The December 2018 (Volume 23) Pine Bough magazine is now available for download as a free pdf at this link.  Print copies are available as a benefit of membership at The History Center.  Please call 936-829-3543 or email info@TheHistoryCenterOnline.com for a copy.  

On International Women's Day, The History Center would like to highlight some of our Women's History collections and pay tribute to a few of the women who have made Diboll and Angelina County into the place we call home today.  Among our many collections (there are more!  spend some time on...

Happy Valentine's Day to our community members from the History Center staff!

The History Center will be closed Monday, January 21, 2019 in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday.  We will reopen for regular business hours on Tuesday, January 22, 2019.

The History Center will be closed December 24- December 26, 2018 in observance of the Christmas holidays.  The staff will return for regular hours on December 27-December 29 (Thursday and Friday 8:00-5:00 and Saturday 9:00-1:00).  The Center will also be closed on December 31, 2018 -January 1, 2019 in observance of the New Year's holiday.  Staff will return...

Staff of The History Center invites members of the community to an Open House on Tuesday, December 18, 2018 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Come enjoy snacks and drinks with our staff and board and volunteers as we celebrate the holiday season and another year of collecting, preserving, and making the history of our area...

The History Center will be closed on Monday, November 12, 2018 in observance of Veteran's Day.  Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, November 13.

Students and teachers from Alto Christian Academy visited The History Center on Thursday, October 26.  Staff gave the group a tour of the exhibits, an introduction to archives and preservation with a visit to the vault, and a tour of Engine 13 and the caboose outside.  We enjoyed their visit and were glad they could...

The History Center will be closed on Monday, September 3, 2018 in observance of the Labor Day holiday.  Regular hours will resume on Tuesday, September 4.

The History Center staff has been working to digitize and upload the Esther Pennington Ramsey Correspondence Collection.  Esther Queen Pennington Ramsey was born on December 14, 1888 in Brenham, Washington County, Texas and lived most of her life in Shelby County, Texas. She married William Yancy Ramsey on June 16, 1906 and they had six children. Mrs....