On Stacee Lane, 0.1 miles south of Hickory Hill Road.
Annie Webb Blanton, born Aug. 19, 1870 in Houston to Thomas Lindsey and Eugenia Webb Blanton, began her teaching career at Pine Springs School (Fayette Co.) at age 17. She then taught for a few years in Austin, where she graduated from the . . . — — Map (db m238070) HM
On Denton Street E at Walnut Street, on the left when traveling west on Denton Street E.
This area was first settled in the 1850s by members of the Peters Colony. In 1881 the town of Argyle was started by Galveston developer James Morrill, when a rail line was built through the area. Early residents came from neighboring settlements. . . . — — Map (db m238072) HM
On Fort Worth Drive (U.S. 377) 1 mile north of Country Club Road, on the right when traveling north.
Organized thirteen years after the town of Argyle was founded, this church was chartered in 1894 with twenty-seven members. The first pastor was the Rev. Blueford Henry Webster, a Methodist circuit rider from Mississippi.
Early worship services . . . — — Map (db m238071) HM
On Country Club Road north of Harrison Lane, on the left when traveling north.
This burial ground served the farming community of Graham which grew up here after the Civil War. First known interment was that of an infant, George Isbell, on December 10, 1865. An adjacent structure housed a school and Graham Baptist Church. . . . — — Map (db m184647) HM
On Old Justin Road at CF Taylor Road, on the right when traveling east on Old Justin Road.
In 1884 this site was designated as a religious campground by the members of the Prairie Mound Methodist Church. Johns' Well, named for former owner Hardin Johns, provided the steady water supply needed by campers, area settlers and travelers. . . . — — Map (db m147174) HM
This burial ground was in use by 1882 when adjoining property was deeded to the Prairie Mound Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The earliest marked grave here is that of Edgar Myers (1875-1878), the son of J. E. and M. J. Myers. Church . . . — — Map (db m147210) HM
On West Plum Street at Cedar Street, on the left when traveling west on West Plum Street.
In 1858, Dr. George T. Key and his family, originally from Missouri, moved to Denton County and settled near the present town of Aubrey. There they built log cabins, one of which was used for a school and church. The building, known as the Key . . . — — Map (db m237995) HM
On West Sherman Drive (Farm to Market Road 428) 0.8 miles west of Wildcat Road, on the right when traveling west.
This historic bridge was an important two-way traffic bridge over the Elm Fork of the Trinity River for growing automobile traffic in Denton County in the 1920s. The bridge is one of the only two accessible iron and steel bridges in Denton County . . . — — Map (db m92574) HM
Early Disciples of Christ in this area met as part of a union church in the Spring Hill community, where several denominations held services under a brush arbor and in a local schoolhouse. In October 1894, the Disciples established this Christian . . . — — Map (db m191460) HM
On County Highway 2153 at Shepard Road, on the right when traveling north on County Highway 2153.
Fertile farmland and plentiful timber attracted settlers to this part of Denton County about 1870. The community that developed originally was called Toll Town because of two roads that intersected at this point. Schoolteacher Henry Clay Wilmoth . . . — — Map (db m191463) HM
On Farm to Market Road 720, 0.1 miles south of U.S. 380.
Organized 1880, with worship services and Sunday school held under trees and a brush arbor. Structure built 1881, by A.B. Harris. Six-acre site, including nearby cemetery, was donated by the Rev. William E. Bates (1812-83), retired circuit rider and . . . — — Map (db m200133) HM
Near Farm to Market Road 720 south of Highway 380, on the left when traveling south.
Born in Amherst County, VA.; licensed in Kentucky (1843) as a Methodist minister. Came to Texas 1851; settled in Denton County. He was appointed (1853) to 300-square-mile Dallas circuit, and traveled it once a month. Admitted 1854 to East Texas . . . — — Map (db m168849) HM
The town of Bartonville grew out of early post-Texas Revolution settlements in Denton County. Denton Creek, which split into the Loving Branch and the Sharps Branch, provided fresh water to the town. Early subsistence farmers found fertile sandy . . . — — Map (db m192096) HM
On Chapman Road (Farm to Market Road 455) east of Farm to Market Road 2450, on the right when traveling east.
