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Waco Texas Vintage Retro Cotton Canvas Tote Bag - White Logo

Waco Texas Vintage Retro Cotton Canvas Tote Bag - White Logo

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The Waco tote, for the town that was born on the Brazos where the Chisholm Trail crossed. Heavy 12 oz cotton canvas with the Waco vintage retro logo printed on both sides in white.

The tote is the Waco piece that gets used daily: groceries, books, a towel for the beach, the farmers’ market on Saturday. It is flat to mail, so it is also the simplest Waco gift to send to someone out of state. Ships free in the U.S.

Heavy 12 oz (407 g/m²) cotton canvas gives this tote its durability and clean, minimalist look. It measures 15" × 16" (one size) with 20" self-fabric handles that sit comfortably on the shoulder, a sewn-in label, and the retro logo printed on both sides. 100% cotton canvas, made for errands, books, or groceries.

Named for the Waco people who settled the Brazos in the late 1700s, the town was platted in 1849 and incorporated in 1856–57. The 1870 Waco Suspension Bridge, 475 feet on Roebling cables, was the longest single-span suspension bridge west of the Mississippi, and the Chisholm Trail crossed on it, 600,000 steers by 1871.

Dr Pepper was invented at a Waco soda fountain in 1885, a year before Coca-Cola, and the 1906 bottling building is now its museum; the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame sits on the river and a national-monument mammoth bed lies at the edge of town. The bridge over the Brazos is the mark on this piece.


QUICK FACTS — WACO TX COTTON CANVAS TOTE

Town: Waco, Texas

Founded: Platted 1849; incorporated 1856–57

Known for: Birthplace of Dr Pepper (1885); the 1870 Waco Suspension Bridge; the Chisholm Trail; the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame

Art: Waco vintage retro logo, white (printed)

Blank: Cotton canvas tote, 15" × 16", 20" self-fabric handles

Fabric: Heavy 12 oz (407 g/m²) 100% cotton canvas

Print: Retro logo both sides, white ink

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How does your sizing work?

Every item is made to order, so please check the size chart on this page before you buy. Women's fitted tees run small; size up for a looser fit. Caps are one size with an adjustable strap.

How are items made and when will they arrive?

We make each item to order using premium blanks, embroidery and soft-hand prints. Production takes 2-5 business days (weekends and holidays excluded), then 4-10 days in transit via USPS, UPS or FedEx to U.S. addresses; most orders arrive within 6-15 business days. You'll get a tracking link the moment it ships. Any current shipping offer is shown in the bar at the top of every page and applies automatically at checkout, no code needed.

How do I send a gift?

Enter the recipient's address as the shipping address and your own as the billing address at checkout. Nothing ships with a price; the package includes a plain packing slip. Tracking goes to your email, not theirs. For birthdays and holidays, order two weeks ahead to be safe.

What's the return policy?

Made-to-order items can't be returned or exchanged for size or color, so please use the size chart and photos before ordering. If anything arrives defective, misprinted or damaged, send a photo and your order number within 30 days and we'll replace it or refund you.

How do I care for my item?

Apparel: wash cold, inside out, with like colors; no bleach; tumble dry low or hang dry. Embroidered pieces: iron inside out to protect the stitching. Caps: spot clean. Printed glasses and water bottles: hand wash only, no dishwasher, so the artwork lasts. Mugs and engraved glasses are dishwasher safe. Any item-specific care notes are in the description above.

Who makes this?

Merlin Classics is a small Connecticut brand making original retro designs for the towns people love. Every piece is printed, embroidered or engraved to order in the USA, and the business supports hunger relief in the communities our collections celebrate.

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So the town built a bridge — and not a modest one. The Waco Suspension Bridge opened in 1870: a 475-foot span of nearly three million locally made bricks, hung from cables supplied by the Roebling company of Trenton, the same firm that would build the Brooklyn Bridge. At its debut no single-span suspension bridge west of the Mississippi was longer. Cattle crossed at five cents a head, wagons and stagecoaches rolled over two abreast, and Waco boomed. The bridge is a pedestrian landmark now, and the bronze longhorns of the ‘Branding the Brazos’ sculpture still drive across the riverbank beside it.

For its first decades the Brazos was both the making and the bane of Waco. No bridge crossed the river's eight hundred Texas miles, and the cattle drovers pushing herds north on the Chisholm Trail — the great cattle road blazed in 1864 by the trader Jesse Chisholm — had to ford at Waco's shallow banks or swim their longhorns across. Waco's crossing made it a busy checkpoint between the South Texas ranches and the Kansas railheads, but in flood season the river turned impassable for weeks, and a ferry was the only way over.

Why People Visit Waco

Waco balances discovery with simple outdoor time. Visitors mix fossils, the historic bridge, and museums with shaded riverfront parks and an easy downtown. It is friendly, curious, and easy to navigate, with year-round appeal in its parks, paths, and public spaces. Frontier Texas and Ice Age deep time sit side by side here — history and everyday culture together in a welcoming way, with relaxed mornings and unhurried afternoons.

Waco Texas Merlin Classics retro logo — Texas longhorn and Lone Star, Texas Republic Est. 1845