On the downtown square...there used to be a little grave with a small stone for Shorty. Shorty was a very friendly squirrel, and people would feed him. He was loved by all, and when he died he was buried there in his beloved square. Yes, I know he was a squirrel, there are lots of squirrels.....but Shorty was an exception...his personality was unusual.
That's a totally cool little short story bro right on my hat's off to shorty and to the folks that gave him a little resting place torest in,rest in peace shorty.
Tyler is an interesting place to grow up.... definitely depends on which side of town you reside. Glad you got to visit North Tyler because few people decide to. "Clearly it's not as fancy..." 😂
@@monielle7673 there are many people buying houses in the south side of Tyler, you're welcome to buy one there if you don't want to go to the North. This is a quiet town
@@monielle7673 it's a very reactionary area. Lots of big trucks and red hats. History of police corruption too. Look up " Smith County Justice". Grew up just north of Tyler and still travel back to visit family
I grew up in Palestine and Tyler, moving to Waco for my senior year of high school back in the 70's. We Wacoans are still trying to figure out why people from Thailand fly to Waco to see us. 😂
I was born here in Tyler in 1967. Then in 1969, me, my mom and dad and my brother Paul moved to Benton Arkansas. Then my mom divorced my dad in the summer of 1975, and me, mom and Paul moved back to Tyler. I've been back here in Tyler since the summer of 1975. Tyler just keeps growing!
It was 100,000 in 2000. Most good businesses closed like Trane Air conditioning, Kelly Tires, and the last to go is Tyler Pipe who has numerous OSHA violations. ATF told Tyler Poloce they can't enter clubs with guns that are selling alcohol so the city shut the clubs down. The cops were macing 16 year old minors on teen night. All the white girls in Tyler date black guys. All the cops accept illegal bribes for 50% off rent from unlicensed appartment managers. The appartments fail federal home inspections because they have no fireproof walls seperating units, and the appartments are liable for all damages in a fire for not being up to code.
The strange round structure is a water tower. I would have loved to have been able to give you a personal tour of the town had I known you’d be here so soon. I think you’d enjoy some of the non touristy stuff that it would be hard to know on a quick visit to an unfamiliar place. Fun fact...There were many hit records of many genres recorded in this town since the 50’s and the tradition continues. The rose festival is very interesting and significant, but the locals could care less unless they are into the big fish/small pond elitist thing. The other commenter was correct about it being a “bought” social status trophy. Much of the “old” money in Tyler came from the East Texas Oil Boom in the 30’s. Lots of new industries here since, a huge one being medical/science. The town is world class in this regard. Another interesting tidbit...One of the big hospitals here actually opened a few days early because of the New London school explosion disaster in the 30’s. My late father told me that when he was a child he took some of his comic books up to that hospital to give to some of the young victims of the explosion. Keep up the good work!
12:40 Yes an old water tower, I believe it was the tallest concrete structure in the world (or US) for a while after it was built! Just found this online “Concrete water tower, downtown Tyler was built in 1957. It stands 206 feet tall, and is still in daily use by the City of Tyler. It originally had space for a nuclear fallout shelter for 750 people. The tower might be the tallest water tower that is completely made of concrete. Several of the massive pumps and mains taking water in and pushing it back out are stamped 1957 when the tower was constructed at a cost to the city of $327,000.”
My grandparents owned a big house years ago just across the street from that water tower. It has long since been torn down because future owners let it dilapidate into ruin. Talk about tragic. It was a historical landmark too. Now gone with the wind.
*Throw back and old fashioned is NOT a bad thing at all....especially today! I love the old homes loaded with character, along with the bright red brick streets...Amazing, back when much of America had its own character, and it was almost always GOOD character.*
I live in Brick Street Village in one of the historical marker homes and I absolutely love it. Its a 1927 Tudor Revival home. Give me an old home with character any day.
My husband and I married in the Tyler Court House on December 3, 1982…..Judge Leon Hicks (Mrs) performed the ceremony. We are still married almost 42 years later and have reared a total of 9 children although we lost my oldest son, a CPA, who lived in Sherman and owned his own accountant firm in Allen…he died in September of 2019 and I miss him terribly. We have daughters who are teachers, graphic designers, a professional photographer, and a band director. My younger son is a collision repair specialist, and the other is in computers in Seattle, Washington. I grew up in Irving and my husband grew up in the Odessa area. We moved to east Texas because my husband was transferred here when he worked for Texas Power and Light/Texas Utilities to work as an I & C Tech at the power plant at Martin Creek…then at Stryker Creek. We loved working for TXU…a wonderful company to work for. We have love living in the Tyler/Longview area…beautiful east Texas. You just cannot beat east Texas for rearing a family. I love Tyler…it’s roses, azaleas and gorgeous dogwood trees. Come visit!!
You’re not lying about the traffic…..it’s abhorrent! 😣 the Azalea District is beautiful, you should come back in the Spring when the Azaleas are blooming! Stunning! Also, if you’re looking for a church or a bank……we’ve got you covered! 😄 next time visit a “locals” restaurant and skip the chains! 😉
Living in Canada but from the UK I always wondered what the smaller towns of the USA were like. Then I found your channel and really like your format, so informative and you keep it interesting.
I hear you about the new houses they build today. For the last 50 years it's faux gables, faux gables and more faux gables. Architectural elements that serve no function except to make it more likely the roof or siding will leak. I'll take a Victorian, Arts and Craft, a simple ranch or farm house any day. Great video.
@The Escape Project You and me brother/sister! As far as that goes Art Deco anyone? And I still crave a 2 story 4 square farm house with full wrap-around porch.
Tyler and Corsicana are two of my favorite places in Texas. I used to drive from Ft. Hood up that way to Texarkana on my way to Ft Knox Kentucky. Beautiful town.
Our favorite BBQ place in the US, is in Tyler, Texas! Stanley's BBQ is the absolute best! Huge, meaty ribs, and large helpings of side dishes. Even in the hot part of the Summer, Stanley's is good, as they have a wonderful drip/spray setup outside, that really does work! Lots of good BBQ in Texas, but Stanley's is our #1 choice!! By the way, I'm born and bred in Odessa, and I'm waiting for your video on my home town!! Take care, and God Bless! - Doc
Tyler is very nice! Love the brick streets and stately homes. The Rose museum was very nice as well. Loved the 1939 Farmall tractor. Thank you for a great video!
