A storm rolled through Denton on Sunday, April 30, 1961. By 10:15 p.m., raging winds wreaked havoc on nearly every structure in the city of 26… Read more
Although George McKenna never lived in Denton, he visited the city many times when he was growing up in Denton County between Argyle and Roanoke. Read more
When fall 1903 classes began at the Girls Industrial College, present-day Texas Woman’s University, the Cameron Herald reported: “Denton is a … Read more
Claudia Potter was born in 1881 on her parents’ farm near Little Elm to William T.C. and Laura Smith Potter. Of her seven siblings, four becam… Read more
Betty Clark Kimble has lived on Lakey Street in Southeast Denton for nearly 90 years. She graduated from Denton’s Fred Douglass High School in… Read more
Independence Day celebrates the Declaration of Independence signed on July 2, 1776. According to History.com, it took two more days for 13 cop… Read more
Denton’s recent celebration of Juneteenth featured music, cookouts and a parade at Denton’s Fred Moore Park. Juneteenth started in Texas on Ju… Read more
The Texas Legislature moved the Denton County seat to sparsely populated Denton in 1856 so that county courthouses could be a one-day horse ri… Read more
The Scripture family moved to Denton from Boone’s Lick, Missouri, after the Civil War. One of their seven children, Charles Scripture, married… Read more
Many people think of the last weekend in May as a time to celebrate the beginning of summer, but Memorial Day is America’s most solemn holiday… Read more
The house at 2026 W. Oak St. has ties to several prominent Denton families and to early businesses. It’s also a great example of neoclassical … Read more
Nine years after Orville and Wilbur Wright made their first flight, on June 7, 1912, Denton residents gathered at a crude landing strip at the… Read more
Thomas Murrell was a prosperous farmer near Callisburg, 11 miles northeast of Gainesville. He rose before sunrise, as usual on April 12, 1894,… Read more
When Linnie Johnson McAdams moved to Denton in 1957, she thought she had gone back in time. Read more
Denton didn’t desegregate schools after the 1954 passage of Brown v. Board of Education. Texas’ 29 Jim Crow laws passed between 1869 and 1960 … Read more
Many Texans have heard the story of Cynthia Ann Parker, who was captured by Comanche Indians as a child. Bianca Babb Bell’s story is equally c… Read more
Some people contribute briefly but meaningfully to an institution. That’s the case with John Pendleton Downer and what became the University o… Read more
Although New Orleans and Dallas have trolleys, Denton’s trolley predated the one in Dallas. Read more
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
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
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
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
