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Gainesville, TX
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, Bill Pollard
605 E California St
(just west of the BNSF tracks)
Gainesville, TX 76240-4104

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POINTS OF INTEREST

Butterfield Stage
201 S Denton St - 5 blk SW
(940) 665-8152
Located in 1904 Carnegie Library.
State Theater
200 E California St - 5 blk SW
(940) 612-2000
Historic theater, built 1919 and renovated in 2000.
Fried Pie Co.
202 W Main - 0.5 mi SW
(940) 665-7641
Featuring many varieties of the famous delicacy.
Morton Museum
210 S Dixon St - 0.5 mi SW
(940) 668-8900
Located in 1884 city hall-fire station-jail.
Gainesville High School
1201 S Lindsay St - 0.9 mi S
(940) 665-5528
Frank Buck Zoo
1000 W California - 1.5 mi W (at I-35)
(940) 668-4533
North Central Texas College
1525 W California St - 1.5 mi W
(940) 668-7731
Founded 1924, Texas' oldest continuously operating public 2-year college.
Gainesville Factory Shops
4231 N Interstate 35 - 4.2 mi N (exit 501)
1-888-545-7220
TAPS operates a shuttle that carries passengers from train 821 to the mall, and back to train 822. $1 per person.
Downtown Historic District
Downtown Gainesville - distance n/a
(940) 665-2831
Walking/driving tour of 60 restored Victorian homes, commercial buildings, churches and the Santa Fe Depot.
UPCOMING EVENTS

Sep 5-6 Antique Tractor and Farm Machinery Show (Show)
Lindsay Tractor Pull Arena
Dec 5 Gainesville Chamber Christmas Lighted Parade (Parade)
downtown
Dec 5 Zoo Lights Festival (Festival)
Frank Buck Zoo
 
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RENTAL CAR LOCATIONS

enterprise 409 W Highway 82 - 1.8 mi N
(940) 665-4414, 1-800-RENT-A-CAR
Hours: 8:30a-6:00p M-F, 8:30a-12:30p Sat.
HOTELS

bandb Miss Olivia's 319 S Denton St - 0.4 mi S (in Gainesville's downtown historic d)
(940) 665-5558
holidayx 320 N Interstate 35 - 0.8 mi W
(940) 665-0505, 1-800-HOLIDAY
ramada 600 Medal of Honor Blvd - 0.8 mi W
(940) 665-8800, 1-800-2-RAMADA
daysinn 1701 N Interstate 35 - 1.5 mi NW
(940) 655-5555, 1-800-DAYS-INN
Bed and Bath Inn 2000 N Interstate 35 - 2.2 mi NW
(940) 612-2995
bestwstn 2103 N Interstate 35 - 2.7 mi NW
(940) 665-7737, 1-800-528-1234
bandb Alexander House 3692 County Road 201 - 12.7 mi E
(903) 564-7440,
bandb Front 30 Ranch Guest House 198 Cedar Mills Rd - 30.0 mi NE (US Hwy 377)
(903) 523-5982
Located on longhorn cattle ranch, near Lake Texoma. 30 mi from Gainesville. Will pick up with advance notice.
LOCAL TRANSIT

Local Bus Chamber of Commerce
Santa Fe Sepot
(940) 736-9167
Free Trolley service Friday through Sunday to all points of interest and shopping and hotels in Gainesville.

Rural Transit Texoma Area Paratransit System
1-800-256-0911
Demand-response system serving Cooke, Fannin, Grayson, Montague, Clay, and Wise counties.

LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS

Gainesville Daily Register  •  www.gainesvilleregister.com
KGAF (1580 AM)  •  www.kgaf1580.com
VISITOR INFORMATION

Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce 101 S Culberson St
Gainesville, TX 76240
(940) 665-2831

CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES


Rep. Michael C. Burgess
(R-TX, dist. 26)

229 Cannon House Office Bldg
Washington, DC 20515
(202) 225-7772
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison
(R)

284 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-5922

Sen. John Cornyn
(R)

517 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
(202) 224-2934

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