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Old Alton Bridge, also known as Goatman's Bridge, is a historic iron truss bridge connecting the Texas cities of Denton and Copper Canyon.Built in 1884 by the King Iron Bridge Manufacturing Company, it originally carried horses and later automobiles over Hickory Creek at a location that once was a popular ford for crossing cattle.
Alton is a ghost town in Denton County, Texas. Its site is mostly surrounded by the towns of Corinth, Argyle, Copper Canyon and Lantana, running along Hickory Creek at Old Alton Road and East Hickory Hill Road. Along with Elizabethtown, Drop, and Stony, it is one of the four ghost towns of Denton County.
Location of Denton County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Denton County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Denton County, Texas. There are four districts and 13 individual properties listed on the National ...
Many believe that the Alton Bridge belongs to a demon named the 'Goatman' (the bridge is also commonly referred to as 'The Goatman's Bridge') whom is said to reside on the bridge, however after an encounter in 2017, to which the 'Goatman' did not retaliate, the bridge ownership has now rightfully shifted to Shane Madej and Ryan Bergara.
Castleberry was born in 1929 in Denton, Texas to parents Claude and Isla Castleberry. [1] His father, Claude served on the city council of Denton from 1929 to 1930 and again in the 1950s. [ 2 ] Previous to winning the lottery Castleberry worked in sales and was planning to retire at the age of 62 before winning the sweepstakes at age 59.
Sometimes the prewritten obituary's subject outlives its author. One example is The New York Times' obituary of Taylor, written by the newspaper's theater critic Mel Gussow, who died in 2005. [7] The 2023 obituary of Henry Kissinger featured reporting by Michael T. Kaufman, who died almost 14 years earlier in 2010. [8]
In 1875, a group of 27 formerly enslaved families from the White Rock area of Dallas arrived in Denton. They purchased land south of the Denton town square, within the Denton city limits, to create a new settlement they called Freedman Town. [2] In 1878, Denton’s first school for Black children opened, the Fred Douglass School.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places entries in Columbus, Ohio, United States.The National Register is a federal register for buildings, structures, and sites of historic significance.