The town of Bolivar was laid out by Dr. Hiram Daily in 1852 with a burial plot on high ground nearby. Though the site had probably been used as a burial ground for many years, the earliest marked grave is that of 4-month-old Zolly Cofer Waide, who . . . — — Map (db m194006) HM
On Chapman Road (Farm to Market Road 455) at Farm to Market Road 2450, on the left when traveling east on Chapman Road.
Named indirectly for Simon Bolivar, South American statesman, general and patriot. It might have been called "New Prospect," but for a mug of rum. When town was founded in 1852, a man who had settled here from Bolivar, Tenn., wanted to name the . . . — — Map (db m194005) HM
On East Hebron Parkway at Charles Street, on the right when traveling east on East Hebron Parkway.
Organized in 1883 at the Willow Springs School, this congregation was known as Big Valley Baptist Church during the early years of its existence. A Sunday School, Willow Springs Union Sabbath School, was begun in 1886. E.C. Bramblett served as the . . . — — Map (db m73770) HM
On Cemetery Hill Road north of Clear Creek Lane, on the right when traveling north.
William Furneaux, a native of England, came to Texas in 1857 and married Fanny Jackson (d. 1917), whose family had come to Texas in 1848 as part of the Peters Colony. This cemetery was established in 1884, when Furneaux died and was buried on a . . . — — Map (db m183279) HM
On Chinn Chapel Road south of East Jernigan Road, on the right when traveling south.
Elisha and Mary Stowe Chinn purchased this site in 1853 and donated 10 acres atop the hill north of Lockhart Spring. As deaths occurred among the early settlers to this area, services were held in the log cabin chapel, and graves were placed . . . — — Map (db m171872) HM
On Post Oak Drive at Creekside Drive, on the right when traveling north on Post Oak Drive.
Originally part of the Republic of Texas’ Fannin County, Denton County was established in 1846, when the first legislature of the State of Texas created and organized thirty-one new counties. Efforts to colonize the area eventually resulted in . . . — — Map (db m191870) HM
On North Elm Street south of McKinney Street, on the right when traveling south.
From 1894 until October 1927, the Denton City Hall was housed in an 1877 red brick building located at the corner of Oak and Bolivar streets. The rapid growth of Denton in the early 20th century called for a newer and more spacious building. In . . . — — Map (db m171697) HM
On West Mulberry Street, 0.2 miles east of Carroll Boulevard, on the left when traveling east.
Samuel A. Bayless and his wife, Mary, came to Denton from Monroe County, Tennessee. In 1884, he purchased a two-room farmhouse, the one-story part of the museum. Later, they built a two story Victorian Queen Anne-style addition. Samuel died in . . . — — Map (db m178758) HM
Near Oakland Street north of East McKinney Street (County Route 426).
Beulah A. Harriss (1889-1977) moved to Denton in 1914 from Nebraska to become the first women’s physical education teacher at North Texas State Normal College, now University of North Texas (UNT). With a degree from the University of Nebraska in . . . — — Map (db m92193) HM
On West Hickory Street at North Cedar Street, on the right when traveling west on West Hickory Street.
The Campus Theatre was built in 1949 by
Interstate Theatres and served as one of three
cinemas owned by the company in Denton
until its final use as a cinematic theater in
1985. Original manager J.P. Harrison was well-
known for both his . . . — — Map (db m220241) HM
On West Oak Street just east of Mounts Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Born to pioneers in 1859, James "Jim" Russell Christal was raised by his mother after age three when his father mysteriously died on a hunting trip at age 12. Jim started as a horse wrangler and eventually was hired as a cowboy on his cousin Burk . . . — — Map (db m146540) HM
On Fishtrap Road east of Copper Creek Road, on the left when traveling east.
As early as 1872 Baptists in the Cooper Creek Community met for church in a building located close to the current structure. In 1916, L.F. "Tom" Collins donated land to the church to build a new sanctuary, which was completed the following year. . . . — — Map (db m184581) HM
On Fishtrap Road near Copper Creek Road, on the left when traveling east.
This burial ground is one of the last remaining remnants of a small rural community that dates back to before the Civil War. Settlers, including the Farris and Skaggs families, came to northeast Denton County in the 1860s. Like many rural areas, . . . — — Map (db m184545) HM
On Fishtrap Road east of Copper Creek Road, on the left when traveling east.
Although the Cooper Creek community was formally established in 1872, families began to settle the area before the Civil War. A land deed from that period set aside a portion of this property for the creation of a church, cemetery, and a school. . . . — — Map (db m184580) HM
On North Bonnie Brae Street north of North Lake Trail, on the right when traveling north.
