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La Pila fountain once central to Hispanic neighborhood unearthed
Crews Thursday were chipping away and sifting 2 feet of fill dirt that for half a century has covered a neighborhood fountain at Jefferson Avenue and University Parks Drive, known as La Pila.
wacotrib4y
La Pila site buried again, with Waco Hispanic Museum at odds with archaeologist preparing report
After three years of excavation, the fountain that anchored Waco’s bygone Calle Dos neighborhood has been filled back in with dirt, hidden from view and lost to time once again. The fountain ...
Austin American-Statesman7y
Archaeologists unearth fountain from long-gone Waco neighborhood
La Pila also served as a social gathering place and a point where day workers would wait to be picked up for picking cotton or other labor. The fountain served the neighborhood until about 1950 ...
San Angelo Standard-Times7y
Crews unearth historic fountain from bygone Waco neighborhood
La Pila also served as a social gathering place and a point where day workers would wait to be picked up for picking cotton or other labor. The fountain served the neighborhood until about 1950 ...
Washington Times7y
Crews unearth fountain from long-gone Waco neighborhood
La Pila also served as a social gathering place and a point where day workers would wait to be picked up for picking cotton or other labor. The fountain served the neighborhood until about 1950 ...