I was to this Rose Park in April 2005 and the roses were all in bloom. It is a beautiful park. I didn't know there was a museum there though. This little city brings back so many wonderful memories. I would love to go back there for a visit but probably never will. Thanks for the video.
WOW. .. Those BIG houses . .. I had 5 kids and raised them in a house built in 1910. .. A lot of maintenance and a real chore . And the brick roads , .. too cool .
Our band played at a club there call Rick`s On The Square in the 90s. I looked at the list of performers booked after us and was stunned to see Kenny Wayne Sheppard, BB King, Gatemouth Brown, and other famous people, so I have no idea how we got a gig there. But we played there several times.
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Rick`s was a place similar to the one you went in. Food and drinks. It has been too long for me to remember much about it. The name may have changed.
@@logicallylisa7283 I don`t know how we got the gigs there. Our band members were from different cities in Louisiana and we played all over the eastern half of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas. The place seemed too small for the celebrities I saw booked there unless it was a joke they played on us. LOL!
Awesome. I grow roses. Not a ton but some very pretty ones. I truly appreciate the rose gardens and seeing the magnificent gowns. I had no clue. Nice city. A place where I could live and be content.
I live in Tyler....grew up here.... moved all over and came back... never want to live anywhere else again. The downtown area you're in at the beginning is now being completely revamped. And there is another lake almost the exact same size as Lake Palestine, where I grew up...Lake Tyler (where I live now).. both man-made, and only a few miles away from each other. The big white home that you mentioned.... Only a few houses away from my mother in law on the same street.... Such a beautiful neighborhood Hope you enjoyed your visit!
I been in Tyler for 10 years for 10 years I got married here had a wonderful marriage until Ryan died and been here10 years in Tyler I look forward to what ever God has in store for me I met many wonderful friends and there's a lot to do here it's awesome
ooo, lunch looked and sounded great! When we were living in Mineral Wells and Paris,TX , over 50 years ago, Tyler roses were for sale on every street corner.
The Azaleas District is what you want to find in Tyler. It is so nice to see where we have been living for the last 40 years and so much has happened in our lives. You also missed the Henderson Civic Theater in Downton Henderson.
My gosh, but Tyler has grown! I grew up in Dallas, and my dad was raised on a farm in Martinsville (think: Nacogdoches). We would go through Tyler either going or coming back. I haven’t been there since the ‘70’s. Whew! What a difference. That “rough area” was just the older homes in Tyler. It’s kind of sad seeing those middle ‘80’s to 90’s homes with no character in there. Great video! Thanks.
Tyler, Tx aka Tyla. Use to be a retirement small town now a ever-growing small city in the Iron Pine Curtain aka East Texas in the last 20 years. Prime 102 is a great place for steaks and fine dining as well Culture Etx. Glad you've enjoyed your visit, safe travels!
Husband and I took our first camping trip to Tyler State Park. Borrowed a tent from a friend. Husband tripped on a rope connected to the tent and broke his toe. That night a racoon chewed a hole in the tent to get to some food. When we were packing up to leave, there was a swarm of bees flying around us. I started screaming . Husband told me to be quiet, and I wouldn't get stung. And he was right, I didn't get stung, but he did! Lol Great memories
what year was that in u went camping there. I remember the dam breaking, getting home from school and dad telling me to go saddle my horse and help pull the cattle out of swamp they got washed into. Use to be picture in the TSP office, people that looked at would always say it was a cow, no it was not, it was a tree stump laying down. Working the concession where the canoes/paddle boats were rented was my first job i had. was a great place to go back in the 60's, now it's all about making as money from RV's as they can.
I only moved here a year and a half ago and I gotta say I love the town. A little bit of everything for everyone. Just wish that someone told me it was part of a dry-county before I moved so I wasn't blindsided. Also wish that things were actually open late; after 10pm you're hard pressed to find any shops or restaurants open except for 7-Elevens and Whataburgers. But otherwise the people are friendly, the town is beautiful, and the loop is a deathtrap lol
Lived at lake Palestine just outside of Tyler. And worked in and all around Tyler for 7 years. I loved it there so much. Growing up in San Antonio and having visited all of Texas largest cities. It's easy to miss all the wonderful and awesome small cities all over Texas. Since there're 100's of them all over Texas. My daughters were born there. I now live just outside San Antonio. But I swear I'm gonna go back and visit my preciousTyler.
I live in Tyler, Texas it's an amazing place to live with the extraordinary things to do in Tyler from visiting the haunted cemeteries and haunted houses and motels to the haunted pipeline! There's always something interesting to find to do in Tyler, Texas!
We actually visited the Tyler Rose Garden 3 years ago in November and loved it. Stumbled onto it from little sign out on highway. Dang, I do love Texas.
my great-great grandfather was held in a confederate prison in Tyler, heard they were making the camp into a museum, was hoping you were going to do a segment on that.
I’ve spent most of my life in East Texas and have been living in a small town that’s less than 10 minutes away from Tyler since 2015. I must say that of all the places I’ve been to in East Texas, the Tyler area is the only place I prefer to live in on this side of the state. It’s not overly huge and not too small. South Tyler has really exploded in the last 10 years. The biggest complaint I have about the area is our summers (my least favorite season) can be pretty brutal with the humidity, but nowhere near as bad as Houston. Objectively I can honestly say it’s a good place to raise kids, and some of the local colleges like TJC and UT Tyler offer some great programs for students who may want to get their education locally. And fun fact, Patrick Mahomes is originally from Whitehouse, a small town just a few miles south of Tyler.
Thanks for stopping by Tyler and East Texas! If y’all come back you should do Gladewater, Jefferson, and Caddo Lake in Uncertain,TX. My family has a lake house there and it’s yours free of charge when you visit! Channel is AWESOME!
And Ladybird Johnson's childhood home is nearby. I used to go to church in Karnak when I was in college in Marshall. Beautiful country out there. Love Jefferson too.
Giving yellow roses is a sign of friendship, but it's also a symbol of Texas, and Texas translates to "friends" from the Caddo language. You both were right!
