Today Grand Prairie is a thriving Metroplex city, proud of its prairie name, its aviation heritage, and the racing at Lone Star Park, with the lakes and parks of Joe Pool and Mountain Creek at its edges. Its story runs from the Peters' Colony grassland through the 1863 rail-town founding, the wartime Mustangs and Liberators, and the modern city between two cities. Our Grand Prairie designs gather that identity into wearable form — the prairie, the propellers, the post position. Grand Prairie, Texas — on the edge of the great grassland between two cities.
On the edge of the grand prairie — a railroad town between two cities that built fighter planes and runs racehorses. Grand Prairie sits squarely between Dallas and Fort Worth, on the eastern edge of the great Texas grassland that gave the city its name. It started as a rail stop called Dechman in 1863; the Texas & Pacific renamed it Grand Prairie in 1877. In World War II its plant turned out P-51 Mustang fighters and B-24 Liberator bombers, and today thoroughbreds run at Lone Star Park. Prairie, propellers, and post position — this page tells the story.
Why People Visit Grand Prairie Texas
- Spend a day at Loyd Park on Joe Pool Lake, with trails, campsites, and boating.
- Catch live thoroughbred and quarter-horse racing at Lone Star Park during the spring and fall meets.
- Walk the historic downtown around the Texas & Pacific rail depot.
- Cool off at the Epic Waters indoor waterpark, or browse the weekend stalls at Traders Village.
- Take in the prairie horizon and the lakes that frame the city north and south.
