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City in Texas, United States
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Athens is a small city in the Blackland Prairie region of Eastern Texas.
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100+ acre botanical gardens built largely by volunteers on the site of an old abandoned truck farm.
This is a good way to get up close to fish stocks being reared by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Land of Lights
Anything prepared here is personally done with expertise, good taste, and great care. From catering to cakes to salads or sandwiches, these ladies know what they are doing.
By plane
Tyler Pounds Regional Airport offers service to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport via American Eagle Airlines and to Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport via United Express.
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