County Line Road Bridge was installed in 1940 over Denton Creek on the Denton-Wise county line to give a number of communities access to the newly improved and gravel-paved section of Texas Highway 24, now US 380, between Denton and Decatur. The . . . — — Map (db m178648) HM
On North Elm Street (U.S. 77/377) at West Oak Street, on the left when traveling south on North Elm Street.
Created April 11, 1846
from Fannin County
Organized July 13, 1846
with Denton as county seat
Both town and county are
named in honor of
John B. Denton
1807-1841
Pioneer preacher, lawyer
and Indian fighter
First county seat . . . — — Map (db m121786) HM
On North Locust Street (U.S. 77/377) south of West Oak Street, on the left when traveling north.
Built 1896-97. Fifth courthouse for Denton County. First was at Alton, second at Pinckneyville. Third (in Denton) was burned in crime charged to a member of the Sam Bass Gang of outlaws.
Walls are native limestone; columns, Burnet County . . . — — Map (db m121787) HM
On West Hickory Street, on the left when traveling south.
Denton County proudly honors all those who have given for their nation in a time of war serving in The Spanish-American War • World War I • World War II • The Korean War • The Vietnam War • The Persian Gulf War — — Map (db m108516) WM
On West Congress Street, on the right when traveling east.
The first free city of Denton school opened in 1884. After the building burned in 1908, another school was built at the same site. When John B. Denton College closed in 1912, high school students were moved to the former college building, which . . . — — Map (db m154224) HM
Near Kimberly Drive north of Karina Street, on the left when traveling north.
This 1903 bridge crossed South Hickory Creek at Donald Road in northwest Denton County. Possibly manufactured by the George E. King Bridge Co., this 59-foot modified single-panel Warren truss steel bridge is a fine example of surviving pony truss . . . — — Map (db m178872) HM
On West Hickory Street at North Locust Street (U.S. 77/377), on the left when traveling east on West Hickory Street.
Edna Westbrook Trigg (1868-1946) was the first county home demonstration agent appointed in Texas in 1915, serving in Denton County from February 1916 through December 1937. She was named Denton County home demonstration emeritus from January 1, . . . — — Map (db m121785) HM
On West Oak Street at North Welch Street, on the left when traveling west on West Oak Street.
Located on a prominent hilltop and street, in a neighborhood known as Silk Stocking Row, this house was built for Robert Henry Evers (1859-1936) and Mary Euphemia (Taylor) Evers (1861-1941). They married in Texarkana in 1882 and lived in Paris, . . . — — Map (db m203496) HM
On Malone Street north of Linden Drive, on the right when traveling north.
Twelve men and women met in 1858 in the log cabin Denton County Courthouse to organize the Union Baptist Church. In its first decade, the church doubled its membership. By 1876 the congregation had been renamed the Denton Baptist Church. About . . . — — Map (db m178706) HM
On Fulton Street south of Emery Street, on the right when traveling south.
This congregation, established in 1868 and led by Elder Terrell Jasper, initially met in the local Masonic Hall until a frame church building was erected in 1876. A state charter was issued to First Christian Church of Denton in 1902. By 1904 a . . . — — Map (db m178709) HM
On South Locust Street just south of East Mulberry Street, on the left when traveling south.
The Rev. William E. Bates organized the First Methodist Church of Denton in 1857, the same year the town of Denton was formed. Services were conducted in the log courthouse until the Masonic lodge of Denton constructed a 2-story building in 1859. . . . — — Map (db m178761) HM
On South Avenue B at West Hickory Street, on the left when traveling south on South Avenue B.
On this site in 1891, the city of Denton erected a building to be leased to President Joshua C. Chilton, for the use of the privately owned Texas Normal College and Teacher Training Institute, which he had opened the year before in a business . . . — — Map (db m178742) HM
Near Kimberly Drive just south of Morse Street, on the right when traveling south.
Built c. 1923, this one-lane bridge crossed Duck Creek at Gregory Road serving Gregory, Lois, Pollard and Hoehn Roads in northern Denton County, south of Cooke County line. This 52-foot-long steel bridge is a three-panel Warren pony truss. It may . . . — — Map (db m178875) HM
Near Avenue A at West Mulberry Street, on the left when traveling north.
