Stories of Forest Hills

Forest Hills has a wonderfully rich history from pioneers to stunning architecture with some using new construction methods. Our neighborhood has been home to business entrepreneurs, politicians, artists and film, music and TV stars. On this page we have stories that appeared in our newsletters and other publications. For more stories visit our Notable Neighbors and Notable Homes pages. For a linear view of Forest Hills History visit Timeline to 100.

As you pass house after house when walking or driving along the tree-lined streets of our neighbhood...	Warren Ferris could be considered the Father of Forest Hills. In 1849 Warren Ferris settled down...	Forest Hills Block Captain, Vikki Burns has been connected to Forest Hills her whole life. Family roots go...
Forest Hills neighbors along with the General Society of War of 1812 and the US Daughters of 1812 ...	Learn about Forest Hill History through the Friends of Warren Ferris documentary…	Sam Bass, the train robber bandit who made early history here by performing the first and only train...
Back in 2006 Neoma Twining had another spirited idea. She envisioned placing memorial benches...	Forest Hills is like a Norman Rockwell painting, a vignette in broad strokes of warm and friendly, smalltown color...	The efforts to beautify Forest Hills continues. One of the gateways leading into the neighborhood...
...and Design A is the winner! We had a grand total of 252 votes - 237 were cast via the website...	In April 2007 Forest Hills announced it is joining the White Rock Garden & Artisans Tour with the first.	Forest Hills has gone through street name and house number changes. In some cases more than once...
Forest Hills Branding Throughout the Years. The first known newsletter was issued in December 1998 and the first directory was 1995-1996.	8100 Block Santa Clara booklet intended to record the family names of those who lived in each of the twenty-two....	Leon L Fechenbach owned the land and H.W. Brouse was the developer. “From early 1923 to August 1927, “From early 1923 to August 1927, I sold as an exclusive agent, more than $500,000 worth of home sites.” H.W. Brouse – April 8, 1928 Dallas Morning News.