionary in the Philippines who moved to Waco last year about The Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, and their history in Waco Texas and the surrounding areas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Sloan talks with C. Cullen Smith, an experienced and well-known Waco attorney, about the Freedom Fountain and its history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Sloan talks to Rick Tullis, president of Capstone Mechanical here in Waco, about the history of Air Conditioning in Waco and the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Sloan talks to Robert Fairbanks Former Professor of History at the University of Texas at Arlington about Urban Development in Waco. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Sloan talks to Cherry Boggess live at the Dr. Pepper Museum as part of the Sit Down to Take a Stand exhibit. Mrs. Boggess was part of the lunch-counter sit-ins in Waco. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the third part of this series, Dr. Sloan talks to former park ranger Larry Simms about Cameron Park. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Sloan talks to welcomes back Dr. Kenna Lang Archer to talk about the Brazos River Development. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Sloan talks with Mark Firmin the author of William Cameron Park: A Centennial History, about Cameron Park in Waco. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Sloan talks to Dr. Michael Parrish about Baylor University's Commission on Historic Campus Representations and the history of slavery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Sloan talks with Major John Householder about Waco's Vietnam Memorial. They discuss its past and future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Sloan guest co-host Eric Ames talk with Clint Lynch of the Oakwood Cemetery Association Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Sloan gives us the background of the Baylor University live mascot program from its inception to today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Sloan talks to the former city of Waco manager Larry Groth about Waco's growth and how things have changed over the years. This is part 2 in a 2 part series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Sloan talks to the former city of Waco manager Larry Groth about Waco's growth and how things have changed over the years. This is part 1 in a 2 part series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices