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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEuless Street Name Origins S r EULESS STREET NAME ORIGINS Weldon G. Cannon 1997, Revised 2008, 2019 INTRODUCTION In 1996 at a meeting of the City of Euless Historical Preservation Committee a relatively new member inquired about the origin of a certain street name. This led to a discussion of the need to identify the origins of street names in the city. I took on the project, doing it from memory,basing it on what I had read and heard people say. Then, I began checking records, mainly old maps,plats and deeds at the court house, and talking with people who had firsthand knowledge. In many instances people told me they positively knew the origin. In many other instances the evidence for an origin seemed overwhelming, but in the absence of a positive statement I implied an origin. Realizing I could be wrong, however, I have merely stated an origin that is very likely, or probable, or in some instances,possible. The list is incomplete, doubtless has some errors, and I have not worked in it for several years, except for a bit of last- minute touchup. But at least it is a beginning place. Some of this might seem overly simple to old timers, but we should put ourselves in the position of a newcomer, or imagine some curious person looking back from a hundred or more years in the future. I began seriously studying the subject in 1997 and worked on it for about the next 10 years, but have done very little since. Perhaps there have been as many new names added to the Euless map since then as there are references here. I have included just a few relatively new names that have come to my attention and are connected to the early history of Euless. I will leave it to someone else to document the new streets and make corrections. I do this with the hope that it will add a bit to the understanding of Euless history. A large research file for this subject is in the Weldon G. Cannon Euless Collection of the Special Collections at The University of Texas at Arlington Library. Included in it are also materials about early additions or subdivisions to Euless. The area covered is everything that can be identified as Euless,past or present. It includes everything presently in the Euless City Limits and the current postal delivery area for Euless. It includes the town of Tarrant(originally named Candon),platted in 1903 by the Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway Company, and the Mosier Valley community, which today are in the city of Fort Worth. It also includes most of the Euless Independent School District before 1955, and the Euless voting precinct created in 1888, which was bounded by the Dallas County line,the Trinity River, Little Bear Creek, and an irregular line about half way between Euless and Bedford. In the alphabetical listing of streets I have used both the current names, such as Main Street, Euless Boulevard, Airport Freeway, and the old, traditional names of streets that are in deeds, plats and maps, or that many of us grew up with and recognize. In the descriptions I have cross-referenced the old and new names, such as Euless-Grapevine Road which became Main Page 1 Street and Bedford-Euless Road which became Huffman Drive and Airport Freeway. I have left out streets that I know nothing about, such as Ranger Street or Winsborough Lane. I have also left out streets that have the names of trees, flowers, spices, herbs and other plants,unless there is some special reason I think they should be included. I have also left out many common names that can also be found in almost any city in the country--Driftwood Drive, Morningside Drive, Forest Trail. And not included are about 30 streets in Midway Park Addition named for Texas counties. The name of the street and the positive or probable or possible origin are underlined. Names and spellings are taken from the official list in the City Planning and Economic Development Department offices. INDIVIDUAL STREET NAMES Adam Way This is in Founders Parc subdivision, south of West Airport Fwy. And north of West Euless Blvd. and east of Industrial Blvd., created in 2015. It has several streets named for early figures in