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Landmarks And Legacies

Denton's trolley line never was a tourism draw, but it was among the first
Landmarks And Legacies

Denton's trolley line never was a tourism draw, but it was among the first

  • By Annetta Ramsay
  • Feb 12, 2021

Although New Orleans and Dallas have trolleys, Denton’s trolley predated the one in Dallas. Read more

Elinor Hughes, Denton’s first female mayor, challenged business as usual
Landmarks And Legacies

Elinor Hughes, Denton’s first female mayor, challenged business as usual

  • By Annetta Ramsay
  • Jan 22, 2021

A 1972 program on KERA-TV (Channel 13) featured Linnie McAdams moderating a discussion by Mary Berg, Kathie Smallwood and Elinor Hughes about … Read more

Lillian Miller was Denton’s first female council member
Landmarks And Legacies

Lillian Miller was Denton’s first female council member

  • By Annetta Ramsay
  • Jan 15, 2021

The 1920 passage of the 19th Amendment promised women their vote wouldn’t be denied on account of sex, but it took another 54 years for a woma… Read more

Tom Lovell built Denton’s Courthouse on the Square
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Tom Lovell built Denton’s Courthouse on the Square

  • By Annetta Ramsay
  • Updated Dec 20, 2020

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

Denton’s first female reporter, architect faced barriers
Landmarks And Legacies

Denton’s first female reporter, architect faced barriers

  • By Annetta Ramsay
  • Dec 11, 2020

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

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry's time in Denton 'very stimulating'

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry's time in Denton 'very stimulating'

  • By Annetta Ramsay
  • Dec 6, 2020

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

Denton's Ann Sheridan was not just a pretty face

Denton's Ann Sheridan was not just a pretty face

  • By Annetta Ramsay
  • Nov 27, 2020

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

His hometown of Denton made an impression on architect O’Neil Ford

His hometown of Denton made an impression on architect O’Neil Ford

  • By Annetta Ramsay
  • Updated Nov 20, 2020

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

UNT presidents’ homes significant to Denton community

UNT presidents’ homes significant to Denton community

  • By Annetta Ramsay and Randy Hunt
  • Nov 13, 2020

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

Landmarks & Legacies: Nancy Gates, from tot on Denton stage to Hollywood starlet

Landmarks & Legacies: Nancy Gates, from tot on Denton stage to Hollywood starlet

  • By Annetta Ramsay
  • Oct 20, 2020

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

What happened when President Woodrow Wilson contracted the Spanish flu

What happened when President Woodrow Wilson contracted the Spanish flu

  • By Annetta Ramsay
  • Oct 9, 2020

Woodrow Wilson has more Denton tributes than any other president. Woodrow and Wilson streets intersect to mark the boundaries of the Southeast… Read more

Landmarks and Legacies: Who is your street named after? Denton streets reflect early occupants

Landmarks and Legacies: Who is your street named after? Denton streets reflect early occupants

  • By Annetta Ramsay and Randy Hunt For the Denton Record-Chronicle
  • Oct 1, 2020

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

Landmarks & Legacies: Stage and screen star Joan Blondell had Denton ties

Landmarks & Legacies: Stage and screen star Joan Blondell had Denton ties

  • By Annetta Ramsay
  • Sep 4, 2020

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

Landmarks & Legacies: UNT, TWU follow different paths to success

Landmarks & Legacies: UNT, TWU follow different paths to success

  • By Annetta Ramsay
  • Aug 24, 2020

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

Landmarks & Legacies: How Denton became an education hub

Landmarks & Legacies: How Denton became an education hub

  • By Annetta Ramsay
  • Aug 23, 2020

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

Landmarks & Legacies: Before the hits, Denton was home base for Pat Boone

Landmarks & Legacies: Before the hits, Denton was home base for Pat Boone

  • By Annetta Ramsay
  • Aug 11, 2020

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

Landmarks & Legacies: Alvin M. Owsley helped start the American Legion

Landmarks & Legacies: Alvin M. Owsley helped start the American Legion

  • By Annetta Ramsay
  • Jul 31, 2020

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

Landmarks & Legacies: Denton’s two Miss Americas were trailblazers

Landmarks & Legacies: Denton’s two Miss Americas were trailblazers

  • By Annetta Ramsay
  • Jul 24, 2020

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

Landmarks & Legacies: A tale of two families at 1400 Egan St.

Landmarks & Legacies: A tale of two families at 1400 Egan St.