Built in 1912-13 to serve as a library and gymnasium, this is the oldest remaining building on the North Texas campus. It became known as the Historical Building in 1925, when history professor Joseph Lyman Kingsbury (1880-1949) began a museum . . . — — Map (db m178743) HM
On Carroll Boulevard at Maple Street, on the right when traveling south on Carroll Boulevard.
Denton Lodge No. 82 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) was chartered in 1859 by a number of the area's most prominent settlers, including John S. Chisum of the Chisum Trail fame. That year I.O.O.F. charter member and Denton . . . — — Map (db m178650) HM
On North Bonnie Brae Street south of West Windsor Street, on the right when traveling south.
This church began as a mission of the Dallas Diocese about 1890; the Rev. F. X. Meilinger served as mission priest. The congregation held services on the second floor of a local barn until a church building was erected in 1893-94. A Catholic . . . — — Map (db m178649) HM
On West Oak Street west of Mounts Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
James Newton Rayzor was born December 10, 1858 in Lockport, Kentucky. He immigrated to Texas in the fall of 1866 with his family and settled in Collin County. In 1871, the family moved to Cooke County where Rayzor later taught school at Prairie . . . — — Map (db m178608) HM
On West Hickory Street at North Locust Street (U.S. 77/377), on the left when traveling east on West Hickory Street.
Born in Tennessee July 26, 1806, came to Texas in January, 1836, as a Methodist circuit rider. Killed in the Village Creek Indian fight May 24, 1841 in what is now Tarrant County. Named for Gen. Edward H. Tarrant who commanded the volunteers. Denton . . . — — Map (db m121788) HM
On West Oak Street just west of Mounts Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
The Lipscomb-Doggett House was built by Dr. Priestly Lipscomb (1869-1942) and wife, Molly Binyon (1871-1942). The couple contracted the one-story frame house from J.C. Thornton in 1895. Built on bustling West Oak Street, the Victorian Folk cottage . . . — — Map (db m178751) HM
On West Oak Street west of Denton Street, on the left when traveling west.
This prominent residence was built in 1925-27 at a cost of $30,000 for Dr. M.L. Martin (1869-1941) and his wife, Ailsey (Forester) Martin (1890-1968). Ailsey grew up on the nearby Forester Ranch (established 1852) and received one-third of the . . . — — Map (db m178558) HM
On Mounts Avenue at Gregg Street, on the right when traveling south on Mounts Avenue.
Robert Noble Mounts (1863-1922) and Nannie Lee (Christal) Mounts (1870-1942) built this home in 1898. The Mounts family came to Denton County in the 1850s from Virginia. In 1857, Robert Mounts’ father, W.H. Mounts, relocated his mercantile . . . — — Map (db m178442) HM
Near Carroll Boulevard south of Ross Street, on the right when traveling south.
The first recorded fair in the Denton area opened on October 15, 1885 as the Denton County Blooded Stock and Fair. Throughout the late 1800s and early 1900s, area fairs continued to recognize local livestock and agricultural competitors. The North . . . — — Map (db m171716) HM
Near East Prairie Street just west of South Bell Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
This cemetery was established soon after Denton was settled as the new seat of government for Denton County in 1857. Land for the community burial ground was donated by pioneer settler Hiram Cisco, who had earlier conveyed property for the . . . — — Map (db m178864) HM
On Teasley Lane, on the left when traveling north.
With burials dating to 1852, this graveyard is associated with some of the earliest settlement in Denton County. In that year, Rebecca Daugherty, daughter of one of the pioneer families, died and was buried on family property. Over time, burials . . . — — Map (db m148685) HM
On Oakland Street north of North Austin Street, on the right when traveling north.
In the mid-20th century, a North Texas native became a leading architect of the American Southwest. O’Neil Ford was born in Pink Hill and went to school in Sherman (both Grayson Co.), where the arts and crafts curriculum inspired his entire . . . — — Map (db m170345) HM
On West Hickory Street west of North State Street, on the right when traveling west. Reported permanently removed.
(left column)
Erected by Daughters of the Confederacy in memory of our Confederate soldiers, who in heroic self-sacrifice and devoted loyalty gave their manhood and their lives to the South in her hour of need.
(right column) . . . — — Map (db m108519) WM
On North Bell Avenue north of East McKinney Street, on the left when traveling north.
