"The crowning glory of Diboll will soon be a magnificent library building."
- American Lumberman, January 18, 1908.
Much has changed since this pronouncement appeared nearly a century ago in a popular
Chicago trade magazine. In 1908 a library in a Texas sawmill company town was news
indeed. Yet news of Diboll offering new and exciting educational opportunities through
the community library did not end there.
"A Community of Some of the Finest People":
Earl Cromwell’s Memories of Early Diboll
2
"Oh, I Could Go On and On":
Hal Crouch Temple’s Memories of Early Pineland
8
"Love to Lottie ": Charlie Wilson’s Eulogy to Lottie Temple
14
Scrapbook Pages
19
Clippings
24
Faces From the Past
22-23, 31, 34
Farrington Family
21
Houston, East & West Texas Railway
24, 27
Logging Camps
31, 37
Pineland Railroad Depot
26
Temple common stock and emblem history
19-20
Temple Family
32-33
Texas South-Eastern Railroad
21, 24-25, 28-30, 36, 38-41
Texas State Railroad
30
Thomas Jefferson Rusk
27
Waco, Beaumont, Trinity & Sabine Railway
35
News
& Notices
42
The History Center
46-49
The Pine Bough
is a history magazine published annually
by The History Center, the Archives
Division of T.L.L. Temple Memorial Library
& Archives, Diboll, Texas.
