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This is a map of the newly proposed City Park in Denton, Texas. The map was drawn by C. F. Ballard; if you enlarge the image, you can see that it is printed on fabric. The engineer was H. T. Brewster. <br /> There are two creeks, named Cottonwood and Pecan, which flow across the park. There are spots for a tennis court, the Women's Club building, a play field, an "island", a municipal bathing pool with changing rooms, a children's playground, and a wading pool.

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In this photo with caption that appeared in the Denton Record-Chronicle: "Park and Recreation Director Leonard Ehrler points out the proposed Community Building on a scale model of the Denton Civic Center. The Community Building is Ehrler's next big project after the olympic-sized swimming pool in upper right-hand corner of scale model is completed this May (1965).
In this photo with caption that appeared in the Denton Record-Chronicle: "Park and Recreation Director Leonard Ehrler points out the proposed Community Building on a scale model of the Denton Civic Center. The Community Building is Ehrler's next big…

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Tommye Noel mural of Denton County cattle brands.
There is a long story about how this map came to be.In 1936, Sena Mounts Wright drew this map based on drawings by a local surveyor, In celebration of the new Denton City-County Public Library, a mural was commissioned by the Parent-Teacher…

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