In the early 1880s, Quakertown emerged as a thriving African American community in the heart of Denton. Quakertown flourished through 1920, its growth due in part to its location near the city square and the opportunities it provided African . . . — — Map (db m178459) HM
Near West Mulberry Street just east of Carroll Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
Built in 1904 by H. F. Davidson at 607 Bell Ave. in the African American community of Quakertown, this house was purchased by C. Ross Hembry in 1919. He sold the land to the City of Denton for $2,700 in 1922 and moved the structure to 1113 E. . . . — — Map (db m178760) HM
Near Teasley Lane just north of Old Alton Road, on the right when traveling north.
This iron bridge, named to the National Register of Historic Places in January 2004, was built in 1907-08 by the Austin Bros. Bridge Co. of Dallas. It was located 2.5 miles SE of Sanger on Rector Road at Clear Creek. Citizens of the Sanger area . . . — — Map (db m178991) HM
On East Oak Street at North Crawford Street, on the left when traveling east on East Oak Street.
In 1875 a group of black pioneers from the White Rock Community in Dallas moved to Denton County and named their settlement Freedman Town. Worship services, prayer groups, and Bible meetings were held in private homes. A minister among them, the . . . — — Map (db m178865) HM
On West Oak Street west of Mounts Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
The original part of this house was built in 1885-86 for local grocer Robert C. Scripture and his wife Annie (Brown). It was later owned by Robert Hann, a merchant and civic leader. Constructed as a Victorian residence, it was remodeled and . . . — — Map (db m178609) HM
On Pearl Street east of Denton Street, on the right when traveling east.
This Arts and Crafts Mission Style home was built in 1915 by prominent civic leader, James W. Simmons, and his wife, Susan S. Gregg, granddaughter of Darius Gregg, Denton County pioneer and founder of Gregg Ranch. Reminiscent of the Greggs' . . . — — Map (db m178748) HM
On West Oak Street at North Locust Street, on the right when traveling west on West Oak Street.
Charles Christian Lacy (1816 - 70) moved with wife Sarah (Brown) from Kentucky to Texas, 1854; platted Denton townsite, 1855; had what is thought to have been city's first hotel, existent 1858-82, at this site. Before he gained fame as bandit, Sam . . . — — Map (db m178765) HM
On Lakey Street just south of East Prairie Street, on the left when traveling south.
St. Emmanuel began as the Second Baptist Church of Quakertown, an African American community within present Denton that existed from the mid-1880s until 1922. That year, the city held a bond election to buy all the community property to convert to . . . — — Map (db m178869) HM
On Masch Branch Road at Hampton Road, on the right when traveling north on Masch Branch Road.
During Denton County’s early years, farming and ranching were the traditional pursuits. When the railroads entered the county, subsistence farming gave way to farming that yielded money-making crops that could be shipped to various markets. In . . . — — Map (db m203493) HM
On North Elm Street at East Oak Street, on the right when traveling south on North Elm Street.
At this site, on the second floor of a hardware store, 70 students enrolled for the first session of Texas Normal College and Teacher Training Institute, September 16, 1890. The students included 28 Creeks from Indian territory. The city of Denton . . . — — Map (db m178763) HM
On West Hickory Street at North Locust Street (U.S. 77/377), on the left when traveling east on West Hickory Street.
Pioneers settled this locality in the 1840s. In 1846 the Texas Legislature created Denton County - one of several carved from the Peters Colony grant. After trying other sites, the voters in 1856 accepted for county seat this tract donated by Hiram . . . — — Map (db m121784) HM
On Old Main Circle, 0.1 miles west of North Bell Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
The Girls Industrial Institute and College of Texas was created in 1901. Fourteen cities offered sites. Denton was chosen February 5, 1902. The cornerstone of this building, the first on the campus, was laid on January 10, 1903. The architecture . . . — — Map (db m178877) HM
On North Elm Street at West Hickory Street, on the right when traveling south on North Elm Street.
Situated on the last of the public square lots sold in January 1857, the Sherman Building rises from the rubble to commemorate the site's prominent history as the place from which "The Great Fire of 1860" originated. After Mr. J.M. Smoot's store . . . — — Map (db m178766) HM
On Chapel Drive west of North Bell Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
The original Rock Garden and native botanical area at this site was established in the 1930s by the Exterior Beautification Committee of Texas State College for Women, now Texas Woman's University. Members of the committee were Willie Isabella . . . — — Map (db m178861) HM
On Kirkpatrick Lane, 0.1 miles east of Morriss Road, on the left when traveling east.
