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City in Texas, United States
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Lufkin is a city in Angelina County, in the Piney Woods region of north-east Texas. It has its origins in railroad lines, as it became a stop along the Houston, East and West Texas Railway in 1882 and a depot where cotton could be stored. Not long after, commerce gave way to the timber industry with several sawmills and the Angelina County Lumber Company operating, which in turn saw the addition of foundries and paper mills.
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Pleasant small zoo with shady areas and typical zoo-type members but including white rhinos, hippos, and jaguars. A notable feature is a cadre of free-roaming peacocks, plus a miniature train ride around the park (surcharge). Also there's a food concession.
One notable feature that might strike you about this place is that live alligators inhabit the pond.
Dinosaur replicas, weaponry of the ages, gems and fossils, even artifacts from the Space Shuttle Columbia, or at least a display thereof.
Forestry museum that is neat as a pin with emphasis on the logging side of things, with a train, old-timey vehicles and equipment displayed outside.
Angelina and Crockett National Forests in the vicinity.
A local candy company with peanut butter, coconut confections and such things made on site.
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