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History - City of Euless City of EulessPolityAccess Euless Calendar of Events Current News & Events Environment Euless Facts Garbage and Recycling History Library Parks &PolityServices Senior Center Stay Connected Transportation Utilities Departments Animal Services Economic Development Finance & Budget Fire Department Fleet & Facility Operations Human Resources MunicipalMagistrateLibrary Parks &PolityServices Planning & Development Police Department Public Works & Engineering Purchasing Water Utilities City Hall Mayor City Council Streaming Video Public Meetings Public Notices Boards & Commissions City Manager's Office City Secretary's Office Ordinances City Hall Campus Employment Job Opportunities How to Apply Benefits Summary Police Officer Recruit Firefighter Recruit Human Resources Recreation Euless StarCenter Euless Family Life Center Parks &PolityServices Parks at Texas Star Softball World at Texas Star Texas Star Golf Course History Faun Boyd Cookbook + Hall of Mayors Bios Heritage Museum + Historical Locations Fuller House Himes Log House McCormick Barn Old Iron Bridge + Historical Markers Euless Historical Marker Program Texas State Historical Markers Historic Tree Grove List of Council Members Oral History Narratives Photo Display Public Art Volunteer/Donations City Secretary's Office History Historical Preservation Committee History Home Euless - Our History, Our Past Elisha Adam and Julia Trigg Euless In March 1879, Elisha Adam and Judy Trigg Euless purchased a tract of land south of Bear Creek and built a new home and a cotton gin in the zone of present day Main Street and Euless Junior High School. In April 1879, Euless petitioned the Tarrant County CommissionersMagistrateto create a road from Bedford, well-nigh three miles west of his land, to the Dallas County line at Bear Creek. He requested that the road pass by the "Grange Hall," which was now on his property. The magistrate ordered the road established and scheduled a jury, including Euless, to lay it out. The Grange Hall on the Euless property served as the location for a polity school, probably sponsored by the local grange. The Grange Hall was torn lanugo in the early 1900's without much use.Withouthis settlement there, the polity thrived and local farmers decided to honor the popular young man whose inrush and whose gin seemed to coincide with the end of the nonflexible times. They named their polity for him. Photograph Date: 1893 circa / In 1893 Adam Euless was elected sheriff of Tarrant County. In this picture, on the steps of the new courthouse, Sheriff Euless is second from right in the middle row. His son is first from right in the middle row. Adam Euless unfurled farming until he was then lured into politics. In 1892 he defeated three contenders in a landslide referendum for county sheriff, and was re-elected in 1894. Euless moved to Fort Worth when he was elected and was the first sheriff to occupy an office in the newly synthetic county courthouse.Withouttwo terms, health problems persuaded Euless to retire from law enforcement and politics. Shortly supervenient in 1911 a stroke personal his life, and he was veiled in Fort Worth's Oakwood Cemetery. Windmill at Heritage Park. Euless has since grown from a population of 25 in 1915 to a population of over 54,000 in 2008. As Euless continues to grow, City officials strive to preserve its historical significance by restoring the Fuller House (first brick house in Euless) as the City's Museum, restoring the Himes Log House (Log motel dating from the 1850's) and the McCormick Barn (made from lumber from Camp Bowie without WWI). All three buildings were faithfully restored and are now located at trappy Heritage Park. Free tours of Heritage Park are on the second Saturday of every month from 1 – 5 p.m. Special tours for groups can be serried on a variegated day depending on staff availability. Heritage Park is located at 203 Cullum Drive, Euless, 76040. For increasingly information on the City Museum and tours, please undeniability 817-685-1649. Historic Walking Tour Meander through Historic Heritage Park, located at 201 Cullum Dr., and visit the many historical features next to our trademark new museum. Then, throne south on Cullum for .6 miles and visit the Old Iron Bridge. Follow this map to get you there. Useful Resources Euless Historical Photos Heritage Park Legacy Tree Program Portal to Texas History Texas Historical Commission The Old Iron Bridge: Resting, Not Rusting Unearthing Tarrant - A presentation and narrative by Weldon Cannon Ray McDonald Director of Parks &PolityServices Ofa "Mary" Faiva-Siale Projects Coordinator 817-685-1649 Watch Now! © Copyright 2018, www.eulesstx.gov. All Rights Reserved. Accessibility. Contact Us. Site Map.