Photograph of flooded streets at the intersection of Congress Street and Carroll Boulevard with traffic lights in the foreground and houses, trees, and telephone poles in the background.

Photograph of flash flood waters in front of the Chick A-Go-Go, a red and white one-story building with a blue car parked in front of it (at 808 W. University Dirve), with the Piggly Wiggly visible in the background in University Center.

Photograph of two unidentified people with the Denton Main Street Association selling cornerstones at a table in front of a business on the southeast corner of the square. There is a poster next to them that reads "Downtown Denton Cornerstones," four bricks with people's names engraved into them on the table, and various people walking around behind them.

Photograph of a white truck driving along an unidentified flooded street in Denton with trees and houses in the background.

Photograph of four unidentified workers wearing hard hats operating drilling equipment next to an Altec truck on the west side of the courthouse lawn with a tree in the foreground. Several businesses are visible in the background, including Sunday Morning on the Square (a church ministry located in the Fine Arts Theater at 115 N. Elm), First Peoples Jewelers (117 N. Elm, owned by Frank Zagarl), and Vision Ministries Church (119 N. Elm).

Photograph of a baseball field in Denton with unidentified works on the left and right and a child crouching in the dirt in the middle; there are stadium lights and bleachers behond the field and trees and telephone poles in the background.

Photograph of of high waters at the intersection of Westway Street and Carroll Boulevard; there is an empty street with street lights and telephone poles on the left and trees and houses in the background.

Photograph from above of the City of Denton Service Center, where various types of city-owned equipment were housed and maintained, a lot with rows of vehicles parked on it and a warehouse on the left. In the background streets with rows of houses and trees are visible.

Photograph of a fire at the Cedar Crest apartment complex with a Denton Fire Department fire engine in the foreground and an unidentified man standing on the second floor with fire and smoke in the background. The Cedar Crest apartments, now called Vendi Place, is located at 223 Avenue G. The fire was started by a student who was cooking. They put out the fire and went to class, but the flames had traveled up the vent and had gone into the attic.

Photograph of a water tower at McKenna Park. It was painted green and white in support of the University of North Texas in the Fall of 1967. One can see see-saws, picnic tables, and trees on the hillside in the foreground. This water tank could hold two million gallons. It was used for "water pressure purposes and extra storage."

Photograph of City of Denton utility workers in cherry pickers below power lines. A worker in a hardhat sits on equipment in the front. A sign for ABC Boots stands on the wall behind him.

Photograph of linemen working in cherry pickers along Interstate 35E in Denton, Texas. A grassy area takes up the front. Signs to the right advertise for ABC Boots & Western Store, Lakewood Estates Mobile Home Park, Westgate Memorial Hospital, and R.J. Button Constructors.

Photograph of workers dismantling an old diesel generator from the old City municipal power plant on the southeast corner of Bell Avenue and Hickory Street in Denton, Texas. Two workers tie a tarp over part of the generator, while another watches to the left.

Photograph of workers dismantling an old diesel generator from the old City municipal power plant on the southeast corner of Bell Avenue and Hickory Street in Denton, Texas. Workers stand around what's left of the generator on the truck. Pieces of separated pipe lay on the ground in front. Pickup trucks are parked in the back left.

Photograph of workers dismantling an old diesel generator from the old City municipal power plant on the southeast corner of Bell Avenue and Hickory Street in Denton, Texas. The workers stand on and beside the truck carrying the generator. A crane truck sits to the left.

Photograph of the Campus Theatre in Denton, Texas. The Denton Square and the County Courthouse are visible in the background. The marquee sign says that the Gin Game is playing from Oct. 26 thru 28.

A large group of unidentified people are at the Denton County Jail awaiting the hanging of J. Q. A. Crews. Crews was the last person to be hanged in Denton County.

A large group of unidentified people are at the Denton County Jail awaiting the hanging of J. Q. A. Crews. Crews was the last person to be legally hanged in Denton County.

Portrait of Julia Ann Gober Wright, age 18, in a long, print dress. Written in black ink on back of photo: "October 1868 age 18 years Julia A. Gober Wright"