The real life happens out here in the cut. The pine woods outside the city! Great video. If you come through again you should go just north if Tyler and see the pine lakes area.
Fantastic town to raise children in. Lived there many years and have fond memories. The court house prior to the one there now completely went across the square. Broadway St was not opened up until it burned in the 50s
The big round tower you asked about is a water reservoir... We have them all over where they store the water above ground but there are quite a few underground ones as well..
The Mayfield Hunt house was once the home of oilman H L Hunt, one of the richest men in America. He lived there in the 1930s while he was developing the great East Texas Oil Field.
JB and the moonshine band. Tyler country band. Whiskey days is my fav. song. My daughter is married to the lead guitar player.. Hayden. Thanks for the video.
I live in Tyler and this popped up on my feed. And I absolutely love clear springs. It’s super understated and I hope it stays that way after this video
I love Tyler tx, friendly people great doctors. Yes it's big city however it's not like other bigger cities. It's city of its own. Not buildings over buildings and highways over lapping one another. Another unique about Tyler there's another half is like being country side. I go to UT northeast hospital to see my drs. Camp Ford historical place about army. UT northeast hospital is hospital used to be a hospital for soldiers and then TB patients. Wow this city is amazing I learning by watching this video. Yes traffic is crazy but I will take it any day than Dallas and mesquite ugh 🤦♀️🤦♀️😫😫
Always has been it seems. I lived there for a while after I got out of the military. Unless you know someone there it seems it can be hard to get your foot in the door at places. I moved away to Dallas after living there.
@@deepiper6529 this is so true, when we first moved down there I worked at Ross because it was easy to get in but I hated it there. I was able to get a job at Christus Hospital only because I made friends with a girl who was working there. It's definitely who you know down there. I'm pretty sure I could go back to the hospital if I wanted to...I stil have my bosses personal number lol.
Really great video love the commentary & facts. Might have to watch Home Alone again this year, it had a house like that. Doesn't feel like Christmas this year to me. Last year did hmm I think I know why probably shouldn't whine about that here though.
I lived in Tyler a couple years and grew up not too far from there. It's a pretty nice town. They have a zoo that is probably the best small town zoo in the country, Caldwell Zoo. It's about the size of the Fort Worth Zoo. It used to be free. I went there all the time when I was little. The scenery around the town is real pretty as well. One drawback is that the traffic is pretty bad for a town its size. There isn't a crosstown expressway so it's just traffic light after traffic light. I would also say that it is definitely the buckle of the Bible Belt.
@@roby4h3ll83 It was free for everybody when I was little back in the 80s and 90s. They had an endowment, but they kept on wanting to expand, and it ran out. In 2002, they started charging admission. They might have let kids still be free then. I’ve only been back once since they started charging, and we didn’t have any kids with us.
Australia/ I still make Rose Petal Jelly- when I can get enough un-sprayed Abraham Lincoln rose petals !! its a beautiful thing and most folk here- have never eaten it, till I give them a precious jar of it and then they are amazed ! - its such a beautiful luxury. I have to go into very old gardens and ask (usually) an elderly resident if I may have some blossoms- of course, they get a jar.
I had to move here to Tyler 2 years ago because of a family illness. I have lived in New Jersey and all over California before moving here. The town is very historic, rural, and quaint. I have not been in an area that had so much open space before and I enjoy the old, brick roads in many places. The big “round building” you mentioned is a water tower. I have found that the people here are 99.9% friendly and get along great with everyone I meet. There are over 20 churches, over 20 donut shops, and at least 20 Dollar General or Family Dollar stores within city limits. Not being religious in any way, I am not accustomed to the “have a blessed day’ reply by everyone in grocery stores, but it is pleasant to hear. I love to take photos at the Rose Garden. Thanks for showing the Rose Museum. I never went to that part of the garden, but we will.
@@tam323 I thought that, too, so I looked on Google Maps and did a count of Family Dollar and Dollar General, and wow, looks like there are indeed close to 20 total. Wow. I can't believe that for a city of just over 100K. That's strange.
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When they started tearing up the brick streets in south Tyler for safety reasons in '70s and '80s, they were giving the bricks away. My grandfather built a patio on the back of his house out of bricks from South Broadway (he later enclosed it to make a sun room and a greenhouse). They're still going to leave the bricks in the downtown area, where speeds are reduced, but bricks are too slick when wet to use in the higher traffic areas. Stopping distances can be twice what they are on asphalt, and you're much more prone to hydroplaning. They do look beautiful, though, and they're technically a historic landmark for the city. North Tyler isn't too keen on development. They tried to provide gov't funded housing in North Tyler back in the late '80s-early '90s - even broke ground in a big event - but nobody ever signed up for it. The city is expanding south at a moderate rate. My grandparents' house was in between TJC and Moore Middle School, a few blocks inside Loop 323 - but when they first moved in, they were briefly the easternmost house in town.
All my life I was ready to leave Tyler. I did for a while in the marines. Came back for a while to go to school and left again for San Antonio. Met my wife in San Antonio and after having kids we came back to Tyler. I can't imagine raising my family anywhere else. My wife, who was born and raised in San Antonio and whose family has been there since the 1600's, says Tyler is her home. People here are still kind and compassionate. They say hello to you in the grocery store and will always offer to pray for you! A lot has changed around here and the oil bust hurt our town a lot but things are always moving forward. The next phase is downtown. They are renovating the old hotel, building a new high rise hotel and a new courthouse that will look like the old one they tore down years ago.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Ozzy Osbourne thing. I had just gotten out of the military back in the mid 80's. Moved to Texas and was attending TJC. Ozzy Osbourne was coming to play a concert at the Oil Palace. Someone phoned a bomb threat into the Oil Palace if he came and played the show so it was canceled. I grew up in the southeast in Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia, so I understand the whole bible belt, God and guns thing. But this was crazy. I was like "Where have I come to???". Moved away after a few years but still have some good memories and good friends there.
