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4 unusual facts about Grand Prairie


ALCO Stores

In the Fall of 2011, Duckwall-ALCO stores opened its first store in Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas in Grand Prairie, Texas.

Jonathan Villanueva

Villanueva grew up in Grand Prairie, Texas, and attended South Grand Prairie High School, where he was a three-time NSCAA All-American, an adidas ESP Invitee and adidas All-Star, was named to the Parade All-America team as the top midfielder in the country as a senior, and was rated as the nation's top soccer recruit by School Sports Magazine.

Kenny Winfree

Winfree currently works at a large aircraft plant in Texas and is a member of UAW Local 848 in Grand Prairie, Texas and also the Dallas/Fort Worth Professional Musicians Association / American Federation of Musicians Local 72-147.

Michael Paine

In late September 1963, when Paine and his wife were separated, and he had his own apartment in Grand Prairie, Texas, and would visit the family home on weekends, Marina and her daughter went to live with Paine's wife.


Globemaster Air Cargo

Globemaster Air Cargo operated freight services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Edmonton, Fort Nelson, Fort McMurray, Fort St John, Grand Prairie, Inuvik and Yellowknife.

Medaryville, Indiana

The northern edge of what was called the Grand Prairie lies just south of the town, and the huge swampy outwash plains of the Greater Kankakee River basin are to the north and west.

Ripley Entertainment

Louis Tussaud's Wax Museums: In the summer of 2004, Ripley's bought out the Palace of Wax museum in Grand Prairie, Texas, rebranding it as the United States' first Tussauds'.


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Louisiana Highway 10

Just outside the city limits, the highway narrows to two lanes and then curves to the southeast at LA 748 (Grand Prairie Road) en route to the St. Landry Parish line.

Remi Ayodele

Ayodele attended South Grand Prairie High School in Grand Prairie, Texas and was a letterman in football.