  • By Annetta Ramsay
  • Updated Jul 19, 2020

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

Landmarks & Legacies: Lucky Lindy’s flight over Denton in 1927

Landmarks & Legacies: Lucky Lindy’s flight over Denton in 1927

  • By Annetta Ramsay
  • Jul 14, 2020

Denton residents poured out of homes when the fire siren signaled Charles “Lucky Lindy” Lindbergh’s arrival on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 1927. Read more

Landmarks & Legacies: Five houses for four brothers

Landmarks & Legacies: Five houses for four brothers

  • By Annetta Ramsay
  • Jul 10, 2020

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

Landmarks & Legacies: Joe Pender’s home, business still stand in Denton

Landmarks & Legacies: Joe Pender’s home, business still stand in Denton

  • Jul 5, 2020

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

Landmarks & Legacies: Grover Campbell was an early pioneer in the theater industry

Landmarks & Legacies: Grover Campbell was an early pioneer in the theater industry

  • By Annetta Ramsay
  • Jun 19, 2020

Grover Campbell built the house at 2046 Scripture St. in 1941. Read more

Landmarks & Legacies: Peaceful protest in Washington, D.C., met with federal resistance in 1932

Landmarks & Legacies: Peaceful protest in Washington, D.C., met with federal resistance in 1932

  • By Annetta Ramsay
  • Jun 12, 2020

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

Landmarks & Legacies: Women defied odds to build Fairhaven

Landmarks & Legacies: Women defied odds to build Fairhaven

  • By Annetta Ramsay
  • Updated Jun 2, 2020

Women have done important projects throughout Denton’s history. Denton’s Fairhaven Retirement Home, opened on Valentine’s Day 1965, was built … Read more

Landmarks & Legacies: Denton’s fallen World War II soldiers

Landmarks & Legacies: Denton’s fallen World War II soldiers

  • By Annetta Ramsay and Randy Hunt For the Denton Record-Chronicle
  • Updated May 27, 2020

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

Landmarks & Legacies: How Memorial Day began

Landmarks & Legacies: How Memorial Day began

  • By Annetta Ramsay
  • May 22, 2020

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

Landmarks & Legacies: What happened when restrictions lifted during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic

Landmarks & Legacies: What happened when restrictions lifted during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic

  • By Annetta Ramsay
  • May 16, 2020

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

Landmarks & Legacies: The meaning behind Denton's Idiot's Hill

Landmarks & Legacies: The meaning behind Denton's Idiot's Hill

  • By Annetta Ramsay For the Denton Record-Chronicle
  • May 4, 2020

One Denton neighborhood has a curious unofficial name. The neighborhood bounded by Sherman, Windsor, University and Nottingham drives has been… Read more

Landmarks & Legacies: Cenotaphs honor World War II fallen

Landmarks & Legacies: Cenotaphs honor World War II fallen

  • By Annetta Ramsay
  • Apr 19, 2020

Not all cemetery markers are graves; empty monuments called cenotaphs help families grieve. An 1862 IOOF cenotaph memorializes Richard Christa… Read more

Landmarks & Legacies: How the Easter Bunny came to Texas

Landmarks & Legacies: How the Easter Bunny came to Texas

  • By Annetta Ramsay
  • Apr 11, 2020

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

Landmarks & Legacies: 101 years ago, another pandemic turned Denton into a ghost town

Landmarks & Legacies: 101 years ago, another pandemic turned Denton into a ghost town

  • By Annetta Ramsay For the Denton Record-Chronicle
  • Mar 21, 2020

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

Landmarks & Legacies: Hal Jackson helped sink Yamato, the largest battleship ever

Landmarks & Legacies: Hal Jackson helped sink Yamato, the largest battleship ever

  • By Annetta Ramsay
  • Mar 15, 2020

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

Landmarks & Legacies: Shootout at Round Rock brings Sam Bass down

Landmarks & Legacies: Shootout at Round Rock brings Sam Bass down

  • By Annetta Ramsay For the Denton Record-Chronicle
  • Mar 8, 2020

Outlaw Sam Bass spent much of his brief adulthood in Denton, but his notoriety reached across the United States and to England. Read more

Landmarks & Legacies: Outlaw Sam Bass was master of hide and seek

Landmarks & Legacies: Outlaw Sam Bass was master of hide and seek

  • By Annetta Ramsay For the Denton Record-Chronicle
  • Mar 7, 2020

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

Landmarks & Legacies: Fred Moore's legacy runs deep in Denton

Landmarks & Legacies: Fred Moore's legacy runs deep in Denton

  • By Annetta Ramsay For the Denton Record-Chronicle
  • Feb 15, 2020

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

Landmarks & Legacies: Vets Village residents made big impact on Denton

Landmarks & Legacies: Vets Village residents made big impact on Denton

  • By Annetta Ramsay For the Denton Record-Chronicle
  • Jan 31, 2020

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

Landmarks & Legacies: World War II soldiers reunited at Vets Village

Landmarks & Legacies: World War II soldiers reunited at Vets Village

  • By Annetta Ramsay For the Denton Record-Chronicle
  • Jan 11, 2020

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

Landmarks and Legacies: Ada Raley, board chair of Denton County National Bank for 26 years, had a giving spirit

