Dan K. Utley, a native of Lufkin who grew up in Woodville, served for many years on the staff of the Texas Historical Commission. Now an adjunct professor and the chief historian of the Center for Texas Public History at Texas State University-San Marcos, he is the co-author of several books on Texas topics, including
History Ahead: Stories beyond the Texas Roadside Markers (with Cynthia J. Beeman). A fellow of the Texas State Historical Association, he is a past president of the East Texas Historical Association.
Milton S. Jordan is a native Texan, born in Waco and reared in East Texas and Houston. He graduated from Southwestern University with a BA in history and received a Master of Divinity degree from Southern Methodist University. He is author of a chapbook of poetry,
Better Things To Do (Bottom Dog Press), and numerous reviews and essays in literary and historical journals. A past president of the East Texas Historical Association, he is retired and lives in Georgetown.