Denton’s present Courthouse on the Square may seem like it’s always been there, but it had three predecessors. Read More
Some people are in Denton briefly, but their accomplishments make us want to claim them. That’s the case with Caro Crawford Brown. She’s liste…
People walked back and forth in downtown Denton as the owners of various historical and vacant buildings answered questions from residents abo…
Over 30 years ago, development of the Javelin anti-tank missile began in Denton.
The Peters Colony settled North Texas through four empresario, or entrepreneurial, land grants between the Republic of Texas and investors. Ac…
John B. Denton was killed on May 25, 1841, in the Battle of Village Creek, avenging the death of a friend’s wife and children. He was 34 years…
John Burnard Denton’s body lies in a grave on the south side of Denton’s Courthouse. Or does it?
In the 1870s, cattlemen on the Texas frontier didn’t have time for relaxation.
A group of women gathered at Trudy Foster’s Denton home in the summer of 1983.
Eliza McKissack arrived in Denton in 1890. The 62-year-old came to Denton’s North Texas Normal College, now the University of North Texas, as …
Life was difficult on the Texas frontier.
February is Black History Month, honoring the contributions of African Americans. Carter G. Woodson is known as the father of Black history. B…
Charles Edward Greene was born in Temple in 1946. His aunt nicknamed him Joe because she thought he could be a prizefighter like Joe Louis, th…
As the economy crumbled in the 1920s, frustration with law enforcement created opportunities for gangsters like Bonnie and Clyde. According to…
Denton County farmers, especially those who grew cotton, enjoyed their most lucrative year in 1920.
Denton is an Old West town that became a city.
Houses provide more than shelter; they chronicle people’s lives.
Denton’s temperature hovered around 25 degrees on Dec. 24, 1921, as 440 children and their families gathered around the large cedar Christmas …
Frank Craft’s legacy lives in the houses he built in Denton.
“You have no business being up here,” the commanding officer bellowed at Arthur McNitzky. “Go back.” Denton’s Company M was on the World War I…
Most Americans believe Thanksgiving celebrates a 1621 harvest feast in Plymouth, Massachusetts, shared by 50 Pilgrims and 90 Wampanoag natives…
The I.O.O.F. Cemetery on the corner of Carroll Boulevard and Eagle Drive may have an odd name, but no one thought that 100 years ago when it s…