Landmarks and Legacies: Ada Raley, board chair of Denton County National Bank for 26 years, had a giving spirit

  • By Annetta Ramsay For the Denton Record-Chronicle
  • Updated Dec 13, 2019

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

Landmarks and Legacies: Early UNT faculty member Criddle’s house on the home tour

Landmarks and Legacies: Early UNT faculty member Criddle’s house on the home tour

  • By Annetta Ramsay For the Denton Record-Chronicle
  • Dec 3, 2019

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

Landmarks and Legacies: Scripture House has long history in Denton

Landmarks and Legacies: Scripture House has long history in Denton

  • By Annetta Ramsay For the Denton Record-Chronicle
  • Nov 29, 2019

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

Landmarks and Legacies: WPA helped employment as well as build infrastructure

Landmarks and Legacies: WPA helped employment as well as build infrastructure

  • By Annetta Ramsay For the Denton Record-Chronicle
  • Nov 14, 2019

President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s executive order established the Works Progress Administration on May 6, 1935. Two years earlier the Civilian… Read more

Landmarks and Legacies: Denton’s Civilian Conservation Corps helped local farmers

Landmarks and Legacies: Denton’s Civilian Conservation Corps helped local farmers

  • By Annetta Ramsay For the Denton Record-Chronicle
  • Nov 13, 2019

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

Landmarks & Legacies: Denton's Company M saw the horrors of World War I

Landmarks & Legacies: Denton's Company M saw the horrors of World War I

  • By Annetta Ramsay For the Denton Record-Chronicle
  • Oct 27, 2019

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

Landmarks and Legacies: Arthur McNitzky was first Denton County soldier to die in WWI

Landmarks and Legacies: Arthur McNitzky was first Denton County soldier to die in WWI

  • By Annetta Ramsay For the Denton Record-Chronicle
  • Updated Oct 11, 2019

One of Denton’s first World War I soldiers, Arthur McNitzky, was born in Denton to German immigrants. Read more

Landmarks and Legacies: Fry ended Story gang's crime rampage

Landmarks and Legacies: Fry ended Story gang's crime rampage

  • By Annetta Ramsay For the Denton Record-Chronicle
  • Sep 30, 2019

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

Landmarks and Legacies: Sheriff Fry came out of retirement to fight the Story gang

Landmarks and Legacies: Sheriff Fry came out of retirement to fight the Story gang

  • By Annetta Ramsay For the Denton Record-Chronicle
  • Sep 29, 2019

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

Landmarks & Legacies: Denton County's Poor Farm treated tenants kindly

Landmarks & Legacies: Denton County's Poor Farm treated tenants kindly

  • Sean McCrory
  • Sep 5, 2019

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

Landmarks and Legacies: Early Denton doctor received early medical training during Civil War

Landmarks and Legacies: Early Denton doctor received early medical training during Civil War

  • By Annetta Ramsay For the Denton Record-Chronicle
  • Aug 19, 2019

Cuvier Lipscomb got his early medical training the hard way, providing surgical assistance for wounded Civil War soldiers. The sandy, red-hair… Read more

Landmarks & Legacies: Denton's celebration of returning World War I soldiers remembered

Landmarks & Legacies: Denton's celebration of returning World War I soldiers remembered

  • Updated Aug 2, 2019

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

Landmarks & Legacies: Walker Jagoe was one of America’s first fighter pilots

Landmarks & Legacies: Walker Jagoe was one of America’s first fighter pilots

  • By Annetta Ramsay For the Denton Record-Chronicle
  • Jul 27, 2019

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

Landmarks and Legacies: Edith Clark guided Normal school students through two world wars

Landmarks and Legacies: Edith Clark guided Normal school students through two world wars

  • By Annetta Ramsay For the Denton Record-Chronicle
  • Jul 14, 2019

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

Landmarks and Legacies: Mexican-American War veteran was a firsthand witness to history

Landmarks and Legacies: Mexican-American War veteran was a firsthand witness to history

  • By Annetta Ramsay For the Denton Record-Chronicle
  • Jun 30, 2019

About 600 veterans are buried in Denton’s IOOF and Oakwood cemeteries; Abraham Byron Harris is one of them. Read more

Landmarks and Legacies: Denton’s first war veteran lived a rough life

Landmarks and Legacies: Denton’s first war veteran lived a rough life

  • By Annetta Ramsay For the Denton Record-Chronicle
  • Jun 10, 2019

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

French immigrant in D-Day invasion later taught at UNT

French immigrant in D-Day invasion later taught at UNT

  • By Annetta Ramsay For the Denton Record-Chronicle
  • Jun 6, 2019

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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