The future site of North Richland Hills lay astride the eastern Cross Timbers and the Grand Prairie. The east side of town was wooded with hills and soil. The west side was flatter, black prairie land with clay and fewer trees.
Flory moved his family to 3741 Rufe Snow Drive in 1941. After World War 2 he started a telegraph-teletype school and a woodworking shop in his home. He also installed his own water system. The large overhead water storage tank was the only one in theā¦
J.J. Hurley/ Wade Cutchin home, Grapevine Highway and Vance Road, pictured here in the mid-1940s. Later this property became the site of Northeast National Bank in 1961.