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There are almost as many legends, interpretations, and stories, often contradictory, concerning The Mound as there are bluebonnets in Texas.
The very few unchallenged facts are that The Town of Flower Mound derived its name from it and that it is 650 feet above sea level, and rises 50 feet above the surrounding countryside. Texas' eminent historian, the late A.C. Greene, believes the name, Flower Mound, was given to the rise in the 1840s because of an unusual amount of wild flowers that grew on it. This area was part of the great American Black Land Prairie that ran from Canada to the Rio Grande and from the Rockies to the Mississippi. Our immediate area, of which only 1,000 acres remain out of the original 20 million, was part of the Tall Grass Prairie.
Because the early pioneer settlers used The Mound as a haymeadow and never plowed, the wild flowers were conspicuously abundant in wet springs. However, wildflowers and native prairie grasses flourish throughout the year on The Mound. The Mound Foundation has identified more than 175 species.
The Mound is now referred to as The Flower Mound.
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