Euless history. Elisha Adam Euless, for whom the city is named, was called Adam by his friends and relatives. See Euless Blvd. Airport Freeway This is the highway from Dallas and Fort Worth to the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport which was opened in 1974. The Freeway opened some time before then. It is also known as State Highway 183. The eastern part follows the route of Dallas Hwy./ State Highway 15, built in the 1930s. Part of the western segment follows the route of Bedford-Euless Rd./Bedford Rd./Huffman Dr. Alexander Lane (West Alexander Lane) This refers only to West Alexander Lane. The maiden name of Lena Alexander Arnett(Mrs. Ocea Arnett) was Alexander. Her family developed the Arnett Addition in 1952. See East Alexander Lane and Arnett Dr. Alexander Lane (East Alexander Lane) This refers only to East Alexander Lane. George A. Alexander, George P. Cullum and J. D. Cullum Jr. purchased property south of East Euless Blvd. and east of South Main St. in 1947 and developed the Alexander and Cullum Addition in 1948,the second subdivision in Euless, although before Euless was incorporated as a municipality in 1950. See West Alexander Lane. Arlington-Grapevine Road(Highway) This road connects Arlington and Grapevine. It has also been known as Mansfield-Grapevine Rd. and Johnson Station-Grapevine Rd. It is now called Industrial Blvd. in Euless and Fort Worth, and No. Collins St. in Arlington, and State Hwy. No. 157. Page 2 Arnett Drive The family of Ocea and Lena Alexander Arnett purchased property west of South Main St. and south of West Euless Blvd. in 1945 after having rented and lived on it several years. They developed the Arnett Addition in 1952. Ash Lane George W. and Margaret J. Ash owned a farm on the west side of North Main St. as early as 1862. Son, Ira A. Ash, also lived in area. Bayless Drive David and Faun Jernigan Bayless owned a dairy farm after 1924 between West Airport Fwy. and South Pipeline Rd. See Faun Dr. Baze Road Priest and Annie Powers Baze owned a farm in the vicinity of Industrial Blvd./St. Hwy. 157 and Little Bear Creek after 1932 See Priest Ln. Bear Creek Cemetery Road This is the road leading from State Hwy. 360 to Bear Creek Cemetery. Bear Creek and Little Bear Creek for a long time were the northern and northeastern boundary of the Euless community. Bear Creek Baptist Church was established in 1853 and a school about the same time. Bear Creek Cemetery was created a few years later. Bear Creek Parkway See Bear Creek Cemetery Rd. Bedford Road This was the road from Euless to Bedford. It was also known as Bedford-Euless Rd. and was an earlier name for Huffman Dr. and part of West Airport Fwy. Bedford was named for Bedford County, Tennessee, home of many settlers before they came to northeastern Tarrant County. Bedford-Euless Road This was the road between Bedford and Euless; also known as Bedford Rd. This was an earlier name for Huffman Dr. and part of West Airport Fwy. Blessing Creek Drive Blessing Branch flows east through a farm that William Jarrett and Virginia Ann Hankin Blessing owned east of North Main St. and between Harwood Rd. and Euless Blvd. after 1879. The branch empties into Bear Creek and has also been called Dobkins Branch. Byers Street Bill and Boyce Cook Byers owned Euless Lumber Company located on this street at its intersection with West Euless Blvd. and Huffman Dr. Page 3 Calloway Cemetery Road On this road is Calloway Cemetery where the earliest marked graves, although not the earliest known burials, are of brothers Richard H. Calloway and Joseph W. Calloway who once owned the property. Richard's widow, Catherine"Kate" Coble Calloway donated one acre for a public burial ground in 1886. Cannon Drive Archibald Newton and Sarah Idella Whitener Cannon purchased property on the west side of South Main St. in 1897 and established Euless Nurseries. In 1953 most of the property was developed as Cedar Hills Estates addition to Euless. In 1947, a street had been named Cannon Dr. in Euless Gardens, the earliest addition to Euless, on the east side of North Main St. and north of East Euless Blvd., platted by Jack W. and Dorothy Tapscott Lackey. Most of this addition was later replatted and the street was renamed