Judy Cooper is my lovely niece who is retired in Nacogdoches TX with husband Jerry and my Big Sis Lois! She says: Those of us in Nacogdoches will most likely stay here. Nacogdoches is interesting because it's the oldest town in Texas. Part of the El Camino Real is right here. When people came from the east to west this is the route they traveled as they migrated. The university here is Stephen F. Austin. The population is 30,000-40,000. It's pretty much rural around here. Reminds me of North Carolina - lots of tall trees. Many are pine, but there's many varieties. The university has a great forestry department. We live in town, but Steve and Anna live outside of town with their families. Since it's a small town, what we need is pretty much available here. If bigger stores are needed, Tyler or Lufkin are larger. There's an old cemetery here where many of the settlers are buried, as well as some signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence. In the e...
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