History Explorer
Learn more about the history of Irving, Texas, through curated stories that feature some of the thousands of photographs and other artifacts housed in the Irving Archives and Museum. Read about individual people, structures, and ideas that have shaped the growth of the city. Touch one of the digital exhibits at the right to get started.
Irving Police Department - the First 50 Years
The Irving Police Department, which began as one officer patrolling the small town on foot, has grown with the city and today is a professional law enforcement organization with a staff of over 500 employees.Irving's First Family of Medicine
Much of Irving’s early medical history can be told through the story of one extended family, the Gilbert/Roberts family. Members of these two intertwined families played a role in the area’s medical history from the 1880s, decades before Irving’s founding, into the 21st century.The Irving Independent School District
The Irving Independent School District was established in 1909, just six years after the city of Irving was founded. The district began in a two-room, two-story, frame school building and has grown to over 35 schools.The Mustangs of Las Colinas
Williams Square, a stark, pink-granite plaza in the Las Colinas Urban Center, is home to a breathtakingly realistic bronze sculpture of nine wild mustangs crossing a Texas stream. This monumental piece of public art was the culmination of one man's vision to bring the idea of the untamed Texas frontier to his modern real estate development. This is the story of the eight-year process of creating this engaging work of art.