In May 1899. a letter in a Denison newspaper appeared about a "new, thriving, up-to-date town" named Pancanula, Chickasaw Nation.

Photographs of downtown Denison (Grayson County, Texas) are always so giving: fun to post, fun to research, and fun to look at!

Is this a railroad or a wagon bridge at Colbert's bridge across the Red River?

One of the most historic places in Grayson County, Texas is Waterloo Lake in Denison, fed by Sand Springs, a natural watering hole.

The most notorious brothel in Denison was Brown Front, named so because it, well, had an unpainted wooden front that was none too pretty.

The MKT made Denison a very important railroad city after the Civil War.

Draughon's Business Colleges private offered a "no-frills education without sports teams, commencement, and other distractions."

Colbert's hotel stood above his ferry, which once was replaced by a bridge in 1875 that the Red River promptly washed away.

Stone ruins near Denison, just a stone's throw from the Old Jefferson Highway, could be related to automobile travel or something else.

Lake Texoma left archaeology and the towns of Aylesworth and Woodville, among others, beneath its waters.