Pace's latest cause may just attract some anti-government types to Mount Carmel. The state of Texas is considering building a north-south superhighway through the Waco area, part of a massive statewide project known as the Trans-Texas Corridor.
One county map, drawn up merely for "guesstimating costs," the county insists, shows the highway going straight through Mount Carmel.
"I'm getting very militant," said Pace. "Because I want to vindicate these people's names -- I don't want them to be forgotten and paved over. They want to put a road through here and just destroy this whole place, basically pave it over. I think that would be a sacrilege."
Will he fight the highway project?
"Yes, we're going to fight it," he said. "They'll have to carry my cold body off this place. Or bury me here with the rest of them."
Tough, provocative words from a man occupying the site of one more violent chapters in American history. But Pace said he's not talking about taking up arms.
The state of Texas says that while Mount Carmel lies within a large swath of land being studied for the project, no decisions have been made about the actual route. The building of the highway, if it ever happens, would be many years away.
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I have been to those grounds several times and it does have an eerie feeling as you might imagine. The Davidians will still tell you about Koresh's predictions and how a disc of his writings made it out of the blaze with one of the surviving members. I believe you can buy them. Just don't show up at night or you could get shot at. Years ago my wife learned that the hard way as a young Baylor student.
I am sure the Waco area would love a highway to cover that place. If you go out Loop 340 to get there, no one will tell you where it is, so don't bother stopping for directions. They like to play coy out there when it comes to the Davidians. CONTACT: Leave me a Houston or Texas media news tip | COMMENT: Click to leave your thoughts on this post here
