# What's With All the "Firewheel" in Names in Garland, TX **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 5, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-firewheel-in-names-in-garland-tx/549288 "2010-08-05T16:24:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-firewheel-in-names-in-garland-tx/549288/1 "2010-08-05T16:24:11Z")
…never mind, figured it out. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-firewheel-in-names-in-garland-tx/549288/2 "2010-08-05T16:45:55Z")
Having grown up in the general vicinity, please share. I know the golf course has been there for years, and they’ve recently built up the area, but I have no idea where the name came from. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-all-the-firewheel-in-names-in-garland-tx/549288/3 "2010-08-05T16:47:53Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > Having grown up in the general vicinity, please share. I know the golf course has been there for years, and they’ve recently built up the area, but I have no idea where the name came from. It’s a flower, pink on the inside and yellow on the outside. Resembling a wheel on fire, one supposes. It’s actually quite pretty.