Ball Preached On Sundays, Practiced on Weekdays (open access)

Ball Preached On Sundays, Practiced on Weekdays

Two newspaper clippings provide information regarding Dr. T. A. Ball and Dr. Cuvier Liscomb, two physicians in early Denton, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bedridden Boy Still In School (open access)

Bedridden Boy Still In School

Newspaper clipping and photo regarding Larry Wayne Shell, a third-grader at Little Elm School. Larry broke his leg and was forced to stay at home. His family installed an intercom wire between the school and his room, so he could participate in the lessons. Mrs. Harmon was his teacher.
Date: February 17, 1963
Creator: Burlage, George
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bridges across Clear Creek on U.S. Highway 77 and interstate] (open access)

[Bridges across Clear Creek on U.S. Highway 77 and interstate]

Newspaper pictures of the concrete bridge across Clear Creek on Highway 77 south of Sanger and the double bridge across Clear Crek on the new interstate highway.
Date: August 7, 1960
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bridges Settlement Probably First Community In County (open access)

Bridges Settlement Probably First Community In County

Three newspaper clipping provide a brief history of the early settlements in Denton County, including the Bridges Settlement. The clippings also include photos of Hebron Baptist Church and the last standing cotton gin in Hebron circa 1963.
Date: 1963~
Creator: Denton Record-Chronicle
System: The Portal to Texas History
Celebrated golden wedding here Saturday (open access)

Celebrated golden wedding here Saturday

Description of the fiftieth wedding anniversary celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Boone Daugherty. Includes photograph of the couple.
Date: December 18, 1916
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
City Passed Hat to Get TSCW (open access)

City Passed Hat to Get TSCW

Newspaper clipping describing the formation of Texas State College for Women, now known as Texas Woman's University, in Denton, Texas circa 1903. Photographs of the Old Main Building and Cree T. Work are also included.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Crowd Waited For Flash--'War Over' (open access)

Crowd Waited For Flash--'War Over'

Denton Record-Chronicle newspaper clipping describing the celebration of Denton's citizens after the news of the signed armistice that ended World War I on November 11, 1918. The clipping includes a photograph of fireworks lighting up the Denton County Courthouse.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
DAC Nine Played Old Texas Leaguers (open access)

DAC Nine Played Old Texas Leaguers

Denton Record-Chronicle clipping describing the formation and recent activity of the first Denton Athletic Club baseball team. A photograph and caption of the team and manager are included.
Date: unknown
Creator: Edwards, R. J. (Bob)
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Denton business directory and advertisements] (open access)

[Denton business directory and advertisements]

This card contains advertisements for early Denton commerce. The advertisements include banks, saloons, grocers, drug stores, hardware stores, galleries, hotels, restaurants, and feed stores. We believe the card was created sometime in the year of 1895 based on the advertisement for The Denton Hotel which said it was the successor to Pierce House. We found no other newspaper advertisements for Pierce House after February of 1895.
Date: 1895~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton County Courthouse, 1876 to 1894 (open access)

Denton County Courthouse, 1876 to 1894

The first Denton County Courthouse was believed to have been burned in an act of arson in 1875. The second County Courthouse was built in 1876 and lasted until 1894 when lightning struck it. A photograph of the second courthouse included.
Date: February 3, 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Denton County Fair and Blooded Stock Association 1899] (open access)

[Denton County Fair and Blooded Stock Association 1899]

This Denton County Fair and Blooded Stock Association program includes a schedule of events and races during September 12-16, 1899. The program also contains advertisements for various fair attractions and businesses in Denton including shoe stores, furniture stores, grocers, confectioneries, butcher shops, launderers, hotels, barbers, restaurants, gun stores, and drug stores. The association bought a tract of land which was bounded by Avenue A on the west, Welch Street on the east, W. Hickory on the north, and Mill Street on the south end. The some forty acres held a race track and a stable, which was on the north end. The fairgrounds remained there until 1903.
Date: 1899
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Denton County Officers and Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Button, Sr.] (open access)

[Denton County Officers and Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Button, Sr.]