If you google "City Confidential" there's an episode about Tyler. Palestine (pronounced PAL-a-steen), which is also the name of the lake, is about 40 minutes South of Tyler and has a lot of the old buildings downtown as well as a totally refurbished movie theater that now hosts The Palestine Repertoire Group performances twice a year showing musicals, dramas and comedies. People even travel from Dallas and Houston to go to them. The productions are top-notch, the talent is local, and the theatre is absolutely gorgeous!! Also, there's an authentic steam engine train that runs from Palestine-Rusk-Palestine that hosts different events, including Mystery dinners and The Polar Express at Christmas. It was used in How the West was Won and several westerns. Palestine is also home to the NASA balloon facility and monitors the balloons from all over the world.
These 2 seem to low-key hate each other. He's constantly correcting her and man splaining everything, even though he's wrong and she's right and she's forever got the come-backs and snarky responses. 😂 LMAO, you couldn't pay me enough.😂😂😂
3:55 and thats crazy, grew up about a hour away from there give or take some miles in the 80s/90s & thats where we often went to party (of course went to house parties, pasture parties all over the area too) & to a few clubs. My mom does live there now & last I went to see her those clubs were no longer open so dont know what teens do there nowdays. Not to mention its a college town too, with a Junior College & University of Tyler branch. My mom has lived there for about 25yrs now & I have never gone to the Rose Garden when Ive been there. Have been to a couple of the historic homes with her though. And yeah everything closer to downtown is older (think that theatre was a big project to reopen at one time & I want to say a few blocks west of the courthouse & maybe a few blocks back down south of it is where tge oldest house built was. Think it was built in 1847? Maybe & there was an effort to save it at one time but believe they had to go ahead & tear it down😢), everything built down south of the mall is newer. Wanna say the east loop is more industrial still & south of the loop is where the place has really boomed over the past decade or so. Also about the traffic, the city growing along with constant increase in population has left the city engineers with a big job on their hands. Also over the years they've done away with a lot of the turn lanes & put in more & more red lights which cut down on turn lane wrecks but now you have to deal with the Uturn ppl. Which I am not one of them, when Im in town I just try to go an alternate route to be on the right side of the road because now between uturners & ppl going rt on red & ppl pulling out going right thats some good set ups for 3 way wrecks maybe 4 if direct traffic is still flowing smh
I've lived out in flint tx for a long time then recently moved in down town tyler. We saw a drone flying around about a month ago, interesting and a bit weird to see its video on TH-cam. There's actually alot more homeless people than you think. Also, Most of us don't get paid as much as you said, We need at least 2 to 3 roommates to afford an appartment unless someone is in management, an electrician or a serveyer. Traffic is absolute hell in tyler, what should be a 15 minute drive to work turns into a 40 minute drive with traffic. You're absolutely right about us not welcoming any party people 😅 everything echoes through the square and can even hear people in the jail while I'm sitting in our basement appartment bathroom.
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On the downtown square...there used to be a little grave with a small stone for Shorty. Shorty was a very friendly squirrel, and people would feed him. He was loved by all, and when he died he was buried there in his beloved square. Yes, I know he was a squirrel, there are lots of squirrels.....but Shorty was an exception...his personality was unusual.
That is cool!
Shorty's grave is still there
@@charlotteray7613 ooohhh good, I remember him as a little kid
I did not know this! That's awesome. Thanks for the vid. I'm also a Tyler baby 1999.
That's a totally cool little short story bro right on my hat's off to shorty and to the folks that gave him a little resting place torest in,rest in peace shorty.
Tyler is an interesting place to grow up.... definitely depends on which side of town you reside.
Glad you got to visit North Tyler because few people decide to. "Clearly it's not as fancy..." 😂
What’s it like being Black in Tyler? Would you recommend a family move there? Any progress?
@@monielle7673 there are many people buying houses in the south side of Tyler, you're welcome to buy one there if you don't want to go to the North. This is a quiet town
@@monielle7673 it's a very reactionary area. Lots of big trucks and red hats. History of police corruption too. Look up " Smith County Justice".
Grew up just north of Tyler and still travel back to visit family
@@monielle7673 lmfao
Its ok just depend on what u looking for
As a resident of tyler. I can’t believe people come here to visit and tour 🫣😳.
Great video though and thanks for visiting our city!
I grew up in Palestine and Tyler, moving to Waco for my senior year of high school back in the 70's. We Wacoans are still trying to figure out why people from Thailand fly to Waco to see us. 😂
Lived here for 7 years, will be moving to Dallas in 5 more months. Tyler is to boring for me .
I live there
@@lust4lyfe101depends, I moved away to San Antonio but once I had a family, I came back.
I was born here in Tyler in 1967. Then in 1969, me, my mom and dad and my brother Paul moved to Benton Arkansas. Then my mom divorced my dad in the summer of 1975, and me, mom and Paul moved back to Tyler. I've been back here in Tyler since the summer of 1975. Tyler just keeps growing!
Nice to hear this God bless you all
I can attest to that. Tyler is currently at almost 110,000 people as of this video...
It was 100,000 in 2000. Most good businesses closed like Trane Air conditioning, Kelly Tires, and the last to go is Tyler Pipe who has numerous OSHA violations. ATF told Tyler Poloce they can't enter clubs with guns that are selling alcohol so the city shut the clubs down. The cops were macing 16 year old minors on teen night. All the white girls in Tyler date black guys. All the cops accept illegal bribes for 50% off rent from unlicensed appartment managers. The appartments fail federal home inspections because they have no fireproof walls seperating units, and the appartments are liable for all damages in a fire for not being up to code.
The strange round structure is a water tower. I would have loved to have been able to give you a personal tour of the town had I known you’d be here so soon. I think you’d enjoy some of the non touristy stuff that it would be hard to know on a quick visit to an unfamiliar place. Fun fact...There were many hit records of many genres recorded in this town since the 50’s and the tradition continues. The rose festival is very interesting and significant, but the locals could care less unless they are into the big fish/small pond elitist thing. The other commenter was correct about it being a “bought” social status trophy. Much of the “old” money in Tyler came from the East Texas Oil Boom in the 30’s. Lots of new industries here since, a huge one being medical/science. The town is world class in this regard. Another interesting tidbit...One of the big hospitals here actually opened a few days early because of the New London school explosion disaster in the 30’s. My late father told me that when he was a child he took some of his comic books up to that hospital to give to some of the young victims of the explosion.
