At 3:45 a.m., Wednesday, May 10, 1972, a fire broke out at the Three Sisters Restaurant on the South side of the Square. The fire worsened and a total of 41 firemen were called in to help. This is the view of the backside of the buildings along Walnut Street. The restaurant was destroyed and one of the walls collapsed into Ever's Hardware on the east side. It also spread into Bomar's Men's Clothing on the west side. All three businesses were destroyed.

Photograph of an aerial view of Bell Avenue in Denton, Texas, with the Civic Center Pool (designed by O'Neil Ford) on the right and various other buildings in the foreground and background.

Photograph of from above of Denton Municipal Airport, consisting of a single landing strip and two hangars, with a single airplane visible on the ground and empty fields in the background.

Photograph of an aerial view of the TWU campus showing the gymnasium building, swimming pool, and the ACT building, which was still undergoing construction, with rows of houses and trees in the foreground and background.

Photograph of Bailey Street in Denton, Texas, a dirt road with rows of houses on both sides, telephone poles on the right, and trees and other houses in the background. Bailey Street was amongst the last streets in Denton to be paved, hence the photograph.

Photograph of children sitting on the floor in several rows watching a ballerina wearing a tutu perform at the Emily Fowler Central Library, with the Denton Woman's Club building visible across the street through the windows and a shelf of books on the far right.

Photograph of three unidentified workers replacing boards on an old iron bridge in Denton, Texas; there is pickup truck behind them, trees on both sides of the bridge, and telephone poles and fields 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 from above of the City of Denton landfill with trees in the foreground and farmland and houses visible in the background.

Photograph of the City of Denton Machine Shop (at 414 E. Hickory Street), a large brick warehouse with frosted windows and a faded sign that reads "Municipal Machine Shop. 414 E. Hickory."

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 two unidentified City of Denton Solid Waste employees loading various discarded items into a garbage truck.

Photograph of two unidentified City of Denton Solid Waste employees cleaning a dumpster with a white warehouse, a pickup truck, and other dumpsters visible in the background.

Photograph of the rocket slide and various other playground equipment (merry-go-round, swing set, slide) at the Civic Center Park in Denton with trees and a blue sky in the background.

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 the Customer Service Department in Denton City Hall (at 215 E. McKinney Street) with several unidentified people waiting in line; there are orange cubicles on the right side and signs for a Cashier and Tax and Utility Bills on the left. Ceiling-to-floor length curtains hang, filtering the sunlight that shines in on the Mexican saltillo tile floor. A Beaumont Mood pendant lamp hangs from the ceiling.

Photograph of of two unidentified Denton fire fighters searching the debris in a structure after a fire (possibly looking for a cause or origin); the one in the foreground appears to be a chief based on his white coat and helmet. There is smoke visible in the middle and a damaged walls in the background.

Photograph of an unidentified boy standing on the side of a drainage ditch running along an unidentified street in Denton with houses and trees visible in the background.

Photograph of of the rock footbridge and the Ensign fountain at the Civic Center Park with trees in the foreground and background.

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 an indistinct object on fire on an unidentified dirt road in Roanoke Texas with billows of smoke in the foreground and background.

Photograph of several unidentified Denton firefighters helping a man out of a burning airplane with smoke in the background; the firefighter in the foreground has the name "Green" on the back of his jacket.

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 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.