Photograph of George and Sarah Button of Little Elm, Texas. Mr. Button was Justice of Peace and owner of a harness, saddle, and shoe repair business in Little Elm. A list of some Denton County officers from 1848-1955 is also included.
Date: 1900?/1914?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton County's Second Bridge Holds Its Own (open access)

Denton County's Second Bridge Holds Its Own

Photograph and newspaper clipping of the 1,041-foot bridge across Garza-Little Elm Reservoir on Farm RD 720. The bridge is near inundation due to high lake waters. Newspaper clippings regarding the affect of high lake waters on Little Elm are also included.
Date: 1957?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton Potter Creates Unusual Clay Articles on Oldest 'Kick' Wheel in Texas (open access)

Denton Potter Creates Unusual Clay Articles on Oldest 'Kick' Wheel in Texas

Guy Daugherty uses an old kick wheel from the early 1870's to create artistic pottery sold throughout the United States. Daugherty continued his father's business and roamed throughout 23 states until finally settling in Denton, Texas.
Date: August 14, 1926
Creator: Wright, Sena Allen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Egan, Armie B. - Obituary, April, 1876 (open access)

Egan, Armie B. - Obituary, April, 1876

Obituary for Armie B. Egan, who died on the 11th of April, 1876 at the age of 22. Armie was the brother of the Sheriff of Denton County at that time. He was buried at the Odd Fellows' Cemetery.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
First National In Sanger Expands Services, Staff (open access)

First National In Sanger Expands Services, Staff

C. H. Easley, president of First National Bank in Sanger, initiated new and better service to his customers in 1963. He also made various improvements to the bank.
Date: 1963?
Creator: Denton Record-Chronicle
System: The Portal to Texas History
First Stewart's Creek Church (open access)

First Stewart's Creek Church

Photograph of several unidentified men and a horse and buggy standing around the First Stewart's Creek Church. A photograph of the church as it appears today in Lewsiville is also included.
Date: 1963?
Creator: Denton Record-Chronicle
System: The Portal to Texas History
Free on the Public Square Tonight (open access)

Free on the Public Square Tonight

Announcement of several events to take place on the public square in Denton, Texas. Mr. R. Taliaferro Jones provided moving picture entertainment. Other attractions included a "Bull Fight" moving picture, "The Pickpocket," and a band performance.
Date: 1904?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Host Of Prizes Won By Flour Mill (open access)

Host Of Prizes Won By Flour Mill

Two newspaper clippings describe the multitude of prizes won by Alliance Milling Co., now Morrison Milling Co. of Denton, beginning with an award at the 1888 World's Centennial Exposition in Paris. A photograph of the mill in 1946 is included.
Date: unknown
Creator: Edwards, Will
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jack Schmitz of Mortuary Dead At 71 (open access)

Jack Schmitz of Mortuary Dead At 71

Photograph and obituary of Jack Schmitz Senior, a mortician of Denton, Texas.
Date: November 16, 1962
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Little Elm Post Office Said To Be United States' Tiniest (open access)

Little Elm Post Office Said To Be United States' Tiniest

Newspaper clipping regarding the first post office in Denton County, which was established in 1848. The clipping claims that the post office is the smallest in size in the United States at only 80 square feet. The clipping contains a photograph of the Little Elm Post Office and Mrs. Nellie M. Strickland, post master. A photograph and information regarding William Holt, the first mail carier in Denton County, is also included.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Looking Back (open access)

Looking Back

Three Sanger Courier newspaper clippings regarding the grading of main street in 1892, a tornado that damages Sanger in 1895, and a Sanger fire in 1909. Mr. N. P. Kirkland and family are pictured.
Date: 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mrs. Annie Page died here Monday night from paralysis (open access)

Mrs. Annie Page died here Monday night from paralysis

This newspaper clipping includes information regarding Mrs. Annie Page's death and funeral services.
Date: April 30, 1918
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Newspaper Clipping" John B. Denton College] (open access)

[Newspaper Clipping" John B. Denton College]

Newspaper clipping contains information about students of John B. Denton College and the construction of the college building. This clipping is the only known surviving piece of the September 26 issue of 1901.
Date: September 26, 1901
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History