Settlers of the Peters Colony named this smooth, dome-shaped hill for the abundant wildflowers growing on it. Rising fifty feet above the surrounding prairie, Flower Mound has long been a point of interest in the area, and local legends hold that no structure was ever built on top of it and no tree has grown there. Before W. S. Peters began bringing settlers to land granted to him by the Republic of Texas Congress, Wichita Indians inhabited the area. During the 1840s, Peters colonists moved onto the prairie in search of good farmland. In 1844, John R. Wizwell received 640 acres that included the mound, and his widow Edy later remarried and sold the land to George L. Beavers. Flower Mound remained in the Beavers family well into the twentieth century. Although the hill has stayed in private ownership, it has historically been identified with the community that grew up around it. Flower Mound Presbyterian Church was the first to use the name officially in 1854. Once a sprawling agricultural community, Flower Mound began expanding with the urban growth of nearby Dallas and Fort Worth, leaving the formation as a historic reminder of its pioneer days.