Settlement of this area began in the 1850s. Among the pioneer families were those of Samuel K. Smith, Anderson Nowlin, William Crawford, and Sam Lusk. As family farms were established, a loosely organized rural community was formed.
By the . . . — — Map (db m238069) HM
On Flower Mound Road (Farm to Market Road 3040) west of Lake Forest Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.
Settlers of the Peters Colony named this smooth, dome-shaped hill for the abundant wild flowers that grow on it. Rising fifty feet above the surrounding prairie, Flower Mound, long has been a point of interest in the area. According to local . . . — — Map (db m192489) HM
On Wager Road south of St Gallen Lane, on the right when traveling north.
The history of this small community cemetery dates to the 1850s, before Denton was selected as county seat. The site contains graves of early pioneers of the Lewisville-Flower Mound area.
Settlers included Nehemiah Wade Boyd (1823-1856), his . . . — — Map (db m105529) HM
On Eakins Cemetery Road south of Swafford Road, on the right when traveling south.
Noah (1810-1868) and Susan (1816-1878) Eakins and their family came to this part of Denton County from Kentucky in 1855. This cemetery was established on their land about 1855-58 when a neighbor, Angelina Rayburn, was fatally burned while cooking . . . — — Map (db m184649) HM
On Farm to Market Road 156, on the right when traveling south.
Located in the rich, fertile, softly rolling prairie land of North Central Texas, Justin is situated at the confluence of the Denton, Oliver and Trail Creeks. For many years Native American tribes flourished in the area. In 1841, John B. Denton was . . . — — Map (db m133788) HM
Located in west-central Denton County, the city of Krum began as a pioneer settlement, known as the Jackson community, near present-day Krum Jackson Cemetery in 1876. Soon, the families decided to establish a school. Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Barrett and . . . — — Map (db m195819) HM
On Ripy Road south of Riek Road, on the right when traveling south.
Darius Gregg (1804-70), who came to Texas from Tennessee in 1827, and fought in the Texas War for Independence, accumulated about 20,000 acres in this area in the early 1850s. Gregg, a surveyor and Houston realtor, spent several summers here . . . — — Map (db m193960) HM
On Farm to Market Road 1173, 0.2 miles west of Plainview Road, on the left when traveling west.
Located in western Denton County, Plainview Cemetery served as a burial ground for early settlers in the area. The Plainview community began around 1878 when the families of Gideon Kimbrough (1833-1923) and William Kimbrough (1824-1912) and their . . . — — Map (db m77371) HM
On North Shady Shores Lane at Montserrat Road, on the left when traveling north on North Shady Shores Lane.
Reflecting the earliest years of Anglo settlement in this part of north central Texas, the Swisher Cemetery began on land granted to H. H. Swisher for his service in the Texas War for Independence from Mexico. The oldest burial in the cemetery, . . . — — Map (db m183200) HM
On Chinn Chapel at Rolling Acres Drive, on the right when traveling north on Chinn Chapel.
This church began as a nondenominational congregation organized by pioneer settlers of the Peters Colony in 1846. Itinerant preachers were invited to hold services in a log church/school building located about one quarter mile northwest of here. . . . — — Map (db m147209) HM
On Hembry Street just south of East Purnell Street, on the right when traveling south.
Anthony Hembry and six charter members, all former slaves, organized Lewisville Colored Methodist Episcopal (C.M.E.) Church in 1882. Lewisville had the largest African American population in Denton County and this church, called Lane Chapel after . . . — — Map (db m184232) HM
During the construction of Lewisville Dam in 1950, a number of aboriginal artifacts were unearthed; archeologists conducted several excavations (1952-57) before the waters of Garza-Little Elm Reservoir covered the site. The excavations revealed 21 . . . — — Map (db m194718) HM
The McCurley family of Illinois settled in Denton County in 1852. George Collins McCurley set aside land for a burial ground, church, and school. A traveling stranger may have been the first burial, but George's brother, Abraham, who died in . . . — — Map (db m146433) HM
This area of Denton County was known as Holford's Prairie in the mid-19th century, named for brothers John and James Halford (Holford), pioneer settlers who obtained 640 acres of land as members of the Peters Colony. Basdeal W. Lewis platted the . . . — — Map (db m147212) HM
Near Lakeside Circle east of Penn Station Parkway, on the right when traveling east.
