The twentieth century turned Grand Prairie into an aviation town. In 1941 a great aircraft plant opened on the prairie, and through World War II it built P-51 Mustang fighters and B-24 Liberator bombers; the successor plants kept the city in the aerospace business for decades, building Cold War jets and missiles. After the war the prairie filled with subdivisions and shopping centers as the Metroplex grew around it, and in 1996 Lone Star Park opened its grandstand, bringing thoroughbred racing to the city — it hosted the Breeders' Cup in 2004. Farms to fighter planes to finish lines: the prairie kept reinventing what ran across it.
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.
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.
