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| | Handbook of Texas Online: ENNIS, TX |
 | | Ennis is on the Southern Pacific Railroad and at the intersection of Interstate Highway 45, State highways 34, 75, and 287, and Farm roads 85, 879, 1183, 1722, and 3413, fourteen miles southeast of Waxahachie in southeastern Ellis County. |
 | | Ennis remained a predominantly agricultural community, as demonstrated in the chamber of commerce's slogan, "Where Railroads and Cotton Fields Meet." In 1934 the Texas and New Orleans Railroad acquired both the Texas Midland and the Houston and Texas Central. |
 | | Two popular annual events are held in Ennis, the Bluebonnet Trails, begun in the 1930s and held in late April and early May when the bluebonnets are in bloom, and the Ennis Polka Festival, founded in 1967 and held every May, which brings thousands of visitors to the community to celebrate its Czech heritage. |
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