Town Creek Dr. Carter Drive Nearby Amon G. Carter Field was the Fort Worth municipal airport when the Westwood Village subdivision was platted in 1960. Cassandra Ct. The mother of Adam Euless was Cassandra"Casssie"Bobo Euless. Her brother, Weldon Wiles Bobo, was the founder of Bedford, Texas. Cecil Lane Walter W. "Mack" McCormick"s great-great-great-grandmother was Eleanor Cecil. See McCormick Court. Cherry Drive (abandoned) This street was named in the Sheppard Addition when it was platted in 1952. Clebud Drive Walter E. "Bud" Vincent was a partner with others in real estate development and house building in Euless and elsewhere. He was mayor of Hurst, 1955-1957. His wife was named Cleo. Copher Court Harold Copher owned property in the Oak Crest Estates. Copher Ct. was originally part of Koen Ln. when Oak Crest Estates Addition was platted in 1959. He was a member of Euless City Council, 1969-1975, and Mayor Pro Tem, 1973-1974. Cotton Gin Ln. Probably the first business established in what today is Euless was a cotton gin, since cotton was the chief commercial crop. It was built by Mary Ann Whitson Trigg, well-to-do widow of William H. Trigg, and her family in the early or middle 1870s, on their property. It was called Tuck Trigg's Gin,named for her son, who had been named for his uncle, Daniel C. "Tuck" Trigg Sr. In 1881 her son-in-law, Adam Euless,purchased the gin and the property. The community that grew around the gin, and the Grange Hall, also owned by Adam Euless, gradually came to be called Euless. Page 4 Cullum Drive George P. Cullum, J. D. Cullum Jr. and G. A. Alexander purchased property east of South Main St. and south of East Euless Blvd. in 1947. They developed the Alexander and Cullum Addition in 1948,the second subdivision in Euless, although this was before Euless incorporated as a municipality. See East Alexander Dr. Dallas Highway This was the highway extending east from Euless towards Dallas, State Hwy. 15 in the 1930s. Today it is East Euless Blvd. and East Airport Fwy, State Hwys. 10 and 183. Dallas Road This was a northerly route running from Fort Worth to Dallas, another name for Old Dallas Road, and an earlier name for Harwood Road. Deacon Drive A relative of Walter W. "Mack" McCormick married W. Guynn Deacon, who moved to the Euless area in 1882 and purchased land beginning in 1886. See McCormick Court. Delphia Drive (abandoned) Delphia Whitener Himes,wife of Mitchell W. Himes, was a daughter of Joseph Ebenezer and Sarah Jane Redden Whitener. This street was located at the east end of J. E. Whitener Estates Addition developed in 1950 and connected South Pipeline Rd. and Whitener Rd./Whitener Dr. Dickey Drive Fred B. and Evelyn M. Dickey owned property south of East Euless Blvd. after 1948. Dock McGinnis Drive Dock McGinnis and his wife Lena McGinnis owned a large farm on the south side of West Airport Fwy. about 1 mile west of Industrial Blvd. Duckett Drive (abandoned) Robert "Bob" J. and Maude Duckett owned property west of North Main St. after 1938. It was located where West Airport Fwy. now is built. Dunaway Drive J. R. Dunaway was surveyor of the Oak Crest Estates Addition when it was platted in 1959. Eden Trail Bob F. and Maise Spencer Eden owned property east of North Industrial Blvd. after ???? and developed Trail Lake Estates Subdivision, Phase II, in 1983. He was a member of the City Council, 1981-1991, and Mayor Pro Tem, 1990-1991. Page 5 Edgar Ln. William Edgar Euless, usually identified by his middle name, was the third child and second son of Adam and Judy (Julia) Euless. He became a Tarrant County deputy sheriff. He married Mary "Mamie"Valentine, daughter of Bedford storekeeper and long a Bedford postmaster. Erwin Drive A relative of Walter W. "Mack" McCormick married Samuel H. Erwin. See McCormick Court. Erwin Court This street connects with Erwin Drive. Estelle Drive Estelle, or Estill's Station, was an old community in Dallas County near the Tarrant County line. A post office was established in 1857, serving as one of the earliest means of communication for residents in Northwest Dallas County and Northeast Tarrant County, including present Euless. A Masonic Lodge was established in the 1880s and moved to Euless in the 1960s, still