What is the Ennis Heritage Society:

The first major goal of the Ennis Heritage Society was the establishment of an archival repository to preserve documents and photographs pertinent to the history of Ennis and east Ellis County.  Its second goal was to create public awareness of the historic signifance of the downtown business district.  With this in mind, the Society developed a slide history of the community.  The presentation, "Ennis Texas: A Photographis Journey Into the Past," was based entirely on old photographs, most of which were in private collections.  The presentation was shown at the first annual membership meeting and subsequently presented to local civic and social organizations as well as within the local school system to students and teachers.

Other Heritage Society projects have included educational programs featuring speakers such as Don Carleton, University of Texas, Barker History Center; Daniel Hardy and David Moore, Hardy-Heck-Moore; Randy Moir, Archaeology Research Program, S.M.U.; Keith Dowling, Meadows Foundation and Clive Siegle, William P. Clements Fellow of Southwestern History, S.M.U.  Annual essay contests have been held to spur interest in local history and school children have been taken on field trips to Old City Park and on the Texas State Railroad.