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of Grand Prairie was first established as “Dechman” by
Alexander McRae Dechman in 1863. Dechman, who was from
Birdville learned that he could trade his oxen and
wagons for land in Dallas County. In 1863, Dechman
bought 239 ˝ acres of land on the east side of the
Trinity River and 100 acres (.40 km2) of timber land on
the west side of the river for a broken down wagon, oxen
team and US $200 in Confederate money. He tried to
establish a home on the property, but ran into
difficulties, so he returned to his family in Birdville
before joining in the Civil War. Then in 1867, he filed
a town plat consisting of 50 acres (200,000 m2) with
Dallas County.
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After the war, he returned to Birdville for two years
before selling that farm in 1867 and moving to Houston,
where Yellow Fever broke out causing the family to
settle in Bryan. In 1876, Dechman traded half his
"prairie" property to T&P Railroad to ensure the
railroad came through the town. The railroad named the
depot "Dechman" prompting its namesake to relocate his
home from Bryan to Dechman. His son Alexander had been
living in Dechman and operating a trading post and farm.
The first church in the area was the Good Hope
Cumberland Sabbath School established in 1870 by Rev.
Andrew Hayter. The church was later renamed West Fork
United Presbyterian Church and remains an active church.
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The first U.S. Post Office opened in 1877 under the name
“Deckman” rather than "Dechman" because the United
States Postal Service couldn't read the writing on the
form completed to open the post office; later that same
year, the name of the town was later changed to Grand
Prairie. Legend has it that a famous actress stepped off
a train and exclaimed “My, what a grand prairie!”
Dechman sold the remainder of his Grand Prairie land in
1890 and apparently moved to Waxahachie. He is buried in
historic Greenwood Cemetery in Dallas.
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