Historic Denton County: An Illustrated HistoryCelebrating over 150 years of North Texas History. |
Contents
PREFACE | 4 |
CHAPTER I immigration to Denton County | 5 |
CHAPTER II county towns | 11 |
CHAPTER III Lewisville | 23 |
CHAPTER IV Pilot Point | 31 |
CHAPTER V ghost towns | 37 |
CHAPTER VI some Denton institutions | 45 |
CHAPTER VII agriculture | 53 |
CHAPTER XI sports and entertainment | 71 |
CHAPTER XII military and war veterans | 75 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 79 |
Ben E Keith Beers | 82 |
SHARING THE HERITAGE | 83 |
University of North Texas 84 Aileen S Andrews | 88 |
Vista Ridge Mall | 94 |
Castleberry Ranches 100 Jeff Krueger | 103 |
Common terms and phrases
acres Alton Aubrey awarded Baptist Church began Ben E Bill Utter Ford Bolivar brick building built called Castleberry cattle Cemetery CenturyTel Collin County Corinth cotton county seat courthouse Creek customers Denton County early east established farm farmers flour Flower Mound Fort Worth Garza Grocery Hebron Historical Marker history of Denton horse Indian jail James Wood John Keith Beers Krum Lake Dallas land later Little Elm located Main Street McCurley Methodist miles Morrison Milling Company moved to Denton newspaper North Texas NorthStar Bank opened operated Oral History organized Peterbilt Peters Colony Pilot Point Pilot Point Post population post office postmaster Prairie president purchased railroad ranch reported road Russell-Newman Sally Beauty Sanger served settlement settlers sold square Texas Woman's University Today town trail trucks Vista Ridge Mall wagon wheat William women Worth