bearing the name Estelle. The original community has disappeared since the site is totally within DFW Airport property. Euless Boulevard Elisha Adam and Judy Ann Trigg Euless purchased property north of West Euless Blvd./Huffman Dr./West Airport Fwy., and west of North Main St. in 1879 and 1881. The community that grew around a cotton gin and a Grange Hall on this property came to be known as Euless. A post office, mistakenly named Enless, opened in 1886 and a voting precinct, correctly named Euless, was established in 1888. The eastern part of Euless Blvd. was originally Dallas Hwy. (the road eastward from Euless to the Dallas County line and on to Sowers, Irving and Dallas), and some of the western part was Bedford-Euless Rd./Bedford Rd. It became State Hwy. 15 in the mid-1930s,then State Hwy. 183 about 1940. The western part of it later became St. Hwy. 10. See Elisha Adam Euless, book by Weldon Green Cannon, 1986. Euless Drive (abandoned) This street was named in Euless Gardens Addition,the earliest addition to Euless in 1947,platted by Jack W. and Dorothy Tapscott Lackey. It ran parallel to present Carter Dr., but a few feet to the east. Euless-Grapevine Road This was the road between Euless and Grapevine and the original name of Main Street. Euless Main Street This street, also known simply as Main St., is the main north-south spine street through Euless from which the block numbering system to the east and west is counted. It was previously known as Euless-Grapevine Rd. Page 6 Euless Street This street was named in the plat for the town of Candon(later Tarrant) in 1903 as the road leading from Candon(or Tarrant)to the town of Euless. Ferris Street This street was named in the plat for the town of Candon(later Tarrant) in 1903. Robert E. Ferris and Cynthia Elizabeth Fuller Ferris and Henry F. Ferris and Sarah Ida Fuller Ferris donated land in 1902 to the Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railroad for construction of a line through their farm. Henry F. Ferris, son of Robert E. Ferris, was the first post master of Tarrant, 1905-1906. Faun Drive David and Faun Jernigan Bayless owned a dairy farm after 1924 between West Airport Fwy. and South Pipeline Rd. Faun Jernigan was named for Faun Boyd, daughter of Dr. A. H. Boyd, physician, farmer, nurseryman, business man and local political and church leader who sold his farm to his good friend Marion Jernigan, father of Faun Jernigan, who then sold it to David Bayless. See Bayless Dr. Fort Worth-Shreveport Road See Glade Road. Front Street This is the front street to the railroad tracks in the town of Tarrant(originally named Candon)that was platted in 1903. Fuller Drive William Nelson Moody "Mood"and Mary Amanda Keeling Fuller purchased about 120 acres south of Euless Blvd. and east of Main St. in about 1880. A stream flowing through their farm was named Fuller Branch. Fuller Dr. was named in Euless Gardens,the first addition to Euless in 1947, plated by Jack W. and Dorothy Tapscott Lackey. Fuller Branch rose at Fuller Drive and flowed south through the "Mood"Fuller property. Fullers have played important roles in the development of Euless. Four descendants of"Mood"have become mayors and many others have contributed significantly. Homer, second mayor, established a general store in 1926,joined two years later by his brother Warren, who was the first mayor. Their store, at the corner of present Euless Blvd. and Main St., became the lynchpin of business in Euless. It was the largest business in the center of the community and was referred to simply as "the store." It handled food and general merchandise and became a major supplier of dairy feed and supplies in North Texas. People met there to exchange information and visit each other. In 1948 it became Fuller Brothers and Nail when Homer's son-in-law, Robert Nail,joined the business. In 1949 Nail became postmaster of a newly-established post office located in the store. It was the community's first post office since 1910. Two of Homer and Warren's nephews, Jimmy Payton and Ernest Millican Jr., became mayors. In 1932, Homer and his wife, Edith Taylor Fuller, built a fine new brick house on East Euless Blvd. next to the store. In 1994 it was donated to the