Two years after the fire in 1993 Charles Pace and his family moved onto the site and maintained the property until the present time of 2007. Ben Roden and his wife Lois bought 77.8 acres and built what became later known as New Mt Carmel Center and later called Branch Davidian Compound by the media when it was made infamous by David Koresh and his followers.

Their leader was Victor Houteff who was also the founder and leader of the Davidian Seventh Day Adventist Movement here in Waco in the 1940's and 50's.ДЄfter Houteff's death his wife sold the old estate and bought land in the Elk area just northeast of Waco. Their many fruitful orchards sprawled bountifully overlooking the lake. This is the same area where the original Mt Carmel church of 7th Day Adventists lived and farmed. The principal source of Waco's water today is from a large artificial lake situated about five miles west of the city, and known as Lake Waco.ДЇor many years now the waters of Lake Waco are pumped into the city by Mt. In time Waco was in possession of 'вЂ¦вЂ¦ more overflowing artesian wells than any other city in the world' The pressure was such that the water burst forth from these wells in remarkable volume, and Waco was given extensive advertising as an ideal health resort. This name was obtained by the discovery, beneath the town, an abundant stratum of mineral charged waters. On page 13 Conger tells us more about Waco's unique water supply: Toward the close of the century another interesting title to grace Waco was 'The Geyser City'. While they chose to pitch their settlement on the east bank of the Brazos, opposite the big spring, they set upon the Wacos fiercely, and within a few months succeeded in driving them entirely away into the west.

In time the Indians were used to kill other Indians so their lands and springs of water could be used exclusively by the white man for commerce and monetary gain.Д¬onger continues on page 4, Later in the 1820's the Wacos received an all but mortal blow from another body of their own kind, a large band of eastern Cherokees with some allies who moved into the Waco region ahead of the white frontier, bringing Negro slaves, considerable property, and a rather civilized form of agriculture. The Indians were experiencing new weapons in their trading with the white man. An early writer has said of the Waco Indians that they had 'an almost superstitious veneration for the big spring on the Brazos, and had a legend that as long as they drank from its waters their tribe would flourish and never become extinct'.ДЄrcheologists have found that the prehistoric residents of the Waco site were rather high in the comparative scale of the Indian culture.Д«ut the 1800's the white man was making great strides in his westward migrations. More important were the springs of crystal water gushing forth their refreshing fountain at the sight of the Waco Village. The waterways of this country were always the preferred locations for the towns and villages of the Indians, and the location at Waco was ideal. The best known evidence of such a habitation is indicated by the multitude of arrowheads of flint, picked up to this day along the Brazos or Bosque Rivers. On page 2 he writes, The archeology of Waco and its vicinity has revealed that it has supported an aboriginal population, time out of mind. In 1964 Roger Conger wrote, A Pictorial History of Waco. Like most Indian tribes the Wacos worshipped the feminine Spirit presence whom they called Woman with Power in the Waters (see ). Carmel concerning the native Wacos Indians which lived upon these lands some 300 years ago. Very few people of Waco really know the original history here at new Mt. ' The Waco Indians, the Waters, and New Mt.

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