Although New Orleans and Dallas have trolleys, Denton’s trolley predated the one in Dallas. Read more
Famous American architect O’Neil Ford, who grew up in Denton, admired Denton’s Courthouse on the Square. He once said: “I was in Denton the ot… Read more
When the Titanic sank on April 12, 1912, 20-year-old Denton native Irene Davidson picked up the story on the Denton Record-Chronicle telegraph… Read more
Larry McMurtry left Denton in June 1958 with a fresh diploma from North Texas State College, now the University of North Texas, and “half a no… Read more
In 1934, Clara Lou Sheridan flew into a rage and drove from Denton to Dallas to confront Dallas Morning News Editor John Rosenfield for printi… Read more
O’Neil Ford was 12 when his father died in a railroad accident. Belle Ford moved her children from Sherman to Denton. Having grown up near Kru… Read more
Early University of North Texas presidents lived near campus, walking to and from work. President William Bruce was so important to the Normal… Read more
In April 1929, the Aces of Collegeland, the North Texas Stage Band, took a break to introduce their newly anointed Sweetheart. Tiny 3-year-old… Read more
Woodrow Wilson has more Denton tributes than any other president. Woodrow and Wilson streets intersect to mark the boundaries of the Southeast… Read more
Street names are a snapshot of what is important when they are named. Denton’s Dallas Drive, Fort Worth Drive, McKinney Street and Bolivar Str… Read more
Joan Blondell was born in 1906 in New York to vaudeville actors Levi Bluestein, known as Ed Blondell, and Katie Caine. The Bouncing Blondells … Read more
Editor’s note: This is the final installment of a two-day package looking at the origins of the modern-day University of North Texas and Texas… Read more
Editor’s note: This is the first installment of a two-day package looking at the origins of the modern-day University of North Texas and Texas… Read more
Late in 1954, 19-year-old Pat and Shirley Boone arrived at 811 Ave. D in Denton (site of the present-day University of North Texas Coliseum) i… Read more
Alvin Mansfield Owsley was born in Denton in 1888. He attended the Normal College, now the University of North Texas, for one session, prior t… Read more
The 1921 “Most Beautiful Bathing Girl in America,” Margaret Gorman, didn’t receive her crown until 1922, when the Atlantic City pageant became… Read more
Old houses have stories, and 1400 Egan St. has two family stories. When Denton was a small town, the Denton Record-Chronicle printed rich acco… Read more
Denton residents poured out of homes when the fire siren signaled Charles “Lucky Lindy” Lindbergh’s arrival on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 1927. Read more
A family compound is a cluster of buildings with a common purpose, usually within an enclosure, like the well-known Kennedy family compound in… Read more
In a 1927 Campus Chat article, North Texas State Teacher’s College professor Joe “Dad” Pender said, “There is no task in this world more sacre… Read more
Grover Campbell built the house at 2046 Scripture St. in 1941. Read more
World War I veterans gathered in March 1932 for a peaceful protest in the swampy Anacostia Flats south of the Washington D.C. 11th Street Brid… Read more
Women have done important projects throughout Denton’s history. Denton’s Fairhaven Retirement Home, opened on Valentine’s Day 1965, was built … Read more
Correction: The Benjamin Lyon Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution placed American flags on World War I and Wo… Read more
Memorial Day is the unofficial start of summer for many Americans, but the last Monday of May honors fallen veterans. The origin of Memorial D… Read more
EDITOR'S NOTE: An earlier version of this story included an incorrect year for when the second wave of Spanish flu hit Denver. Read more
One Denton neighborhood has a curious unofficial name. The neighborhood bounded by Sherman, Windsor, University and Nottingham drives has been… Read more
Not all cemetery markers are graves; empty monuments called cenotaphs help families grieve. An 1862 IOOF cenotaph memorializes Richard Christa… Read more
One of the earliest recorded Easter celebrations in Texas was in what is now Fredericksburg, as German immigrants sheltered in place while lea… Read more
Soldiers fighting the last months of World War I faced a new enemy when Spanish influenza rocketed through trenches, claiming more lives than … Read more
Lifelong Denton resident Hal Jackson, a highly decorated World War II veteran, served three tours of duty in the South Pacific, starting with … Read more
Outlaw Sam Bass spent much of his brief adulthood in Denton, but his notoriety reached across the United States and to England. Read more
Outlaw Sam Bass spent much of his brief adulthood in Denton. While he died, Texas Rangers asked him to name his gang members. He said, “It’s a… Read more
Snow covered Denton’s roofs and trees on Jan. 1, 1875, when Janie Goodall went into labor. She was alone because the baby’s Native American fa… Read more
Veterans living in Vets Village at North Texas State Teachers College, now the University of North Texas, were grateful to return to families … Read more
At 4 a.m. on April 29, 1944, American bombardier Lt. Rapenport briefed 18 aircrews for a bombing mission over Germany. Crews took off at 7:25 … Read more
Ada Moreman Raley gave to others year-round, not just during the holidays. Ada was born in Plano, but her family moved to Denton when she was … Read more
Ernest Criddle was one of the first faculty members of the Normal College, now the University of North Texas. He was born in 1874 in Waxahachi… Read more
One of Denton’s most iconic historic homes was extensively remodeled 25 years after it was built. The Scripture House, at 819 W. Oak St., was … Read more
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s executive order established the Works Progress Administration on May 6, 1935. Two years earlier the Civilian… Read more
In May 1935, Capt. J.M. Bridwell took charge of materials to prepare Denton’s Civilian Conservation Corps camp for the Aug. 15 arrival of 200 … Read more
In June 1919, a handful of Company M soldiers returned from World War I and reunited with Ernest Boggs, who returned earlier with injuries, on… Read more
One of Denton’s first World War I soldiers, Arthur McNitzky, was born in Denton to German immigrants. Read more
On Aug. 6, 1925, Deputy Sheriff Robert Parsons lay dead on East Hickory Street, near present-day Mellow Mushroom, shot 11 times by Story gang … Read more
Denton faced a Wild West-era style crime spree in 1925. Prohibition began in 1920, partly because barley was needed for World War I soldiers, … Read more
America’s poor were punished for their poverty in poorhouses, a system rooted in 17th century English law. Anne Sullivan, Helen Keller’s famou… Read more
Cuvier Lipscomb got his early medical training the hard way, providing surgical assistance for wounded Civil War soldiers. The sandy, red-hair… Read more
Denton County residents partied all day on Aug. 2, 1919, as an estimated 10,000 people celebrated the return of 828 veterans from World War I. Read more
Walker Jagoe’s passion for aviation began in 1910 when he was 14 years old. He and fellow Denton High School student Robert Storrie built a bi… Read more
A party at Edith Clark’s Normal Street house was decorated with a magical combination of flowers, ferns and Japanese lanterns. Refreshments in… Read more
About 600 veterans are buried in Denton’s IOOF and Oakwood cemeteries; Abraham Byron Harris is one of them. Read more
Andrew Jackson Hitchcock’s grave in the northwest corner of Denton’s I.O.O.F. Cemetery is marked by a white obelisk proclaiming, “Was with Col… Read more
Freeland Andre DeGorce Townsley concentrated on getting through German machine gunfire when he stormed the Normandy beach on the coast of Fran… Read more
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