Diving Into The Dusty Past

DIBOLL, TEXAS — I recently spent a day in this logging town just south of Lufkin, once home to the corporate headquarters of Temple-Inland, a community whose fortunes have risen and fallen as that company’s have done the same. I was here to research back copies of the Diboll Free Press in the History Center for a book project I’ve begun. First, a word about the Diboll History Center. It is a jewel of a facility, beautifully constructed out of yellow-pine beams and decking. It is a valuable repository of the area’s rough drafts of history. The staff is friendly and helpful. I have a special...

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