The impressive Greek Revival structure for Old Nacogdoches University (515 N. Mound St.) was built by local hands just before the Civil War to serve white male and female students.

Soon, I'll be heading home. In a manner of speaking. In 1954, I was born in the former oil boomtown of Kilgore (pop. 13,000) in East Texas. To tell the truth, I lived in that part of the state for ...