Mess Hall Building

ID: 2144 ~ Source: Wilton Lanning papers, Accession #4039, Box 10, Folder 14, The Texas Collection, Baylor University.
This file appears in: Rich Field Army Air Base
Mess Hall Building

All of the buildings of Rich Field were permanent structures, not just tents like parts of Camp MacArthur. Some of these buildings would become part of Rich Field High School after the airfield closed.

This file appears in: Rich Field Army Air Base

By Anabel Burke
In the midst of war, some towns stay far removed from the action. For Waco in 1917, this was far from the case. Engineers and workers broke ground for Camp MacArthur training base in July, famously taking up over 10,700 acres of the small Texas…