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HYE, Texas

Pronounced: "hi" or "high"

"no slogan"

Population (2000): 105COL Index (2008):
Elevation: 1453 ftArea: undefined smCounty: Blanco
Zip Code: 78635Area Code: 830Time Zone: CST
Coordinates: 30° 14' 33" N, 98° 34' 12" W
Location: In W part of county, near Gillespie County line, 10 mi W of Johnson City,
1 mi E of LBJ National and State Historical Parks at Stonewall,
and 19 mi E of Fredericksburg
Highways: US 290; Hye-Albert Rd
Creeks: NoneRivers: Near PedernalesLakes: NoneParks: None

REFERENCES

CITY: Unincorporated

CHAMBER AND TOURISM: None

MAJOR ATTRACTIONS:

GARRISON BROTHERS DISTILLERY: Home of the first legal bourbon distiller in Texas, and now in full production. Tours available by apmt. See full details in Directory below.


WILLIAM CHRIS VINEYARDS: See full details in Directory below.

HYE HISTORIC POST OFFICE: Opened 1886, still in use today but not modernized. President Lyndon B. Johnson, at the age of 4, mailed his first letter here. Lawrence O'Brien was sworn into President Johnson's Cabinet as Post Master General on the steps of the store in October 1965. This historic building is also a general store. See full details in Directory below.

NEARBY ATTRACTIONS: Vineyards, wineries, the LBJ State & National Historical parks; Sauer-Beckmann Living History Farm, all in Stonewall just a few miles west.

ALBERT: ALBERT TEXAS ICE HOUSE; HISTORIC SCHOOL HOUSE.


BLANCO: HISTORIC TOWN SQARE & COURTHOUSE; REAL ALE BREWING CO

ECKERT: WILLOW CITY SCENIC LOOP; BIKER SALOON; MOTORCYCLING

FREDERICKSBURG: FORT; BUTTERFLY RANCH; HERB FARM; THEATER; TRADE DAYS; MUSEUMS; DULCIMERS; HISTORIC GERMAN DOWNTOWNL JEWLRY WORKSHOP; ROCKBOX; WILDSEED FARM; COWBOY RANCH

JOHNSON CITY: EXOTIC ZOO RESORT; TEXAS HILLS WINERY; WHITTINGTON'S JERKY; HISTORIC COURTHOUSE & JAIL; LAVENDER FARMS; WILDFLOWER CAPITAL; BAMBERGER RANCH; LBJ BOYHOOD HOME

LUCKENBACH: LUCKENBACH DANCE HALL & GENERAL STORE

STONEWALL: PEACHES; VINEYARDS; LAVENDER; SAUER-BECKMANN LIVING HISTORY FARM

WILLOW CITY: WILLOW CITY SCENIC LOOP; BIKER SALOON; MOTORCYCLING

EVENT CALENDAR: None

WEATHER: Weather Underground

MEDIA COVERAGE: Latest News (Topix)

MAPS: Google, GeoHack

ROADS: For detailed listing of county, state and federal roads in Blanco County, including an interactive map, click: Roads

PRINCIPAL BUSINESS: Ranching

HISTORY: See Handbook of Texas Online:
"Whites settled the area in 1860 when a number of farming and ranching families moved to Rocky Creek, three miles east of the site of present Hye. Rocky, as this area of settlement came to be called, continued to grow steadily throughout the 1860s and 1870s with the influx of both German and Anglo settlers. In 1880 Hiram G. (Hye) Brown, for whom the community was later named, built a small store and house south of the Pedernales River on the Austin-Fredericksburg road at the location of present Hye. Brown had come with his parents to Rocky eight years earlier. In 1886 he established a post office at Hye, which he operated as part of his general store. After the post office came in, other businesses were begun in the area, including a gristmill and a blacksmith shop. In 1906 a cotton gin was erected at Hye, and it continued to operate until 1945. In 1904 Brown built a new structure to house the post office and his business on the south side of the road just opposite its old location. This building, the Hye General Store and Post Office, which in 1966 was entered in the state archives as a Recorded Texas Historical Landmark, still stands today and continues to serve its original function. Hye gained particular attention in 1965 when President Lyndon Johnson used the front porch of the post office as the setting for his appointment of Lawrence F. O'Brien as United States Postmaster General. Johnson, whose boyhood home is nearby, also claimed to have mailed his first letter at the age of four from the Hye post office. The population of Hye was estimated at 200 during the 1920s and 1930s. It dropped to fifty during World War II and then climbed gradually from ninety in 1947 to a postwar high of 140 in 1968. From 1970 to 2000 it was estimated at 105."

According to the local Heritage Farms web site: "Hiram ("Hye") G. Brown founded Hye in 1880. Hye Brown decided the area needed a post office so in January of 1886, he applied to the US Post Office and on April 17, 1886, the Hye Post Office was established with "Hye" serving as Post Master. Some of the unique happenings at the Hye Post Office are: President Lyndon B. Johnson, at the age of four, mailed his first letter here. Lawrence O'Brien was sworn into President Johnson's Cabinet as Post Master General on the steps of the store in October 1965. "Hye" was born August 4, 1853, in Mississippi; he came to Texas about 1866. "Hye" Brown married Margaret Steen and they had six children."

AVAILABLE SERVICES: Gas: no; Convenience Stores: no; Restaurants: no; Lodging: yes; Grocery Stores: no; Banks: no; Vehicle Repair: yes; Hospital: no; Med Clinic: no; Post Office: yes; Public Schools: no; Cemetery: no

PORTAL PHOTO GALLERY: Hye

OTHER PROFILES: Wikipedia; Podunk (not available); City Data (not available);
Texas Escapes, Travel Texas (not available)

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FRIENDS OF LBJ NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK Office: 830-868-7128 x222 POB 1831, 100 Lady Bird Lane, Johnson City, TX 78636. Click: Map Coming 2011 Events: March 26: 4th Annual LBJ 100 Bicycle Tour April 14/15: Reflections of the '60s at LBJ Ranch: Anniversary of Elementary & Secondary Education Act of 1965, at LBJ Ranch June 4: Movies Under the Stars, at the LBJ Ranch July 9: Movies Under the Stars, at the LBJ Ranch August 27: 103rd Anniversary of LBJ's Birth Wreathlaying Ceremony, at the LBJ Ranch November 26, December 3, 17: Christmas at the Boyhood Home, 1920s Style, at Johnson City December 10: "Timeless Christmas in Johnson City", A 1920s Christmas at the Boyhood Home, and a 1860s Christmas, at the Johnson Settlement

Click on web sites below for details.
Friends: www.FriendsOfLBJNationalPark.orgEmail: info@FriendsOfLBJNationalPark.org
NPS Web: www.nps.gov/lyjo

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