city, moved to Heritage Park and restored. It is considered the oldest brick structure in Euless. See Fuller St. Page 7 Fuller Street Riley Warren Fuller purchased property west of North Main St. and north of West Euless Blvd. in 1932, 1937, 1939, 1941. He platted Fuller Addition in 1958. See Fuller Dr. Fuller-Wiser Road James Riley and Fannie Blessing Fuller by 1902 and James Web and Hettie A. Wiser by 1899 owned farms on the north side of Old Dallas/Harwood Rd. This road ran between their farms. W. N. M. "Mood" Fuller, father of J. R. Fuller, had owned the Fuller farm after 1887. Glade Road The Pleasant Glade (or simply The Glade) Community was between Big Bear Creek and Little Bear Creek northwest of Euless. The community center was about one-half mile west of Industrial Blvd. Land was donated in 1878 for a school and a Church of Christ at Pleasant Glade. This was previously called Fort Worth-Shreveport Rd. and Glade-Minters Chapel Rd. Glade-Minters Chapel Road This was the road connecting Pleasant Glade with the Minters Chapel community, located east of Big Bear Creek and northeast of Euless. This is now Glade Road. Grange Hall Drive In 1877 the Grangers, a fraternal order of farmers, built a two-story building on the west side of the 100 block of North Main St. It was on the property of Mary Ann Whitson Trigg, well-to-do widow of William H. Trigg, who with several children migrated in 1867 from Bedford County, Tennessee,to Northeast Tarrant County, following a trail blazed by several other Triggs, who were very active in the Grangers. Her daughter, Judy Ann Trigg, married E. Adam Euless in 1870. They soon bought almost all of Mary Ann's property, including the Grange Hall lot and building. The Union, later Euless, Cumberland Presbyterian Church always worshipped in the Grange Hall. The Methodist Church also used it until about 1891 or 1894 and was officially called Grange Hall Methodist Church until 1895. The building was torn down about 1900 and the lot sold to the Candon Baptist Church that moved there about 1914 when it became the Euless Baptist Church, now the Cross Cities Church in Euless. Harrington Lane A relative of Walter W. "Mack" McCormick married Ryan Harrington, who settled in the Euless area in 1865. See McCormick Court. Harrington Court This street connects with Harrington Dr. Harwood Road Brown and Floyd Inez Squyres Harwood owned property on both sides of this road, 1922-1926, west of Precinct Line Rd., in present North Richland Hills and Hurst. Walter Trimble owned a farm and dairy south of this road and east of Precinct Line Rd. His daughter, Grace, married R. B. Harwood, Jr. in 1917 and they lived on the Trimble farm. This was once called Old Dallas Rd. or Dallas Rd. Page 8 Henslee Drive Ralph H. and Dora Henslee purchased most of the Archibald Newton and Della Whitener Cannon property on the west side of South Main St. from the Cannon heirs in 1947 and in 1953 developed the Cedar Hills Estates Addition. Himes Drive Andrew Jackson and Sara Meady Andleton Himes bought a farm west of North Main St. from E. Adam Euless in 1888. On the farm was an old log house,probably built about 1853, and likely the home of Mary Ann Whitson Trigg (see Trigg Dr.) and her family after about 1867 and later Judy Trigg and Adam Euless, her daughter and son-in-law. Himes built a milled lumber house around the log house. When the 1888 house was demolished,the Himes family donated the log house to the city which moved it to Heritage Park in 2000 and restored it. It is now recognized as the oldest structure in Euless. Hodges Drive Someone named Hodges was a local property owner. Hollywood Boulevard When Ralph H. and Dora Henslee developed the Cedar Hills Estates Addition in 1953,they secured the assistance of Doug Goodrum to cut the streets and help develop it. Goodrum had recently moved to Euless from Los Angeles, California, and thought that Hollywood street names, such as Hollywood Blvd. (and Vine and Sunset)would be good names for streets. See Vine St. and Sunset Dr. House-Anderson Road A road was opened through the Kitty House land survey and near the William Anderson land survey. Huffman Drive This was originally known as Bedford-Euless Rd. or Bedford Rd. Brothers