Editing Tyler, Texas (section)

===20th century to the present day===
Toward the end of the nineteenth century, fruit orchards emerged as an important business in the regional economy. Eighty percent of the county's agricultural revenue derived from cotton as it persisted as the dominant crop in the first decades of the [[20th century in the United States|twentieth century]]. Peaches were the principal fruit crop as the county fruit tree inventory surpassed one million by 1900. In 1912, Dan Davis, an African-American man suspected of attacking a sixteen-year-old white girl named Carrie Johnson, was burned at the stake in the Smith County Courthouse Square.<ref>''The New York Times''. "2,000 Aid in Burning Negro at the Stake." May 26, 1912.</ref><ref>''Granbury News''. "Negro Meets Death at Stake in Tyler." October 30, 1912.</ref><ref>''Dallas Morning News''. "Negro Meets Death at Stake in Tyler." May 26, 1912.</ref><ref name="ReferenceA"/> Disease struck the peach trees, though, and local farmers moved toward growing roses by the 1920s. Twenty years later, most of the U.S. rose supply originated in the Tyler area.<ref name="hto" />

In {{year|1971}}, the University of Texas system established the [[University of Texas at Tyler]] and [[Broadway Square Mall]] opened in {{year|1975}}.<ref>Paul T. Hellmann (2006). "Texas: Tyler". ''Historical Gazetteer of the United States''. Taylor & Francis. {{ISBN|1-135-94859-3}}.</ref> By 1980, the population grew to 70,508 and the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Tyler]] and East Texas Islamic Society were established in the following years.<ref>"[https://texasalmanac.com/topics/population City Population History from 1850–2000: Tyler]", ''Texas Almanac'', Texas State Historical Association</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.katolsk.no/organisasjon/verden/chronology/usa |title=Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:The United States of America |website=Den katolske kirke |language=no |access-date=March 12, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tylerpaper.com/news/local/tyler-islamic-community-members-to-build-mosque-subdivision-on-rhones/article_1f2f6198-5e9c-5afd-be8e-83696b08f471.html |title=Tyler Islamic community members to build mosque, subdivision on Rhones Quarter Road |last=GUEVARA |first=EMILY |website=TylerPaper.com |date=October 22, 2016 |language=en |access-date=March 12, 2020}}</ref> During the [[2010 East Texas church burnings]], two Tyler churches were destroyed, and [[historic preservation]] city planning began in 2016 as the population increased and the city continued development.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tylerpreservationplan2016.wordpress.com/project-approach/home/about/ |title=About |date=July 24, 2016 |website=Tyler Strategic Historic Preservation Plan |language=en |access-date=March 12, 2020}}</ref>