Dubina remains an important part of the states regional and cultural history. It was these early settlers of Dubina. TX. as well as hundreds of other Czech immigrants whose strength of character. integrity. and willingness to endure helped shape the character of all Americans. Consider for example these words taken from an address made by Judge Augustin Haidusek. a member of the original group of settlers. on November 4. 1906. commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of Dubina: Four years later several immigrant families stopped at our humble dwellings. Among them was one Valentine Gallia. a classmate of my father. who remarked after inspecting the dwellings. "Why. you had better sheds for your hogs in the old country than these dwellings." My father then remarked: "Thats true. but I had rather live here in a shack as an American citizen than to live there in a palace as a serf of the AustroHungarian government. 0 * " Thanks to the foresight and concern of Mr. Edward Janecka and the Dubina Historical Commission. the rich history of this town will be preserved for posterity.e
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