The Texas International Pop Festival took place near this site during Labor Day weekend, 1969. It was held two weeks after the Woodstock Music and Art Fair introduced much of mainstream America to the "hippie” culture by way of news reports . . . — — Map (db m145808) HM
On West Main Street (Farm to Market Road 1171) 0.1 miles North Valley Parkway, on the right when traveling west.
A reservation of land made under an Empresario contract by the Republic of Texas, 1841. Its purpose was to introduce colonists into this area. Under the first of four contracts, W. S. Peters and 19 partners agreed to introduce 600 families in three . . . — — Map (db m238068) HM
On West Eldorado Parkway at Lakefront Drive, on the left when traveling west on West Eldorado Parkway.
The Rev. William E. Bates, a native of Virginia, established the Methodist congregation at Little Elm in 1853. Members shared a meetinghouse with other denominations at John House Springs and in 1916 built their own facility. In the 1950s, the . . . — — Map (db m183373) HM
On East Eldorado Parkway at Crestlake Drive, on the left when traveling west on East Eldorado Parkway.
The community of Little Elm is located on land that was part of the original Peters Colony empresario grant awarded by the Republic of Texas in 1841. Among the earliest colonists in this vicinity to receive land under the Peters grant were John (d. . . . — — Map (db m237994) HM
On Belew Road west of Massey Road, on the right when traveling west.
Around 1856, Richard (Dick) Aaron Belew (1820-1900) and Mary Jane Belew (1822-1902), their five children and 39 other families came together by wagon from Tennessee to Denton County. They stopped on a hill in the area later known as the Belew . . . — — Map (db m183758) HM
On South Washington Street south of West Main Street, on the left when traveling south.
Attracted by fertile land and abundant water and game, pioneers began to settle at this site near the edge of the Crosstimber region in the late 1840s. The village, first known as Pilot's Point, was named for a high point of timber that served . . . — — Map (db m183675) HM
On White Street west of South Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling west.
This congregation organized about 1865, twenty years after members of the Peters Colony began settling here. In 1874 the church deacons purchased land at this site from George W. and Alice B. Merchant. A one-room frame chapel was constructed here . . . — — Map (db m183761) HM
On East Main Street west of South Church Street, on the left when traveling west.
First published as the "Pilot Point Post," this newspaper was established in 1878 by David J. Moffitt (1848-1917) and James T. Jones (1845-1915). In its early years, "The Post" supported the Democratic party and local commerce and opposed the . . . — — Map (db m183674) HM
Near North Charcut Street at East Carroll Street, on the right when traveling north.
St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church has provided for the spiritual needs of residents in this region since the late nineteenth century. Before that time, Catholics in the town of Pilot Point, organized in 1854, had no nearby place of worship. Early . . . — — Map (db m218334) HM
On South Oak Street at Main Street, on the left when traveling south on South Oak Street.
In 1881, the Texas & Pacific Railroad came through here and established this community, named by a railroad surveyor from Roanoke, Virginia. Settlers lived in the area before the town was platted, arriving as early as 1847. Many of these residents . . . — — Map (db m238074) HM
On North Oak Street at Austin Street, on the right when traveling north on North Oak Street.
Chartered in 1888, Roanoke Lodge No. 668 replaced the W.C. Young Masonic Lodge, which had been meeting in nearby Elizabethtown. Members of the Roanoke Lodge met in a variety of rented quarters until 1908, when they built a two-story frame lodge . . . — — Map (db m238073) HM
On South Oak Street at Main Street, on the left when traveling south on South Oak Street.
Built during the Great Depression, the Roanoke Water Tower was the town's primary water source. Hugh H. Jenkins, Roanoke's first Mayor, advocated for the well and water system to help the newly-incorporated community grow. In 1934, he consolidated . . . — — Map (db m238075) HM
On Rusk Street at N Oak Street, on the left when traveling west on Rusk Street.
Swedish stone mason Lawrence Olson constructed this building for brothers R.M. and B.S. Snead in 1886; they built it to house the Silver Spur Saloon. The building was sold upon R.M. Snead's death in 1911 and later served as a hardware store and . . . — — Map (db m147173) HM
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
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
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
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
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