Denton

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Founded in 1857 as the fourth county seat of Denton County, the city of Denton is situated at the top of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex triangle. After the first trains from the Texas and Pacific Railroad and the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway (the Katy) rolled into town in 1881, Denton developed from a frontier community into a vibrant city. Establishing itself as a center of education in 1890 with the founding of the Texas Normal College and Teacher Training Institute (now the University of North Texas), the creation of the Girls’ Industrial College (now Texas Woman’s University) in 1901 further enhanced this image. The city’s 150-year history, forged by so many talented people, has provided a strong foundation for its growing economic environment. Today Denton’s community spirit resonates through the energy of the city’s many diverse events and its lively music scene. Title: Lecture offers preview of Denton history book
Author: BJ Lewis
Publisher: Denton RC
Date: 9/16/09
Denton County residents will get a chance to preview some of the material in the historical book Images of America: Denton during a lecture sponsored by the Denton County Museums at 12:15 p.m. Oct. 16 in the Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum.
Authors Georgia Caraway and Kim Cupit will present information on the process of compiling the book and some tidbits about Denton history, to give residents a taste ahead of the November release date.
“Once the book comes out, they will be able to take the images home and learn a bit more,” said Cupit, Denton County Museums curator.
The book took three months of work and searches through thousands of archived photographs. More than 220 photos were selected from the archives of the Denton County Museums, the Denton Record-Chronicle and the Denton Public Library. Well-known and never-before-published photographs are featured in the book.
Caraway, Denton County Museums executive director, was on vacation and not available for comment Wednesday.
Some parts of history that did not make it into the book might be touched on in the lecture, Cupit said.
“We only had so many words. We might be able to expand on some of the subjects in [the lecture]. We don’t want to give away everything in the book, either, because we want people to buy the book,” she said.
Cupit said it helped to have two people working together on the book.
“We each had our own areas of Denton history we knew, and it was interesting how we were able to bring those separate areas together,” she said. “It made it a more well-rounded book to have two people’s background and knowledge come together.”
Cupit and Caraway were able to learn things about Denton they didn’t know before, Cupit said.
She said some people will read the book and be able to say, “Oh, I didn’t know that.” For others, the book will jog their memories.
BOOK FACTS
* Images of America: Denton will sell for $21.99 and will be available for purchase Nov. 16.
* The volume will be sold at the Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum as well as bookstores and other Arcadia Publishing sales outlets. Pre-order forms will be available at the Oct. 16 lecture.

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