Reminiscent of your tour of Clovis (Trav/Pam) I thought I'd give y'all a little tour around our new home town! So folks, sit back -- this is Olney, Texas, population 3,396 - 45 miles south of Wichita Falls, 100 miles west of Fort Worth. We're a 3 traffic light town. This is Main Street (downtown area):
As you can see we don't have to worry about rush hour traffic or finding a parking space. Our church
is right on this main drag (Olney has 17 churches!) and you'll note in the sanctuary
, that we have an awesome pipe organ!
is right on this main drag (Olney has 17 churches!) and you'll note in the sanctuary
, that we have an awesome pipe organ! In addition, we have 2 banks, 2 feed stores, 2 hardwares, 1 drug store (which is also a gift shop and bridal registry), 1 motel (below)
, 7 insurance agencies, Stewart's Food Store - our 1 grocery
(below), a golf course and an airport. We have 4 fast food chains (DQ, Sonic, Subway, 
Golden Chick) (right) and 5 other restaurants. (Across the street from DQ is our new Dollar General and a Movie Gallery). Probably the best restaurant in town is Gandy's - (below) they have great hamburgers and chicken fingers
.
, 7 insurance agencies, Stewart's Food Store - our 1 grocery
(below), a golf course and an airport. We have 4 fast food chains (DQ, Sonic, Subway, 
Golden Chick) (right) and 5 other restaurants. (Across the street from DQ is our new Dollar General and a Movie Gallery). Probably the best restaurant in town is Gandy's - (below) they have great hamburgers and chicken fingers
. Of course we have City Hall, Young County Municipal Court, a police department and an awesome volumteer fire department.
We have a 25 bed hospital (below left) and a very nice library (below right)which is the FIRST combined community and school library facility in the country!.
The elementary school is beyond the trees in the picture and the High School and stadium are behind the library. Olney is VERY supportive of all school sports teams and the town really comes out on Tuesday and Friday nights to cheer them on!
The elementary school is beyond the trees in the picture and the High School and stadium are behind the library. Olney is VERY supportive of all school sports teams and the town really comes out on Tuesday and Friday nights to cheer them on! Olney is also known for it's annual One Armed Dove Hunt (Sept); Rodeo (May); and many many community events. It's also the home of Air Tractor (agricultural spray planes).
Of course there's more to this community than what I can photograph. It's really about the people. They are friendly, helpful, and welcoming. They're very resilient, entrepreneurial, hard working and family loving folks. It may not be the fanciest town - after all, we don't have a WalMart!!! But we REALLY love it here and we love the people and are finding many wonderful new friends.
5 comments:
Where's the local pub?
how cute... i have to say, based on what you've told me, it's what I expected.. Except your church is actually huge, relatively speaking.
Snakey ... it's a dry county! But there is a pub/liquor store in Newcastle (maybe 10 miles away - Archer County)! We usually get our wine from the Class 6 store at Sheppard. : )
Chey - Our church is probably the biggest church in town though there's a pretty large Methodist Church also. Thought you'd both get a chuckle taking a look down Main Street!!!
Having lived here for a long time it is fun to look at us through your eyes! The kitties have grown!
Hope you don't have any more snakes. Bill is looking for ours in the garage.
The main street kinda reminds me of the 'ville- cute lil store fronts surrounding a street. I think it's charming!
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