Outstanding livestock event, large variety of beef and dairy cattle, ponies, swine, sheep, industrial displays and midway attractions. Most events at Municipal Rose Garden. Admission to some events. Brookshire's World of Wildlife Museum and Country Store - Features more than 250 specimens of animals, reptiles, and fish from Africa and North America. The Country Store is depictive of what grocery stores were like in 1928 with products and fixtures common in early part of century.
Outside museum is an antique fire truck, as well as picnic tables.
Designed especially for enjoyment of children. At its zenith in spring of 1864, Camp Ford stockade contained some 6,000 Union troops-largest prisoner of war compound west of the Mississippi. An historical marker in rest area on U.S. 271 two miles northeast provides details. In old library building, exhibits feature artifacts reflecting Tyler's historic, social and economic culture. Displays feature Indian, Republic of Texas, Civil War and 20th-Century eras.