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Half Mile of History Videos

The City is working hard to bring you videos linked with the current Half Mile of History stones.

Take a look and see the videos that are available now!

• Henry Marsh Bell
• Tyler Carnegie Library
• Robert Walter Fair
• Benjamin Bryant Beaird
• Walter Connally
• Shirley Simons Sr.
• Texas College
• E. Davis Wilcox
• Butler College
• Edgar "Leo" Chesley

Selected Works of Vicki Betts

Links to Websites:

• Research Works
• Books
• Articles
• Presentations
• Bibliography of Smith County
• Newspaper Resources
• Civil War Newspapers

Online Resources

Sanborn Maps 1867-1970

Historic Aerials (free to view) - Search for Tyler, TX; Select Aerials tab.

Secretary of Interior Standards - Rehab

Website with all Standards

Newspaper Articles

• Tyler's 13.8 Miles of Brick Streets
• Preserve America Designation
• Half Mile of History Program
• Half Mile of History for H.L. & Lyda Hunt
• Half Mile of History for Bryan Marsh, T.E. Swann & William Swann
• Historic Preservation Strategic Plan Open House

History of Tyler - Videos

• "The Cuts" -a look at North Tyler history through Councilman Moore's eyes
• Tyler's Famous Brick Streets
• JB's Journal - Tyler's Historic Brick Streets
• JB's Journal - People's Petroleum Building
• JB's Journal - Rosenwald Schools
• JB's Journal - Tyler Rose Queen Dresses
• JB's Journal - Tyler's Train Depot Museum
• JB's Journal - Tyler Tortilla Factory
• JB's Journal - Historic Oakwood Cemetery
• JB's Journal - Historic Chilton-Taylor House
• JB's Journal - History of the East Texas State Fair
• JB's Journal - The Greenburg Turkey
• Tyler Morning Telegraph - Tyler's Brick Streets
• Azalea Trail History in Tyler
• The Story of the Historic Tyler Rose Garden

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