Inauguration of the Santa Fe Railroad Line

Inauguration of the Santa Fe Railroad Line linking Dallas, Denton, and Chicago. It was raining, and the photo was taken in north Dallas, near Garland. Among the men heading the groundbreaking ceremony were Railroad president Fred Gurley who is at the podium, Jerome Crossman, president of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce is standing to his left, E. W. Morrison, a Denton businessman who strongly supported the line, Dallas Mayor R. L. Thornton, and Denton Mayor J. L. Yarbrough.
Date: December 11, 1954
Creator: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Looking Back at Sanger's History] (open access)

[Looking Back at Sanger's History]

Page from a scrapbook with two photos that appeared in the Sanger Courier's "Looking Back" issue. The first photo is of the owners of Collins-Andrews Dry Good Store which was reported to be the first dry goods store in Sanger. The second photo is of one of the early Post Masters of Sanger, H. D. Green, along with his family and other postal workers in front of a post office in early Sanger, Texas. Mr. Green was appointed Post Master in 1899 and reappointed at different times until 1925. At the bottom right middle is a photograph of Jesse P. Smith on his horse Snooper. The photograph in the right-hand corner is of Dottie Mae McBride, Otis McBride, Alene Duncan, and Reba Duncan on a horse.
Date: July 11, 1963
Creator: Cherry, Ruby
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Spring Trade! Fain, Peery, and Shelton!! (open access)

Spring Trade! Fain, Peery, and Shelton!!

An 1882 advertisement for Fain, Peery, and Shelton claims the very latest style from New York and other eastern markets. Dress goods, buntings, lawns, alpaccas, cashmeres, carpets, etc. are sold at this department store on the east side of the square.
Date: March 11, 1882
Creator: Fain, Perry, & Shelton
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Denton Voter Newsletter, Volume 03, Number 05, November 11, 1963 (open access)

The Denton Voter Newsletter, Volume 03, Number 05, November 11, 1963

League of Women Voters of Denton Newsletter discusses issues about voting and upcoming ballot legislation.
Date: November 11, 1963
Creator: League of Women Voters of Denton
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Two Letters from Dr. Edwin D. Moten to Ike S. Moten and Rev. L. E. Goodlow, April 11, 1947] (open access)

[Two Letters from Dr. Edwin D. Moten to Ike S. Moten and Rev. L. E. Goodlow, April 11, 1947]

Letters from Dr. Edwin D. Moten: the first to Reverend L. E. Goodlow, on April 11, 1947; and the second to Ike S. Moten. This is a carbon copy with a letter on each side. The first letter discusses building projects, Moten's tenant in Texas, and medicine sent to Ike Moten. The second letter tells Ike Moten how to take the medicine Dr. Moten sent him.
Date: April 11, 1947
Creator: Moten, Edwin D., Sr.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
National Current Agenda - Resource Material: Unit Meeting - January 10-11, 1962 (open access)

National Current Agenda - Resource Material: Unit Meeting - January 10-11, 1962

Resource Material on the National Current Agenda from the League of Women Voters of Denton's Unit Meeting on January 10 - 11, 1962.
Date: December 11, 1961
Creator: Provisional League of Women Voters of Denton
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Western Presbyter] (open access)

[The Western Presbyter]

The Western Presbyter, a weekly publication from Cumberland Presbyterian, contains information about the state of the church.
Date: February 11, 1904
Creator: Russell, Charles C.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[City of Denton Municipal Generating Station]

Several men work on the city of Denton Municipal Generating Station. A large crane is visible in the foreground, and a power plant is visible in the background.
Date: July 11, 1961
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Denton School (open access)

The Denton School

Announcement about the schedule, tuition, and courses of Denton School in Denton, Texas in the year 1884. The announcement also contains a list of faculty and information about the city of Denton. Denton's first public school began on March 17 and ended on July 4. The first session had 425 students. [A History of the Denton Independent School District: a centennial project / by the centennial committee, 1985] The name Lee Preston is written in pen on the back of the announcement. Lee Preston was a teacher and later, mayor of Denton.
Date: 1884-03-11~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Denton Voter Newsletter, Volume 03, Number 03, September 11, 1963 (open access)

The Denton Voter Newsletter, Volume 03, Number 03, September 11, 1963

League of Women Voters of Denton Newsletter discusses issues about voting and upcoming ballot legislation.
Date: September 11, 1963
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Portrait of Mary Edna McGaughy]

Baby portrait of Mary Edna McGaughy in a white dress. Written on back: "June? Sans? McGaughy Decatur, Texas RR#2 Bot 23"
Date: July 11, 1919
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History