Keep up the good work!
12:40 Yes an old water tower, I believe it was the tallest concrete structure in the world (or US) for a while after it was built!
Just found this online “Concrete water tower, downtown Tyler was built in 1957. It stands 206 feet tall, and is still in daily use by the City of Tyler. It originally had space for a nuclear fallout shelter for 750 people. The tower might be the tallest water tower that is completely made of concrete. Several of the massive pumps and mains taking water in and pushing it back out are stamped 1957 when the tower was constructed at a cost to the city of $327,000.”
That water tower has been there long before I was born and raised there.
My grandparents owned a big house years ago just across the street from that water tower. It has long since been torn down because future owners let it dilapidate into ruin. Talk about tragic. It was a historical landmark too. Now gone with the wind.
*Throw back and old fashioned is NOT a bad thing at all....especially today! I love the old homes loaded with character, along with the bright red brick streets...Amazing, back when much of America had its own character, and it was almost always GOOD character.*
I totally agree. :)
I live in Brick Street Village in one of the historical marker homes and I absolutely love it. Its a 1927 Tudor Revival home. Give me an old home with character any day.
Tyler is a lovely city and you should visit the Rose Garden…it is beautiful.
My husband and I married in the Tyler Court House on December 3, 1982…..Judge Leon Hicks (Mrs) performed the ceremony. We are still married almost 42 years later and have reared a total of 9 children although we lost my oldest son, a CPA, who lived in Sherman and owned his own accountant firm in Allen…he died in September of 2019 and I miss him terribly. We have daughters who are teachers, graphic designers, a professional photographer, and a band director. My younger son is a collision repair specialist, and the other is in computers in Seattle, Washington. I grew up in Irving and my husband grew up in the Odessa area. We moved to east Texas because my husband was transferred here when he worked for Texas Power and Light/Texas Utilities to work as an I & C Tech at the power plant at Martin Creek…then at Stryker Creek. We loved working for TXU…a wonderful company to work for. We have love living in the Tyler/Longview area…beautiful east Texas. You just cannot beat east Texas for rearing a family. I love Tyler…it’s roses, azaleas and gorgeous dogwood trees. Come visit!!
You should go to Gilmer the birthplace of singer Johnny Mathis.
You’re not lying about the traffic…..it’s abhorrent! 😣 the Azalea District is beautiful, you should come back in the Spring when the Azaleas are blooming! Stunning! Also, if you’re looking for a church or a bank……we’ve got you covered! 😄 next time visit a “locals” restaurant and skip the chains! 😉
Or a medical place lol
I’m a Tyler native and I do appreciate the view of the town.
Living in Canada but from the UK I always wondered what the smaller towns of the USA were like. Then I found your channel and really like your format, so informative and you keep it interesting.
Thank you, Mike!!
I hear you about the new houses they build today. For the last 50 years it's faux gables, faux gables and more faux gables. Architectural elements that serve no function except to make it more likely the roof or siding will leak. I'll take a Victorian, Arts and Craft, a simple ranch or farm house any day. Great video.
Agreed!
@The Escape Project You and me brother/sister! As far as that goes Art Deco anyone? And I still crave a 2 story 4 square farm house with full wrap-around porch.
This is a great group of comments!
Tyler and Corsicana are two of my favorite places in Texas. I used to drive from Ft. Hood up that way to Texarkana on my way to Ft Knox Kentucky. Beautiful town.
Lived in Tyler for 43yrs
Great place to raise a family and serve the Lord!
Our favorite BBQ place in the US, is in Tyler, Texas! Stanley's BBQ is the absolute best! Huge, meaty ribs, and large helpings of side dishes. Even in the hot part of the Summer, Stanley's is good, as they have a wonderful drip/spray setup outside, that really does work! Lots of good BBQ in Texas, but Stanley's is our #1 choice!! By the way, I'm born and bred in Odessa, and I'm waiting for your video on my home town!! Take care, and God Bless! - Doc
Tyler is very nice! Love the brick streets and stately homes. The Rose museum was very nice as well. Loved the 1939 Farmall tractor. Thank you for a great video!
Thank you for the kind words, Alexandra. :)
Don't try to drive on wet brick streets , grease is easier .
I was to this Rose Park in April 2005 and the roses were all in bloom. It is a beautiful park. I didn't know there was a museum there though. This little city brings back so many wonderful memories. I would love to go back there for a visit but probably never will. Thanks for the video.
That rose museum is a trip and a half! The "gowns" - very Liberace vibes. :)
Your words on the traffic echo what we have been saying for years in Tyler.
WOW. .. Those BIG houses . .. I had 5 kids and raised them in a house built in 1910. .. A lot of maintenance and a real chore . And the brick roads , .. too cool .
Till you gotta drive on em haha
Our band played at a club there call Rick`s On The Square in the 90s. I looked at the list of performers booked after us and was stunned to see Kenny Wayne Sheppard, BB King, Gatemouth Brown, and other famous people, so I have no idea how we got a gig there. But we played there several times.
That's amazing!
@@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Rick`s was a place similar to the one you went in. Food and drinks. It has been too long for me to remember much about it. The name may have changed.
@@baneverything5580 No it's the same
@@baneverything5580 It's definitely still Ricks... Not much to change there since the nineties... owned by Rick Eltife... The mayor here in Tyler lol.
@@logicallylisa7283 I don`t know how we got the gigs there. Our band members were from different cities in Louisiana and we played all over the eastern half of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas. The place seemed too small for the celebrities I saw booked there unless it was a joke they played on us. LOL!
Brilliant the Rose Museum. Thanks for the tour.
Awesome. I grow roses. Not a ton but some very pretty ones. I truly appreciate the rose gardens and seeing the magnificent gowns. I had no clue. Nice city. A place where I could live and be content.
I live in Tyler....grew up here.... moved all over and came back... never want to live anywhere else again. The downtown area you're in at the beginning is now being completely revamped. And there is another lake almost the exact same size as Lake Palestine, where I grew up...Lake Tyler (where I live now).. both man-made, and only a few miles away from each other. The big white home that you mentioned.... Only a few houses away from my mother in law on the same street.... Such a beautiful neighborhood
Hope you enjoyed your visit!
