The town is pulling out all the stops as the next solar eclipse won't come for almost another 300 years.
The last time a total solar eclipse passed through this Texas town, horses and buggies filled the streets and cotton fetched nine cents a pound.Overcast skies are forecast for tomorrow's cosmic wonder across Texas, already packing in eclipse chasers to the delight of small town businesses.Overcast skies are forecast for tomorrow's cosmic wonder across Texas, already packing in eclipse chasers to the delight of small town businesses.
It's the region's first total solar eclipse since 1878. The next one won't be for almost another 300 years. They're bracing for a few hundred thousand visitors for tomorrow's four minutes, 20 seconds of totality, close to the maximum of four minutes, 28 seconds elsewhere on the path.The Oily Bar Soapery is hosting a Bubble Blackout all weekend, with eclipse-themed soaps and giveaways. Among the handmade soaps: "Luna", "Solar Power", "Mother Earth" and "Hachie Eclipse of the Heart".
"We were really hopeful, but now with this weather it is kind of a bummer," Kenyon said. "We will just have to wait and see."In Waxahachie, there's a sense of deja vu around the town of 45,000 residents.
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