Thomas Patton Huffman and wife Cynthia Elizabeth "Betty" Fuller Huffman and Joseph D. Huffman and wife Nancy J. "Nannie" Fuller Huffman owned adjoining farms on the south side of the road just east of present Industrial Blvd. after 1890/1891. Thomas bought a farm on the north side about 1904 where he soon built a home. He served on the Tarrant County Commissioners Court for precinct 3, 1906-1910. With the creation of a new Euless School District in 1913,new trustees were Joseph of Euless, Dr. L. F. Rhodes of Tarrant, and Thomas representing the former Evatt (Crossroads) District. Much of Huffman Dr. became West Airport Fwy. when it opened in the 1960s. Huitt Lane This is located in the Andrew J. Huitt Survey. It was named in the Alexander and Cullum Addition developed in 1949. Page 9 Hurst-Pipeline Road This was another name for Pipeline Rd. (which in Euless today is South Pipeline Rd.) Pipeline Rd. extended westward through Hurst,which was named for William Letchworth Hurst, who gave land for a railroad depot on the Rock Island Railroad in 1903. See Pipeline Rd. Industrial Boulevard Originally Arlington-Grapevine Hwy., also Farm to Market Rd. 157 and state Hwy. 157.Named this probably in the 1960s, when it was expected that the area along it in western Euless would be a suitable part of town for industry and manufacturing and related businesses. Ironbridge Place An iron bridge was built probably about 1889 spanning the Trinity River between Euless and Arlington. In 1929 it was moved (or rebuilt)to span Little Bear Creek on North Main St. and again moved in 1975 to South Euless Park where it spans Fuller Branch near the Village Park Addition developed in 1982. It was rededicated in 1993. Jean Lane Jean Holmes Whitener(Mrs. Leon Whitener) was employed in the Euless water and tax departments. Jernigan Drive In 1881, Marion A. Jernigan, with his mother and several brothers and sisters, moved from Coffee County, Tennessee, to Euless. He was a charter member of the Euless Baptist Church, and a leader in the Masonic Lodge, Woodmen of the World and the community in general. He helped finance the education of John W. Calhoun, Euless School professor, at the University of Texas. Calhoun eventually became the university president. Johnson-Station Road See Arlington-Grapevine Road. Jones Street "Tex" Jones was a partner in a development company and a house builder. Joyce Court A relative of Walter W. "Mack" McCormick married W. R. Joyce. See McCormick Court. Julia Ln. According to some histories, Adam Euless' wife was named Julia. Most histories,public records, family recollections and her tombstone refer to her as Judy. The preponderance of evidence is that Judy is correct. See Adam Way in Founders Parc. Linda Lane Linda Nail Pool (Mrs. Mike Pool) is the daughter of Robert Nail and Iva Fuller Nail, who owned this property after 1955 and developed the Oakwood Terrace East Addition in 1960. Page 10 Mack Dr. Walter Witten"Mack"McCormick, was husband of Willie Mae McCormick, Euless City Council member 1973-1985 and mayor pro-the last ten years. See McCormick Court. Main Place This connects with South Main Street. Main Street This is also called Euless Main Street,the main spine road running north-south through Euless from which the east-west city block numbering system is counted. It was previously Euless- Grapevine Rd. See Euless Main St. Maloney Lane One of the developers of Oak Crest Estates was Rex Maloney. This is a very short street, only about %z block long, running south off Martin Lane, and rarely appears on maps. Mansfield-Grapevine Road See Arlington-Grapevine Road. Martha Street Martha Arnett Cromer(Mrs. Webb Cromer) was the daughter of Ocea and Lena Alexander Arnett whose family developed the Arnett Addition in 1952. See Alexander Dr. and Arnett Dr. Martin Lane One of the developers of Oak Crest Estates,platted in 1959, was W. Povall "Hi"Martin. McCormick Court Walter W. "Mack" and Willie Mae Ward McCormick owned property in the Oak Crest Estates. Willie Mae Ward McCormick was the first female member of the Euless City Council 1973- 1985 and Mayor Pro Tenn 1975-1985. McCormick Ct. was originally named Koen Ln. when Oak Crest Estates Addition was plated in 1959. Mack's