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...hilly country of western Louisiana, near the Texas border, there must be a town called Newllano. It was certainly there forty years ago, and some of it must be there still--big barracks-like buildings, perhaps, huge rotting printing presses, a dining hall, land where you can still see the marks of a plow. Newllano used to be the home of a commune called the Llano Cooperative Colony, where former Wobblies and the like from all over the country gathered in some numbers. They lived, farmed, published books and a weekly newspaper, and for a number of years staved...

Author: By Nick Lemann, | Title: In Search of Covington Hall | 10/23/1975 | See Source »

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