Dierks Forests, Inc., known until 1954 as the Dierks Lumber and Coal Company and originally known as Choctaw Lumber Co., was a timber harvesting and processing company primarily in Oklahoma and Arkansas which started with a purchase of forest in 1903 near Valliant. The company grew to own 1.75 million acres of timberland, making it one of the largest family-owned landholding entities in the United States before it was sold to the Weyerhaeuser Company in 1969.
dierks forests inc known until 1954 as the dierks lumber and coal company and originally known as choctaw lumber co was a timber harvesting and processing company primarily in oklahoma and arkansas which started with a purchase of forest in 1903 near valliant the company grew to own 175 million acres of timberland making it one of the largest family-owned landholding entities in the united states before it was sold to the weyerhaeuser company in 1969