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Cities in Denton County, Texas

  • Fort Worth, TexasOn the 6th of June 1849, Major Ripley A. Arnold established a camp on the bank of the Trinity River and named it Camp Worth in honor of General William…
  • Denton, TexasOn the 8th of July 1860, approximately half of the downtown Square burned down in what was later called the Texas Troubles.
  • Frisco, TexasIn 1902, a line of the St. Louis, San Francisco Railway began construction through North Texas. Steam locomotives required periodic watering stops along this…
  • DallasJohn Neely Bryan planted a wooden stake on a bluff near three forks of the Trinity River in 1839. He returned two years later to establish a permanent…