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Photograph by <a title="Renelibrary." href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denison,_Texas#/media/File:DenisonTexas1.jpg">Renelibrary.</a> </div> </div> </div>   <div class="col-6"> <div id="slot-id-handbook-entry-show-denison-promo-id-224" class="slot slot-handbook-entry-show bg-gradient-light-grey">  <figure class="promo promo-type-figure " id="convert-promo--promo-id-224"> <a href="https://www.legacyoftexas.com/product/map-of-grayson-county" class=""> <img style="" src="https://www.texasalmanac.com/images/promos/map-of-grayson-county-29909.jpg" alt="Product photo" class="d-block mx-auto" > </a> <figcaption class="mt-2 text-center "> <strong>Promotion</strong>: Nearby <a href="https://www.legacyoftexas.com/product/map-of-grayson-county">Map of Grayson County</a> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div>  <div class="col-6"> <figure class="text-center mx-auto" style="max-width: ;"> <a href="https://www.legacyoftexas.com/product/texas-almanac-2024-2025" class=""> <img src="https://www.texasalmanac.com/images/promos/texas-almanac-2024-2025-32161.jpg" alt="Product photo" class="img-fluid"> </a> <figcaption class="mt-2 text-center "> <p><a href="https://www.legacyoftexas.com/product/texas-almanac-2024-2025">Get your copy today!</a></p> </figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="col-12 col-md-6 col-xl-4">  <div class="bg-white px-0"> <div class="handbook-entry reading-width-plus px-sm-3 pt-sm-3 pb-sm-3 pt-2xl-0 mb-3 mb-sm-4 ml-md-4 mr-md-0 mx-xl-auto"> <div class="" id="read-more-content-handbook-body"> <div class=""> <div class="handbook-entry-response-body has-dropcap"> <p>Denison is on U.S. highways 75 and 69 seven miles north of Sherman in northeastern Grayson County. In the early 1870s William Benjamin Munson, Sr., and R. S. Stevens bought land in the area and prepared for the arrival of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad (the Katy). The townsite was laid out in the summer of 1872 and named for the vice president of the Katy, George Denison. The first train arrived on Christmas Eve. The town had over 3,000 residents by the summer of 1873, when it incorporated. Although Main Street appeared to be an orderly collection of businesses, the surrounding area consisted of a tent city, inhabited by bars, gambling halls, and houses of prostitution.</p> <p>On February 6, 1873, Denison established the first free public school in Texas. The first Denison Independent Order of Odd Fellows was organized on February 19, 1873. Denison had the first women's club in Texas; the XXI club began in 1876. In 1886 a post office opened, and in 1889 the town had 5,000 residents. During the next ten years Denison established itself as a retail and shipping point for North Texas. In addition to the tracks of the MKT, the town also became a stop on the St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas and the Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf railroads. Five additional rail lines that connected Denison with other communities in North Texas were chartered between the late 1870s and 1900, including the first interurban electric line between Denison and Sherman in 1896. By the end of the 1870s local businesses included two cotton compresses, a large flour mill, and a slaughterhouse capable of handling 700 cattle a day. In 1884 the town had an opera house that seated 1,200. In 1889 the Denison <em>Herald</em> began publication. During the twentieth century industrial and manufacturing plants provided a diversified economic base for the community. Electronic parts, clothes, furniture, and a variety of plastic goods are among the products manufactured in Denison.</p> </div> <div class="small d-flex justify-content-between align-items-baseline"> <a href="https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/denison-tx"> <span class=""> Continue Reading </span>  <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="11" height="11" fill="currentColor" class="bi bi-box-arrow-up-right" viewBox="0 0 16 16"> <path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M8.636 3.5a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H1.5A1.5 1.5 0 0 0 0 4.5v10A1.5 1.5 0 0 0 1.5 16h10a1.5 1.5 0 0 0 1.5-1.5V7.864a.5.5 0 0 0-1 0V14.5a.5.5 0 0 1-.5.5h-10a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5v-10a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h6.636a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5z"/> <path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M16 .5a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5h-5a.5.5 0 0 0 0 1h3.793L6.146 9.146a.5.5 0 1 0 .708.708L15 1.707V5.5a.5.5 0 0 0 1 0v-5z"/> </svg> </a> <p> David Minor | © <a href="https://www.tshaonline.org"><abbr title="Texas State Historical Association">TSHA</abbr></a> </p> </div> <div class="bg-light-grey px-3 pt-3 pb-2 mb-0"> <a href="https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/denison-tx" class="d-block my-4 pr-3 mx-auto" style="max-width: 380px;"> <img src="https://www.texasalmanac.com/images/logo-handbook-of-texas.png" alt="Handbook of Texas Logo" class="img-fluid"> </a> <p> Adapted from the official <a class="font-italic" href="https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/denison-tx">Handbook of Texas</a>, a state encyclopedia developed by <a href="https://www.tshaonline.org">Texas State Historical Association</a> (TSHA). 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