We did. :)
I live close to Tyler in Lindale but Tyler has the best stores so I'm there every day!!!
First time to hear about the roses 🌹 Awesome...I really need to visit this place ! Thank you for the insights about Tyler !!!
It's a nice town, Bettina. :)
You should come in October for the Rose Festival
We love Tyler and the surrounding areas. Beautiful scenery, great shopping, great food, and the people are the epitome of Southern Hospitality. ♥️
I agree.
I been in Tyler for 10 years for 10 years I got married here had a wonderful marriage until Ryan died and been here10 years in Tyler I look forward to what ever God has in store for me I met many wonderful friends and there's a lot to do here it's awesome
ooo, lunch looked and sounded great! When we were living in Mineral Wells and Paris,TX , over 50 years ago, Tyler roses were for sale on every street corner.
I miss my home
The Azaleas District is what you want to find in Tyler. It is so nice to see where we have been living for the last 40 years and so much has happened in our lives. You also missed the Henderson Civic Theater in Downton Henderson.
Always liked the brick roads around downtown. I used to live off of Bonner street, right across from downtown off of front.
My gosh, but Tyler has grown! I grew up in Dallas, and my dad was raised on a farm in Martinsville (think: Nacogdoches). We would go through Tyler either going or coming back. I haven’t been there since the ‘70’s. Whew! What a difference. That “rough area” was just the older homes in Tyler. It’s kind of sad seeing those middle ‘80’s to 90’s homes with no character in there. Great video! Thanks.
Tyler, Tx aka Tyla. Use to be a retirement small town now a ever-growing small city in the Iron Pine Curtain aka East Texas in the last 20 years.
Prime 102 is a great place for steaks and fine dining as well Culture Etx.
Glad you've enjoyed your visit, safe travels!
During the summer months bet the town is very lovely with beautiful roses 🌹 and a wonderful smell.
Husband and I took our first camping trip to Tyler State Park. Borrowed a tent from a friend. Husband tripped on a rope connected to the tent and broke his toe. That night a racoon chewed a hole in the tent to get to some food. When we were packing up to leave, there was a swarm of bees flying around us. I started screaming . Husband told me to be quiet, and I wouldn't get stung. And he was right, I didn't get stung, but he did! Lol Great memories
Great comment. :)
Sounds like you all had a great time
Please don't ever invite me to go camping with you, there is no telling what might happen 🌋🌪️⛈️
what year was that in u went camping there.
I remember the dam breaking, getting home from school and dad telling me to go saddle my horse and help pull the cattle out of swamp they got washed into.
Use to be picture in the TSP office, people that looked at would always say it was a cow, no it was not, it was a tree stump laying down.
Working the concession where the canoes/paddle boats were rented was my first job i had.
was a great place to go back in the 60's, now it's all about making as money from RV's as they can.
My goodness
I only moved here a year and a half ago and I gotta say I love the town. A little bit of everything for everyone. Just wish that someone told me it was part of a dry-county before I moved so I wasn't blindsided. Also wish that things were actually open late; after 10pm you're hard pressed to find any shops or restaurants open except for 7-Elevens and Whataburgers. But otherwise the people are friendly, the town is beautiful, and the loop is a deathtrap lol
walmart and some others use to be open 24/7, then covid came along.
Lived at lake Palestine just outside of Tyler. And worked in and all around Tyler for 7 years. I loved it there so much. Growing up in San Antonio and having visited all of Texas largest cities. It's easy to miss all the wonderful and awesome small cities all over Texas. Since there're 100's of them all over Texas. My daughters were born there. I now live just outside San Antonio. But I swear I'm gonna go back and visit my preciousTyler.
I live in Tyler, Texas it's an amazing place to live with the extraordinary things to do in Tyler from visiting the haunted cemeteries and haunted houses and motels to the haunted pipeline! There's always something interesting to find to do in Tyler, Texas!
Looking to move to Tyler, do you know what’s consider the good side and the bad side?
@@Longlivedolphniggaboth sides are fairly decent and safe
Those Rose Queen dresses are unbelievably expensive! My photographer daughter many times takes bridal photos in the Rose Garden.
We actually visited the Tyler Rose Garden 3 years ago in November and loved it. Stumbled onto it from little sign out on highway. Dang, I do love Texas.
It's pretty awesome.
my great-great grandfather was held in a confederate prison in Tyler, heard they were making the camp into a museum, was hoping you were going to do a segment on that.
You are absolutely correct about the traffic. It is just as bad as Houston or Dallas just on a smaller scale.
I’ve spent most of my life in East Texas and have been living in a small town that’s less than 10 minutes away from Tyler since 2015. I must say that of all the places I’ve been to in East Texas, the Tyler area is the only place I prefer to live in on this side of the state. It’s not overly huge and not too small. South Tyler has really exploded in the last 10 years.
The biggest complaint I have about the area is our summers (my least favorite season) can be pretty brutal with the humidity, but nowhere near as bad as Houston.
Objectively I can honestly say it’s a good place to raise kids, and some of the local colleges like TJC and UT Tyler offer some great programs for students who may want to get their education locally.
And fun fact, Patrick Mahomes is originally from Whitehouse, a small town just a few miles south of Tyler.
Thanks for stopping by Tyler and East Texas! If y’all come back you should do Gladewater, Jefferson, and Caddo Lake in Uncertain,TX. My family has a lake house there and it’s yours free of charge when you visit!
Channel is AWESOME!
And Ladybird Johnson's childhood home is nearby. I used to go to church in Karnak when I was in college in Marshall. Beautiful country out there. Love Jefferson too.
Giving yellow roses is a sign of friendship, but it's also a symbol of Texas, and Texas translates to "friends" from the Caddo language. You both were right!
I think of the song, The Yellow Rose of Texas. That song was played in some scenes in the movie Giant. Remember?
I Live Downtown! I'm Black Native With four teen And We Love It! Whitehouse,Texas Is Amazing; Lake Tyler Is Beautiful!!
I’m new to Texas bought our Home in Lindale last year but Im always in Tyler we love it here🇺🇸❤️🌵
The real life happens out here in the cut. The pine woods outside the city! Great video. If you come through again you should go just north if Tyler and see the pine lakes area.
