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7 unusual facts about Lewisville


Art Arfons

On October 16, 1971, while making an exhibition run at the Dallas International Motor Speedway in Lewisville, Texas, Arfons lost control of his radical jet-powered vehicle, resulting in the death of three people.

Dallas International Motor Speedway

The Dallas International Motor Speedway was a racetrack located in Lewisville, Texas.

Glen Titensor

He is currently the owner of Timbercreek Golf Center in Lewisville, Texas.

Joe Avezzano

Hat Tricks was another one of Avezzano's establishments, located in Lewisville, Texas.

Lewisville, Idaho

For the city's important role in Idaho's potato industry, Governor Butch Otter proclaimed August 11, 2007 "Lewisville Day" statewide.

Lewisville, Virginia

Lewisville lies on Lewisville Road to the southwest of Franklintown, West Virginia.

Mel Hall

Hall was arrested in Lewisville, Texas on June 21, 2007 and charged with two counts of sexual assault after North Richland Hills, Texas police received a report from a woman who claimed she was sexually assaulted in March 1999, when she was under the age of 17.


Degan

Degan Elementary School, an elementary school in the Lewisville Independent School District

Denton County, Texas

The Denton County Transportation Authority operates a bus service in the county that includes Denton, Lewisville, and Highland Village.

Gordon Thomas Whyburn

Gordon Thomas Whyburn (7 January 1904 Lewisville, Texas – 8 September 1969 Charlottesville, Virginia) was an American mathematician who worked on topology.

John Braden

After marriage, he moved to Lewisville, Texas, and later to Killeen, where he started several companies to serve local military families.

Lewisville Lake

At the first large scale bass fishing tournament at Lewisville Lake in 2005, Kevin VanDam took home 1st place and a check for $100,000.

Pennsylvania Route 841

The route runs from the Maryland border in the Lewisville section of Elk Township, where it continues as Maryland Route 213, north to Pennsylvania Route 82 in the Doe Run section of West Marlborough Township.


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