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Denton is the county seat for Denton County
101 ► Texas, Denton County, Sanger — 18697 — Chisholm Trail in Denton County — |
On Chapman Road (Farm to Market Road 455) west of Freeman Road, on the right when traveling west. |
The Chisholm Trail was a significant route for cattle drives in the late 1800s that traveled the entire length of Denton County and played a major role in the agricultural development of the county. Following the Civil War, veterans returned home . . . — — Map (db m194002) HM |
102 ► Texas, Denton County, Sanger — 1944 — Forester Ranch — |
On Chapman Road (Farm to Market Road 455) east of Freeman Road, on the left when traveling east. |
William S. Forester brought his family to Denton County from Tennessee in the early 1850s, and established a ranch about 1852. He was assisted in his ranching operation by his sons, one of whom, Sol, was killed by Indians at the age of sixteen . . . — — Map (db m194004) HM |
103 ► Texas, Denton County, Sanger — 15774 — Galilee Missionary Baptist Church — |
On East Willow Street at Simms Street, on the right when traveling east on East Willow Street. |
In 1909, area African Americans organized Galilee Missionary Baptist Church approx. 2.5 miles south of Sanger on the farm of John W. and Eliza McCarty. The McCartys had purchased the 750-acre farm in 1900. The congregation moved to Sanger in 1910 . . . — — Map (db m188369) HM |
104 ► Texas, Denton County, Sanger — 16443 — Sanger and the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway — |
On Bolivar Street at North 1st Street, on the right when traveling east on Bolivar Street. |
Sanger originated in 1886 at mile post 392.16 as a water stop along the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway Route leading north from Fort Worth to Purcell, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma). The stop’s proximity to north Denton County cattle ranches . . . — — Map (db m245782) HM |
105 ► Texas, Denton County, Sanger — 4568 — Sanger Presbyterian Church — |
On 7th Street at Elm Street, on the left when traveling north on 7th Street. |
Founded 1896, in 1902 built this structure on land given by Jack R. Sullivan, a Baptist. With town's best auditorium, this became site of school and civic programs; elocution and music were taught here. Community bought building when congregation . . . — — Map (db m192652) HM |
106 ► Texas, Denton County, The Colony — Belz Road Bridge at Duck Creek — Denton County Historic Landmark — |
Near South Colony Boulevard at Blair Oaks Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
Belz Road Bridge is a four-panel Warren pony truss steel bridge erected in the early 1900s. It crossed Duck Creek in northwestern Denton County on land purchased by Josh B. Nance in 1898. Belz Road was named for the Alfred and Bertha Belz family . . . — — Map (db m191886) HM |
107 ► Texas, Denton County, The Colony — 508 — Bridges Cemetery — |
On Chesapeake Drive, 0.1 miles west of Morning Star Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
Bridges settlement, named for the W. A. Bridges family and reportedly the oldest in Denton County, began in 1843 and was a center of activity of the Peters Colony. This cemetery, on land granted to Bridges in 1850, dates to 1855, although illegible . . . — — Map (db m212316) HM |
108 ► Texas, Denton County, The Colony — 22723 — David Gregory Fox Jr. — (August 17, 1923 - December 25, 2003) — |
On South Colony Boulevard at Blair Oaks Drive, on the left when traveling west on South Colony Boulevard. |
Born in Casper, Wyoming, David G. Fox Jr. graduated from Highland Park High School and then attended Texas A&M University for a year and a half before serving as a Navy pilot in World War II. After the war, Fox continued his education at Southern . . . — — Map (db m234597) HM |
109 ► Texas, Denton County, The Colony — 5351 — The Hedgcoxe War — |
On Blair Oaks Drive at South Colony Boulevard, on the right when traveling north on Blair Oaks Drive. |
Distribution of land in the Peters Colony of North Texas triggered a dispute known as the Hedgcoxe War. The Texas Emigration & Land Co. organized the colony under an 1841 Republic of Texas law which allowed it to keep one-half of a settler's . . . — — Map (db m184815) HM |
110 ► Texas, Denton County, Westlake — 4285 — Roanoke I.O.O.F. Cemetery — |
On JT Ottinger Road east of Highway 170, on the right when traveling east. |
Although few records exist of the Roanoke I.O.O.F. (Independent Order of Oddfellows) Lodge No. 421, it is known that lodge members purchased land at this site in 1897 for use as a burial ground. Consisting of approximately five and one-half acres, . . . — — Map (db m184583) HM |
111 ► Texas, Denton County, Westlake — Westlake and the Circle T Ranch — |
On Dove Road, 0.3 miles west of Blue Sky Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
The Circle T Ranch was established by J. Glenn Turner, a prominent Texas attorney in 1952. Mr. Turner was an avid outdoorsman and rancher who raised Black Angus and Charolaise cattle, as well as Tennessee Walking horses. Being a successful . . . — — Map (db m107373) HM |
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