More to it.............. My mother was born in 1940 and says it was long gone before her, but her parents knew it and the soldiers she dated spoke of their own parents there too. OldHagAtOldLake: the cotton palace was gone a long time before i was old enough to go to those plases just heard about it all my life remember i use to date soldiers from fort hood and they would tell about their parents ging and where it was OldHagAtOldLake: i have been to clubs in the building but not the cotton palace wasnt born til 40 remember thios was before jessies time OldHagAtOldLake: my daddy knew about it and so did my mom OldHagAtOldLake: she caught your pa in ther one day when he was suppose to be at work with one of the girls and i think she drug him away from the old flossie as she described her OldHagAtOldLake: thats the only time i think he really ticked her off OldHagAtOldLake: he was building houses close by there and they would go ther for lunch some time and one of the wifes told here and they went to find out and sure enough they were there for the last time OldHagAtOldLake: that was the place she hated and she hated all old flossies Maybe this will give you an idea of what the Cotton Palace was... In fact, now that my mom told me about it... I remember my granny telling me...I just didnt know that was the place. Granny took a bus to Waco one day (they lived in either Moody or Eddy at the time and she didnt drive) after being told about it and surprised my pa.....dont think he ever went back after that....LOL