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GRAND PRAIRIE,
TEXAS
Dallas & Tarrant
Counties, N Central Texas
US 80 and US 303
I-20 and I-30, and FM 1382
13 miles W of downtown Dallas
Population
127,427(2000) 99,606(1990)
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Grand Prairie
Area Attractions
Joe
Pool Lake
Joe Pool Lake is a 7, 400-acre impoundment with a 64 mile shoreline
that serves as a reservoir for Midlothian.
The northeastern corner is in the city limits of Dallas,
and most of the remainder is in Grand Prairie.
Mountain
Creek Lake
Four miles southeast of Grand Prairie on Mountain Creek
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fish/infish/lakes/mntcrk/lake_id.htm
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Prairie Hotels >
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Uptown
Theater in Grand Prairie
Photo courtesy Billy Smith, May 1986 |
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Purple
Martins in Grand Prairie
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"... Gisela Fregoe from Grand Prairie organized a group of martin
enthusiasts who call themselves the Purple Martin Landlords of North
Texas...." more
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Grand
Prairie water tower
Photo courtesy Jim & Lou Kinsey |
Grand Prairie,
Texas History
"... The townsite
comprises seventy-three square miles enclosed by Dallas, Arlington,
Irving, and Cedar Hill. Mountain Creek Lake is on the east, a portion
of Joe Pool Lake is in southern Grand Prairie, and Kirby, Cottonwood,
and Fish creeks flow through the community. Settlers arrived in the
area before the Civil War and built several stores, including the
M. M. Miller store and the Phillip Goetsell store. The community was
not organized... until 1863 ..." - See Handbook of Texas Online
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/GG/hdg3.html
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Grand Prairie Tourist Information
Grand Prairie
Convention & Visitors Bureau - 1-800-288-8FUN
http://www.gptexas.com/ |
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Grand Prairie aerial
view and water tower
Photo
courtesy rootsweb.com/~txgenweb//
postcards/Index.html |
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