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Fast Facts About Tyler County
- The city’s No. 1 tourist attraction is the Tyler Municipal Rose Garden, with 38,000 rose bushes and more than 500 varieties.
- Tyler State Park is a 985-acre refuge that opened in 1939 and has a 64-acre lake.
- Famous Tyler area natives include Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith, Heisman Trophy winner Earl Campbell, actress Sandy Duncan and White House correspondent Sarah McClendon.
- In 1985, the International Adopt-a-Highway movement originated in Tyler. The first road adopted for cleanup purposes was a two-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 69.
