History of High Point Estates

High Point Estates was developed by Kosse Maykus in 2000. Once considered the highest point in the area, travelers, settlers, and perhaps Indians used the land as a lookout point. To the south, toward Tom Thumb, was Blossom Prairie, a campground pioneers reached after a hard day’s trip from the California Crossing of the Trinity River, near what’s now Dallas.  While the Eastern Cross Timbers was mostly a tangle of vines and trees, there were meadows, too, like Blossom Prairie.  Plenty of wood, game, and spring water made Blossom Prairie a comfortable place to camp, and it’s thought that as many as 100 wagons camped there at a time.  After the travelers rested, the wagons would again line up single file and head west, traveling along a route later becoming Texas 114. (Southlake Historical Society)