father, Walter Lee McCormick, secured surplus lumber from closed Camp Bowie in Fort Worth, and built a barn on the McCormick farm on North Main Street in Euless. In 2005 Willie Mae donated it to the City of Euless and paid for moving it to Heritage Park and restoring it,the oldest barn still standing in Euless and a reminder of a way of life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Euless. McDowell Drive A relative of Walter W. "Mack" McCormick married Billy Joe McDowell. See McCormick Court. Midway Drive Midway Park Addition was platted in 1957 by Midway Park Developers. Millican Drive Ernest and Ruth Fuller Millican owned property on the south side of East Euless Blvd. after 19??. This street connected Euless Blvd. with the northwest corner of the Oak Crest Estates Page 11 Addition developed in 1959. The street site ran on the east side of the present Ruth Millican Center property near Heritage Park. Ernest Millican Jr., son of Ernest Sr. and Ruth Millican, was a city councilman for four years, including being mayor pro-tern, and mayor 1957-1961. Mills Drive Sam W. and Maude Mills owned a farm on the south side of West Airport Fwy. after 1933. Minters Chapel Road The Rev. Green W. and Jane Large Minter settled north of Big Bear Creek near the Dallas County line in 1853 or 1854 and established Minters Chapel Methodist Church about 1854. Minters Chapel Cemetery was created about the same time and a school was established later. Mosier Valley Road The Mosier Valley community was established after the Civil War by former slaves from the nearby Mosier Plantation, owned by J. K. Mosier. Nail Lane Robert Nail was Euless postmaster from 1949, when the post office opened again after being closed since 1910, until his retirement in 1980. In 1942 he married Iva Fuller, daughter of H. Homer Fuller who was a partner with R. Warren Fuller, owners of Fuller Brothers Grocery and Dairy Supplies. Robert joined them in 1948 and the business was named Fuller Bros. and Nail. Norman Drive Norman Wisenbaker was brother of Royce Wisenbaker, a housing developer and owner of Municipal Service Corporation that supplied water to Euless in the 1950s. Old Dallas Road This was a route north of the Trinity River connecting Fort Worth and Dallas. It was also known as the Dallas Rd. and today is Harwood Rd. Oakwood Drive This is located in the Oakwood Terrace addition. Orchard Green Drive This is in Cannon Gardens subdivision on the west side of South Main Street, created in 2014 out of land that was once part of Tarrant County Nurseries of Dr. A. H. Boyd and Euless Nurseries of Arch and Ross Cannon. It is a nursery related name. Payton Drive Jimmy Payton served as Euless Mayor 1955-1957 and in other positions with the city. He was a son of Abraham"Abe"Payton who owned an auto mechanic garage in Euless and Virginia "Ginny"Fuller Payton. He owned an automobile dealership in Grapevine. Two of his uncles and a cousin also served as mayors of Euless. Pauline Drive Pauline Ray Murray (Mrs. Bill Murray) was employed in the Euless water and tax departments. Page 12 Pipeline Road A natural gas pipeline between Fort Worth and Dallas was laid along a road in 1910 one mile south of Euless. See West Pipeline Rd. and South Pipeline Rd., which are now two different streets. It was also known as Hurst-Pipeline Rd. Priest Lane Priest Baze and Annie Powers Baze owned a farm near North Industrial Blvd. and Little Bear Creek after 1932. See Baze Rd. Raider Court This street connects with Raider Dr. Raider Drive The mascot of L. D. Bell High School, built south of West Pipeline Rd. in 1957 by the Hurst- Euless Independent School District, was a Raider. Bell High School moved to Hurst in 1966 and the site is now occupied by Central Junior High School. Raines Court A relative of Walter W. "Mack" McCormick married Chadwell Raines See McCormick Court. Reaves Court B. J. Reaves was a developer and house builder. Ross Avenue Ross and Winnie Day Cannon owned a farm and nursery and business property in the southwest corner of the intersection of South Main St. and West Euless Blvd. after 1931. They developed the Ross Cannon Addition in 1949. Roy Drive (Abandoned) Once called the shortest street in Euless. Only about 100 feet