calsfoundation@cals.org
March 6, 2012
Mena (Polk County) native David Luke Myrick, better known as T. Texas Tyler, introduced a distinctive country-and-western musical style that made him a successful recording artist in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. The T. Texas Tyler Tree, a large water oak named to honor Tyler, is shown here at his familys Mena homestead.