Waaaay back in the day when malls were swanky and everyone wanted one or two, Denton County got its first in the form of the Golden Triangle… Read more “In The Weeds 11/20/22; Lando Calrissian, The Lone Ranger, Meadowlark Lemon, and Miss America open the Mall”
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In The Weeds, 4.14.21: Officer Susan Cunningham, Denton PD.
In the year of America’s Bicentennial, Denton hired its first female police officer. Officer Susan Cunningham began her service in June of 1976 and was featured on… Read more “In The Weeds, 4.14.21: Officer Susan Cunningham, Denton PD.”
In The Weeds 06.05.19 Hot Tub Time Machine, Denton Edition
We discovered some photos taken by Alec Williams in the mid 1980s of the Water Works Spa/hot tub rental company at 537 South Locust Street. Sounds like… Read more “In The Weeds 06.05.19 Hot Tub Time Machine, Denton Edition”
In The Weeds 4.12.19 Having Tea With History
About 30 years ago while a student, I moved into a duplex at 1204 West Mulberry St. next to HMS Art Supply and across the street from… Read more “In The Weeds 4.12.19 Having Tea With History”
Toponymy and Cartophiles. In The Weeds, 5/24/18.
Did you know that a person who is interested (obsessed? Not me…) in maps is called a “cartophile“? Did you ever wonder who or what certain streets… Read more “Toponymy and Cartophiles. In The Weeds, 5/24/18.”
In The Weeds, 2.20.18: Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship
In 1964, a group of African-American and White women formed a group to meet regularly to get to know and learn from each other. This was the… Read more “In The Weeds, 2.20.18: Denton Women’s Interracial Fellowship”
In The Weeds, 11.9. 16: Swing, Ken Lasater, Swing!
From the 1930’s to the early ’60s, Honky Tonk music in Texas, to a large degree, resembled Western Swing in its harmonies, rhythm and instrumentation. A man… Read more “In The Weeds, 11.9. 16: Swing, Ken Lasater, Swing!”
In The Weeds 5/11/16. Voertman’s Teachers College Store
Voertman’s College Store has to be one of the longest operating businesses on the same location in Denton. According to an oral history done by UNT in… Read more “In The Weeds 5/11/16. Voertman’s Teachers College Store”
In The Weeds 4.06.16: Fist Fights, Snakebites and Polygamy
We have a collection of 19th and early 20th Century newspaper articles and gleanings about Denton people and events from in and outside the county. They make… Read more “In The Weeds 4.06.16: Fist Fights, Snakebites and Polygamy”
Texas, Our Texas #1
We’re starting a new blog series featuring oddities, rarities, and interesting titles from our Texana Collection at the Emily Fowler Library. The title of it is as… Read more “Texas, Our Texas #1”