long, it ran between Huffman Dr. and the frontage road of Airport Freeway across the freeway from Euless Jr. High School. Roy Cannon once had a farm and nursery in the vicinity of Euless City Hall,post office, Masonic Lodge, Midway Park School. Perhaps this was a road connecting Bedford-Euless Rd. (Huffman Dr.)with his farm in the 1930s, 1940s or 1950s, long before the freeway was built. Royce Drive Royce Wisenbaker of Tyler, Texas, was a housing developer and owner of Municipal Service Corporation that supplied water to Euless after 1951. Sheppard Drive Freddie and Julie Sheppard platted the Sheppard Addition in 1952 on the north side of West Airport Fwy. from property they bought the same year. Page 13 Short Drive A short street, only one-half block long. It was originally named Village Dr. in 1960 in the plat of Westwood Village Addition. Simmons Drive Marvin and Marie Willodene Fuller Simmons owned a farm on the south side of West Airport Fwy. after 1945. The part of present Ector Dr. between West Airport Fwy. and West Euless Blvd. was named Simmons Dr. in 1954 when David Hawes platted Euless Gardens (not the same as Euless Gardens platted in 1947 by Jack W. Lackey and Dorothy Tapscott Lackey). South Pipeline Road This street forms most of the south boundary line of the City of Euless. It was earlier known as Pipeline Rd. or Hurst-Pipeline Rd. Slaughter Lane One of the developers of Oak Crest Estates Addition in 1959 was Dr. Manuel Owen"Jim" Slaughter. Suma Drive The second child and first daughter of Adam and Judy (Julia) Euless was named Suma. Sunset Drive Sunset Blvd. is a well-known street in Hollywood, California. See explanation under Hollywood Blvd. Tarrant Main Street This was the main street through the newly platted town of Tarrant(which was first named Candon) in 1903. Trigg Mavy Trigg Wright was chairman of the City of Euless Historical Preservation Committee, 2016-2018, and has worked to preserve Euless history in many capacities. The first Triggs from Bedford County Tennessee and nearby areas arrived in Northeast Tarrant County, Texas, in about 1854. Many more followed both before and after the Civil War, including Mary Ann Whitson Trigg, well-to-do widow of William A. Trigg, and her children. She purchased considerable acreage where she and her family built a Grange Hall and a cotton gin. One of her daughters married E. Adam Euless, who soon purchased most of her property. She probably should be considered the"Mother of Euless,"and the community properly might have been named Trigg. Much of the land in the present City of Euless was at one time or another owned by a Trigg. See Elisha Adam Euless by Weldon Green Cannon, a book published in 1996. Trojan Trail The mascot for Trinity High School, opened in 1968, is a Trojan. Page 14 Vine Street Vine St. is a well-known street in Hollywood, California. See explanation under Hollywood Blvd. Westwood Drive Westwood Village was platted in 1960, a revision of part of Euless Gardens,platted in 1947. Whitener Road/Whitener Drive Joseph Ebenezer and Sarah Jane Redden Whitener owned a farm on the east side of South Main St. after 1898. Heirs developed the J. E. Whitener Estates Addition in 1950. Witten Court The mother of Walter W. "Mack" McCormick was Nancy Janetta Witten. His great-grandfather was Samuel Cecil Holiday Witten, who settled in the Euless area in 1854. See McCormick Court. Yellow Rose Trail This is in Cannon Gardens subdivision on the west side of South Main Street, created in 2014 out land that was once part of the Tarrant Counties Nurseries of Dr. A. H. Boyd and the Euless Nurseries of Arch and Ross Cannon. It is a nursery related name. Page 15 EULESS ADDITIONS OR SUBDIVISIONS Before Current City Was Incorporated in 1953 Name, Quadrant, Developer, Date Euless Gardens Northeast. Jack W. and Dorothy Tapscott Lackey 1947 Alexander and Cullum Southeast George A. Alexander, George P. Cullum, J. D. Cullum Jr. 1948 Ross Cannon Southwest Ross and Winnie Day Cannon 1949 J. E. Whitener Estates Southeast Heirs of J. E. &E. J. Whitener 1950 Arnett Southwest Ocea and Lena Alexander Arnett 1952 Sheppard Northwest Freddie & Jewel Sheppard 1952 Cedar Hills Estates Southwest Ralph H. and Dora Henslee 1953 Page 16