Mr. President. it is with the greatest pleasure that today I honor Dierks. AR. which will soon be celebrating its 100th anniversary. Dierks is located in Howard County which lies in the southwestern part of my State. It was named after a German family that immigrated to the United States in the mid1800s. The family established a major sawmill known as Hardscrabble. and when the community was incorporated -in 1907. it changed its name to Dierks. The Weyerhaeuser Company purchased most of the Dierks family holdings in 1969. Weyerhaeuser employs some 600 people in Howard County and is one of the countys largest employers.
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