Settlers came to the area that is now Irving in the 1850's. The new town of Irving was founded in 1903 by J.O. Schulze and Otis Brown, and Irving was officially incorporated April 14, 1914. Irving was a center for cotton growing, truck farming, dairy farming, and poultry production in this period, and farmers often sold their produce in Dallas. Although if the Trinity River flooded while they were on the east side of it, they had to wait until the water receeded before they could get home.
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