Editing Collins, Mississippi (section)

===Decline and resurgence===
Eventually, the lumber industry in Collins exhausted the timber resources and moved. The town population dwindled from 7,000 to 700. However, industry began to return to the town in 1936 when U.S. 49 and U.S. 84 were built, putting the town at the crossroads of these two major highways. In addition, the [[Plantation Pipeline]] was run from [[Baton Rouge]] to the east coast. It passed through the community of Kola, which was soon annexed by Collins.<ref name="City of Collins History"/>