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Colliebill, Texas wasn't always the near exclusively affluent Dallas-Fort Worth suburb.

It's known as today.

Around 10 years after the state joined the Union in the mid-1850s,

two families settled in the area between Big Bear and Little Bear Creeks. This region was rich with resources, and the soil's fertility

made this North Texas land nearly perfect for farming. Within a couple decades of the Dunn and Witten families settling the area,

four small and separate communities were formed. Bransford, Spring Garden, Pleasant Glade,

and Pleasant Run. In 1885, Missouri Man and Union Army veteran, Dr. Lilburn Howard Colley,

moved to the Bransford area and quickly

became involved in community politics. He became well-respected fast, as he was a good physician

and often offered other veterans aid in obtaining their rightful pensions. A small area was named for Dr. Colley in 1914, and by the mid-20th century, the city of

Hurst planned to annex much of these communities and tax the citizens there.

Because folks there weren't too keen on handing any of their hard-earned money over to Hearst. The communities banded

together to form Colleyville in 1956, the year they became an incorporated city. Still, this new

city's growth took time. Over the next couple decades, the local government became larger and

started playing more of a role in the

grander scheme, which by 1980 was the plan to become the Highland Park of Tarrant County.

This refers to a community in Dallas County, just north of the city of Dallas's downtown,

that is exclusively for the affluent and elite. So, just after the local government

announced their plans for the future of Collieville, construction of the high-end neighborhood

terraplantation boomed. Well-to-do folks couldn't get to the Dallas-Fort Worth suburb fast enough.

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