The city of Wylie is in the northern part of Texas and it extends into three counties. According to Wikipedia, the town has a population of about 33,000 residents and it is growing.
The history of the town goes back to 1887 when it was still called Nickelville, according to the town's Web site, but later it got the name of Wylie to honor W.D Wylie, who made it possible for the town to have a railroad, and in 1890 the population was of about 245 people and the population grew to have almost 800 people at the turn of the century, and one of the rare cities that kept on moving forward when the Great Depression hit in the late '20s with increased daily farming to supply the city of Dallas as well. And in the 21st century it has become the eighth-fastest growing city in the United States.
One of the towns' attractions is Lake Lavon which is on the East Fork of the Trinity River in the Trinity River basin. This Lake is an artificial lake which construction started in 1948 and ended in 1953 and it was originally built to control the flood flow, but even though this is artificial you can still find different species of fishes such as largemouth bass, white bass, blue catfish and crappie.
Another attraction is another lake and it is a reservoir and it is called Lake Ray Hubbard, whose name comes from a man who was president of the Dallas Parks and Recreation System board from 1943 until 1972 according to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wylie_Texas). The lake was originally created to supply water to the North Texas region and the completion was done in 1968 and some of the fish that you can find in here are the striped bass, white and largemouth bass, channel catfish and blue catfish and white crappie.
Another attraction of the town is the Southfork Ranch which is where the original series of "Dallas" was filmed, even though the ranch is located a few miles north of Wylie. The house or better yet the mansion has an extended area of about five thousand square feet but the ranch is mainly famous because of the eighties popular series Dallas, but you can still take a tour of the place for ten dollars.
The history of the town goes back to 1887 when it was still called Nickelville, according to the town's Web site, but later it got the name of Wylie to honor W.D Wylie, who made it possible for the town to have a railroad, and in 1890 the population was of about 245 people and the population grew to have almost 800 people at the turn of the century, and one of the rare cities that kept on moving forward when the Great Depression hit in the late '20s with increased daily farming to supply the city of Dallas as well. And in the 21st century it has become the eighth-fastest growing city in the United States.
One of the towns' attractions is Lake Lavon which is on the East Fork of the Trinity River in the Trinity River basin. This Lake is an artificial lake which construction started in 1948 and ended in 1953 and it was originally built to control the flood flow, but even though this is artificial you can still find different species of fishes such as largemouth bass, white bass, blue catfish and crappie.
Another attraction is another lake and it is a reservoir and it is called Lake Ray Hubbard, whose name comes from a man who was president of the Dallas Parks and Recreation System board from 1943 until 1972 according to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wylie_Texas). The lake was originally created to supply water to the North Texas region and the completion was done in 1968 and some of the fish that you can find in here are the striped bass, white and largemouth bass, channel catfish and blue catfish and white crappie.
Another attraction of the town is the Southfork Ranch which is where the original series of "Dallas" was filmed, even though the ranch is located a few miles north of Wylie. The house or better yet the mansion has an extended area of about five thousand square feet but the ranch is mainly famous because of the eighties popular series Dallas, but you can still take a tour of the place for ten dollars.
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