I love this place, it's always had the best mix of the country and the geto
GREETINGS FROM PALM DESERT CALIFORNIA BROTHER 🏜 😎🌴
Greetings to you, Johnny!
Fantastic town to raise children in. Lived there many years and have fond memories. The court house prior to the one there now completely went across the square. Broadway St was not opened up until it burned in the 50s
Thanks for the tour. My late father in law came from Tyler, but I never got the chance to visit the place.
I spent a year in Garden Valley TX. It was always great to visit Tyler.
The big round tower you asked about is a water reservoir... We have them all over where they store the water above ground but there are quite a few underground ones as well..
this video makes me want tomove to Tyler.
Born and raised in Tyler on Houston St. I love our beautiful brick streets.
Thanks pentru prezentare! Super!
The Mayfield Hunt house was once the home of oilman H L Hunt, one of the richest men in America. He lived there in the 1930s while he was developing the great East Texas Oil Field.
JB and the moonshine band. Tyler country band. Whiskey days is my fav. song. My daughter is married to the lead guitar player.. Hayden. Thanks for the video.
Beautiful old homes ❤️😊
We love Tyler! We go there around twice a year or so to visit family.
The Tyler Rose festivities with the court, is truly something to see! Every October. Its a BIG deal!
I live in Tyler and this popped up on my feed. And I absolutely love clear springs. It’s super understated and I hope it stays that way after this video
I was born in Tyler Grew up in Winona Texas I love East Texas God bless
BEAUTIFUL!! THANK YOU VERY INFORMATIVE!
Thanks for watching, Lola!
As before, love your videos but if you want to see bad traffic, come to UK. All looks like paradise there 😀
My house is on that video! I am so EXCITED.
Tyler, TX is a lot bigger than I thought, wow!
Had no clue Tyler looked this large. Thanks!
Honestly, I didn't either, Olin. I was surprised.
I love Tyler tx, friendly people great doctors. Yes it's big city however it's not like other bigger cities. It's city of its own. Not buildings over buildings and highways over lapping one another. Another unique about Tyler there's another half is like being country side. I go to UT northeast hospital to see my drs. Camp Ford historical place about army. UT northeast hospital is hospital used to be a hospital for soldiers and then TB patients.
Wow this city is amazing I learning by watching this video.
Yes traffic is crazy but I will take it any day than Dallas and mesquite ugh 🤦♀️🤦♀️😫😫
Well I don't know what brought u to our great city..its an awesome place to live...we love it
We're visiting everywhere! My goal is to video the entire country.
My BEAUTIFUL city.
New to your channel, Nicks funny lol keep up the good work x
Food looks magnificent!
It was excellent!
The opening made me cry; that fountain is where my hubs proposed back in 1993
I miss living in Tyler. We want to move back so bad but there are so little job opportunities down there.
Always has been it seems. I lived there for a while after I got out of the military. Unless you know someone there it seems it can be hard to get your foot in the door at places. I moved away to Dallas after living there.
@@deepiper6529 this is so true, when we first moved down there I worked at Ross because it was easy to get in but I hated it there. I was able to get a job at Christus Hospital only because I made friends with a girl who was working there. It's definitely who you know down there. I'm pretty sure I could go back to the hospital if I wanted to...I stil have my bosses personal number lol.
Low paying circle is what i always say
The salmon salad looks great! So does the chicken fried steak. Now I am hungry!
The round tower is a nuclear missile launch tube. Quite common in the area.
Good video. Have a wonderful day.
Thank you, Jonathon.
Hope you loved your visit to my home town ❤ there are so many more places that I would have loved to show you 😢 it’s so amazing!
I agree!
You were so close to us, Groveton, TX. We don't have a movie theater but the Court House is beautiful.
My home town, many a weekends spent on the square and riding up and down broadway when I was in my teens.
love your video.. from indonesia
Thank you!
Moved to Tyler 2 years ago. We love it here. The tall round structure is a water tower.
If there is a dream job I think you have it. Love your videos.
Thank you, Carol.
Loved there almost 20yrs. Still have inner ear there. Can tell you more than you can tell me.
I worked at the Liberty theater when I was in high school over 50 years ago
Really great video love the commentary & facts. Might have to watch Home Alone again this year, it had a house like that. Doesn't feel like Christmas this year to me. Last year did hmm I think I know why probably shouldn't whine about that here though.
I lived in Tyler a couple years and grew up not too far from there. It's a pretty nice town. They have a zoo that is probably the best small town zoo in the country, Caldwell Zoo. It's about the size of the Fort Worth Zoo. It used to be free. I went there all the time when I was little.
The scenery around the town is real pretty as well. One drawback is that the traffic is pretty bad for a town its size. There isn't a crosstown expressway so it's just traffic light after traffic light. I would also say that it is definitely the buckle of the Bible Belt.
You should check out the Gladis Porter Zoo in Brownsville and then make your decision .
The zoo was only free I believe if you were a kiddo lol. I may be wrong. But I remember it being free too as a child. Im 32 now so many moons ago.
@@roby4h3ll83 It was free for everybody when I was little back in the 80s and 90s. They had an endowment, but they kept on wanting to expand, and it ran out. In 2002, they started charging admission. They might have let kids still be free then. I’ve only been back once since they started charging, and we didn’t have any kids with us.
Australia/ I still make Rose Petal Jelly- when I can get enough un-sprayed Abraham Lincoln rose petals !! its a beautiful thing and most folk here- have never eaten it, till I give them a precious jar of it and then they are amazed ! - its such a beautiful luxury. I have to go into very old gardens and ask (usually) an elderly resident if I may have some blossoms- of course, they get a jar.
Where in Aus can you get the rose petal jellly?
Rose city my beloved hometown ❤
I had to move here to Tyler 2 years ago because of a family illness. I have lived in New Jersey and all over California before moving here. The town is very historic, rural, and quaint. I have not been in an area that had so much open space before and I enjoy the old, brick roads in many places. The big “round building” you mentioned is a water tower. I have found that the people here are 99.9% friendly and get along great with everyone I meet. There are over 20 churches, over 20 donut shops, and at least 20 Dollar General or Family Dollar stores within city limits. Not being religious in any way, I am not accustomed to the “have a blessed day’ reply by everyone in grocery stores, but it is pleasant to hear. I love to take photos at the Rose Garden. Thanks for showing the Rose Museum. I never went to that part of the garden, but we will.
