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[Bookmark belonging to Bessie Bruce]

Description: Bookmark with a thread tassel. The bookmark contains a drawing of a dog and the inscription, "I'm good for a trick or two." We assume that the bookmark served double-duty as a placeholder for a table at a social function as it is labeled, "Table No.2, Couple No.2" with the numbers handwritten in. The bookmark belonged Mrs. J. E. Hightower, formerly Bessie Elizabeth Bruce, and was found in her 1910 Denton High School Bronco yearbook.
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Physical Object
Partner: Denton Public Library

Exchange National Bank Pay to Sheriff Callahan

Description: Check from Exchange National Bank to Sheriff Callahan for 4.50 dollars on September 27, 1892. A note below the amount says, "to cover cost in work case." The check is signed by "Jagoe & Ponder." In 1892, W. A. Ponder was Vice President of the Exchange National Bank. There are two signatures on the back of the check for J. M. Jones and Sheriff Callahan.
Date: September 27, 1891
Creator: Exchange National Bank
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Denton Public Library

Exchange National Bank Pay to Denton Mill

Description: Check from Exchange National Bank to Denton Mill & Co. for 8.34 dollars on October 22, 1891. The note above the amount says, "for J. W. Jagoe wheat account." The check is signed by Jagoe & Ponder. In 1892, W. A. Ponder was Vice President of the Exchange National Bank.
Date: October 22, 1891
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Denton Public Library

Texas Methodist Historical Quarterly, Volume 2, Number 2, October 1910

Description: Issue of the Texas Methodist Historical Quarterly which contains articles discussing the association's activities, biographical sketches, and historical essays. Contents of this issue:History of the Texas Conference; Rev. William Monk; History of North Texas Conference; J. W. Addison; History of Northwest Texas Conference Resumed; Sketch of Rev. John W. Fields; Chauncey Richardson; The Texas Mission; The Old Pitts Family; Old Seguin Church.
Date: October 1910
Creator: Cody, C. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Denton Public Library

Texas Methodist Historical Quarterly, Volume 2, Number 3, January 1911

Description: Issue of the Texas Methodist Historical Quarterly which contains articles discussing the association's activities, biographical sketches, and historical essays. Contents of this issue:History of Texas Conference; Old Seguin Church; Some Burial Places; The Disturbance in Texas; Soule University.
Date: January 1911
Creator: Cody, C. C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Index to map of Texas: Clason's commercial index of Texas cities and towns, gives population, county, railroads, altitude, description, post offices, garages and hotels]

Description: Book contains information about Texas including the populations of many of the cities and counties in Texas according to the 1910 Census. The locations in the booklet are keyed to correspond with Clason's Guide Map of Texas. This book is missing the cover and several pages; the original cover title read: Clason's Texas road map and railway guide. Includes indexes.
Date: 1910/1919~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: Denton Public Library

First Stewart's Creek Church

Description: Photograph of several unidentified men and a horse and buggy standing around the First Stewart's Creek Church. A photograph of the church as it appears today in Lewsiville is also included.
Date: 1963?
Creator: Denton Record-Chronicle
Item Type: Refine your search to only Clipping
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Unidentified Girl Standing on a Baluster]

Description: Snapshot of a girl standing on a baluster in front of a Victorian-style house. It is a windy day and she appears to try to keep her bow from flying off while holding a hat in her right hand. In the background, two more young women can be seen on the porch. The library has numerous photos (A-155 through A-165), all of the same size, that appear to have been removed from a scrapbook with black pages. The photos are taken all on the same front porch. The others are taken in other locations. The gi… more
Date: 1917~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Unidentified Girl Standing on a Baluster]

Description: Snapshot of a girl standing on the baluster of a Victorian-style house. She is smiling broadly and the wind is whipping the tie of her dress uniform. In the background a young woman is sitting on the porch and another is entering the house. The library has numerous photos (A-155 through A-165), all of the same size, that appear to have been removed from a scrapbook with black pages. Most are taken all on the same front porch. The others are taken in various locations. The girls appear to be hig… more
Date: 1917~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

Early Memories and Facts

Description: Early reminiscences of Lloyd in Denton County, Texas. The article contains information about a mill, general store, T. Bates, and an old pottery shop. A photograph of a methodist church building in a cemetery near Lloyd is also included.
Date: unknown
Creator: Jagoe, J.W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Making Neighbors of the People of the Dallas and Denton Counties and the Towns of Denton, Garza, Lewisville, Carrollton, Farmers Branch and Dallas]

Description: This pamphlet book contains a brief history of the Dallas-Terrell line and then an explanation of the Dallas-Denton line of the Texas Interurban Railway. This is followed by a two-page spread consisting of a photograph and a brief sketch (each) for Dallas, Farmers Branch, Carrollton, Lewisville, Garza, and Denton. Letters of congratulations from Terrell, Forney, and Mesquite, Texas. A small map of the Texas Interurban Railway and the schedule and connections.
Date: 1925~
Creator: Texas Interurban Railway
Item Type: Refine your search to only Pamphlet
Partner: Denton Public Library

Naomi Haren, Ginny, Loma Jones, and Gladys Bates in Car

Description: Four girls, Naomi Haren, Ginny (last name unknown), Loma Jones, and Gladys Bates are pictured in what looks like a 1914 Dodge Touring car. In the background is a field with trees. Both Loma Jones and Gladys Bates were centers on the Denton High School girls basketball team from 1916-1917 and were also in Campfire Girls together. The girl in the drivers seat and the girl at the end of the car on the right are both holding noisemakers. We could presume that they were on their way to a celebration… more
Date: 1916~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

1921 Lewisville High School Football Team

Description: 1921 Lewisville High School football team coach, Lee Preston, is pictured with thirteen mostly unidentified members in front of the school building. The players are lined up in three rows: the first row is one member sitting Indian-style on the ground, row two has six members sitting up on both knees, and the back row consists of six players standing. Coach Preston is standing fourth from the left in the back row. The only identified team member is Sulton John Boyd, who is on the back row, seco… more
Date: 1921~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

[1921-22 Lewisville High School basketball team]

Description: 1921-22 Lewisville High School basketball team coach, Lee Preston, is pictured with six team members in uniforms on steps in front of a brick building. The team members are arranged in an inverted V with Coach Preston at the apex. On the top right, to Coach Preston's left, is Sulton John Boyd who went on to play football at North Texas State University.
Date: 1921~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Denton Public Library

[Court of Claims, Indian Depredations, No. 6640 Evidence for Claimant]

Description: Booklet containing evidence for claimant for the Court of Claims case William C. Wright v. The United States and Kiowa and Comanche Indians, or Indian Depredations, No. 6640. The document includes depositions of William C. Wright, Allen Simpson, Daniel Bromley, Isaac D. Ferguson, John W. Gober, Robert H. Hopkins, John Skaggs, Austin Popinaw, Matthew Gray, John Hudson, and Lock S. Forester.
Date: 1898
Item Type: Refine your search to only Legal Document
Partner: Denton Public Library
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