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Despite the popularity of the first Cotton Palace exhibition, a movement to rebuild the Cotton Palace did not occur for 15 years.<ref name=txcol /> In 1910, the Young Man's Business League of Waco sold [[stock]] and raised over $100,000 to build a second, significantly expanded Cotton Palace, with Albert C. Clifton, YMBL president, also serving as president of the board of the directors for the new Cotton Palace.<ref name=txcol /><ref name=handbook /> The Cotton Palace's supporters purchased Padgitt Park from its namesake, Tom Padgitt, and expanded beyond the building itself to |
Despite the popularity of the first Cotton Palace exhibition, a movement to rebuild the Cotton Palace did not occur for 15 years.<ref name=txcol /> In 1910, the Young Man's Business League of Waco sold [[stock]] and raised over $100,000 to build a second, significantly expanded Cotton Palace, with Albert C. Clifton, YMBL president, also serving as president of the board of the directors for the new Cotton Palace.<ref name=txcol /><ref name=handbook /> The Cotton Palace's supporters purchased Padgitt Park from its namesake, Tom Padgitt, and expanded beyond the building itself to build a 10,000 seat arena, a racetrack, an auditorium, a [[zoo]], [[carnival]] grounds, and a football field.<ref name=txcol /> |
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Revision as of 20:06, 21 April 2015
The Texas Cotton Palace was a venue in Waco, Texas used from 1895 to 1930 for an annual exhibition to showcase Texas cotton.
First Cotton Palace
The choice to establish a cotton exhibition in Waco was likely a result of Waco's role as one of the largest cotton markets in the region, with over 120,000 bales of cotton traded in the city in 1983.[1] The city's location near the Bosque and Brazos rivers gave it a fertile environment for cotton production.[2] Because of the importance of cotton production to the city, the citizens of Waco raised $40,000 to build an exhibition center, and in 1894, created plans for what would become the Texas Cotton Palace in Padgitt Park.[1][2] Construction was swift, and on November 8, 1894, the first Cotton Palace exhibition was opened by Texas governor James Stephen Hogg.[1] The building itself was short-lived and, on January 19, 1895, burned to the ground.[1][2]
Second Cotton Palace
Despite the popularity of the first Cotton Palace exhibition, a movement to rebuild the Cotton Palace did not occur for 15 years.[1] In 1910, the Young Man's Business League of Waco sold stock and raised over $100,000 to build a second, significantly expanded Cotton Palace, with Albert C. Clifton, YMBL president, also serving as president of the board of the directors for the new Cotton Palace.[1][2] The Cotton Palace's supporters purchased Padgitt Park from its namesake, Tom Padgitt, and expanded beyond the building itself to build a 10,000 seat arena, a racetrack, an auditorium, a zoo, carnival grounds, and a football field.[1]