Please don't vote DEMONCRAT.
20 donut shops and 20 Dollar General or Family Dollar in a town of 107 ,000? Sorry but I call B.S.
@@tam323 I thought that, too, so I looked on Google Maps and did a count of Family Dollar and Dollar General, and wow, looks like there are indeed close to 20 total. Wow. I can't believe that for a city of just over 100K. That's strange.
@@panchovcarlo you're the one that came up with those numbers, not me. Are you alright? You don't "sound" alright.
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When they started tearing up the brick streets in south Tyler for safety reasons in '70s and '80s, they were giving the bricks away. My grandfather built a patio on the back of his house out of bricks from South Broadway (he later enclosed it to make a sun room and a greenhouse).
They're still going to leave the bricks in the downtown area, where speeds are reduced, but bricks are too slick when wet to use in the higher traffic areas. Stopping distances can be twice what they are on asphalt, and you're much more prone to hydroplaning.
They do look beautiful, though, and they're technically a historic landmark for the city.
North Tyler isn't too keen on development. They tried to provide gov't funded housing in North Tyler back in the late '80s-early '90s - even broke ground in a big event - but nobody ever signed up for it.
The city is expanding south at a moderate rate.
My grandparents' house was in between TJC and Moore Middle School, a few blocks inside Loop 323 - but when they first moved in, they were briefly the easternmost house in town.
Great comment. Thank you.
I thought a lot of the brick streets were from the depression era to give men a job.
@@cierakitty
No, the first bricks were laid in 1912, and the rest began in 1925.
@@garyballard179 ok ty
All my life I was ready to leave Tyler. I did for a while in the marines. Came back for a while to go to school and left again for San Antonio. Met my wife in San Antonio and after having kids we came back to Tyler.
I can't imagine raising my family anywhere else.
My wife, who was born and raised in San Antonio and whose family has been there since the 1600's, says Tyler is her home.
People here are still kind and compassionate. They say hello to you in the grocery store and will always offer to pray for you!
A lot has changed around here and the oil bust hurt our town a lot but things are always moving forward. The next phase is downtown. They are renovating the old hotel, building a new high rise hotel and a new courthouse that will look like the old one they tore down years ago.
awesomeness
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Ozzy Osbourne thing. I had just gotten out of the military back in the mid 80's. Moved to Texas and was attending TJC. Ozzy Osbourne was coming to play a concert at the Oil Palace. Someone phoned a bomb threat into the Oil Palace if he came and played the show so it was canceled. I grew up in the southeast in Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia, so I understand the whole bible belt, God and guns thing. But this was crazy. I was like "Where have I come to???". Moved away after a few years but still have some good memories and good friends there.
Interesting. I didn't know about that.
I worked some shows at the Oil Palace in the 80's never heard that story.
@@jimcrump2659 I don't know how you could have missed it. It was announced over the radio and television back then.
If you google "City Confidential" there's an episode about Tyler. Palestine (pronounced PAL-a-steen), which is also the name of the lake, is about 40 minutes South of Tyler and has a lot of the old buildings downtown as well as a totally refurbished movie theater that now hosts The Palestine Repertoire Group performances twice a year showing musicals, dramas and comedies. People even travel from Dallas and Houston to go to them. The productions are top-notch, the talent is local, and the theatre is absolutely gorgeous!! Also, there's an authentic steam engine train that runs from Palestine-Rusk-Palestine that hosts different events, including Mystery dinners and The Polar Express at Christmas. It was used in How the West was Won and several westerns. Palestine is also home to the NASA balloon facility and monitors the balloons from all over the world.
Interesting! We're most likely going to visit Palestine in a couple months.
Palestine Texas is not actually near the lake. Lake Palestine is half way to Tyler and Tyler is 45 minutes from Palestine.
These 2 seem to low-key hate each other. He's constantly correcting her and man splaining everything, even though he's wrong and she's right and she's forever got the come-backs and snarky responses. 😂 LMAO, you couldn't pay me enough.😂😂😂
3:55 and thats crazy, grew up about a hour away from there give or take some miles in the 80s/90s & thats where we often went to party (of course went to house parties, pasture parties all over the area too) & to a few clubs. My mom does live there now & last I went to see her those clubs were no longer open so dont know what teens do there nowdays. Not to mention its a college town too, with a Junior College & University of Tyler branch. My mom has lived there for about 25yrs now & I have never gone to the Rose Garden when Ive been there. Have been to a couple of the historic homes with her though. And yeah everything closer to downtown is older (think that theatre was a big project to reopen at one time & I want to say a few blocks west of the courthouse & maybe a few blocks back down south of it is where tge oldest house built was. Think it was built in 1847? Maybe & there was an effort to save it at one time but believe they had to go ahead & tear it down😢), everything built down south of the mall is newer. Wanna say the east loop is more industrial still & south of the loop is where the place has really boomed over the past decade or so. Also about the traffic, the city growing along with constant increase in population has left the city engineers with a big job on their hands. Also over the years they've done away with a lot of the turn lanes & put in more & more red lights which cut down on turn lane wrecks but now you have to deal with the Uturn ppl. Which I am not one of them, when Im in town I just try to go an alternate route to be on the right side of the road because now between uturners & ppl going rt on red & ppl pulling out going right thats some good set ups for 3 way wrecks maybe 4 if direct traffic is still flowing smh
pasture parties 👍
I've lived out in flint tx for a long time then recently moved in down town tyler. We saw a drone flying around about a month ago, interesting and a bit weird to see its video on TH-cam. There's actually alot more homeless people than you think. Also, Most of us don't get paid as much as you said, We need at least 2 to 3 roommates to afford an appartment unless someone is in management, an electrician or a serveyer. Traffic is absolute hell in tyler, what should be a 15 minute drive to work turns into a 40 minute drive with traffic. You're absolutely right about us not welcoming any party people 😅 everything echoes through the square and can even hear people in the jail while I'm sitting in our basement appartment bathroom.