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John B. Denton : the bigger-than-life story of the fighting parson and Texas Ranger
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John B. Denton : the bigger-than-life story of the fighting parson and Texas Ranger / by Mike Cochran.
ISBN
9781574418408
1574418408
9781574418507
Publication
Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2021]
Physical Description
xi, 243 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Summary
"Denton County and the City of Denton are named for pioneer preacher, lawyer, and Indian fighter John B. Denton, but little has been known about him. He was an orphan in frontier Arkansas who became a circuit-riding Methodist preacher and an important member of a movement of early settlers bringing civilization to North Texas. After becoming a ranger on the frontier, he ultimately was killed in the Tarrant Expedition, a Texas Ranger raid on a series of villages inhabited by various Caddoan and other tribes near Village Creek on May 24, 1841. Denton's true story has been lost or obscured by the persistent mythologizing by publicists for Texas, especially by pulp western writer Alfred W. Arrington. Cochran separates the truth from the myth in this meticulous biography, which also contains a detailed discussion of the controversy surrounding the burial of John B. Denton and offers some alternative scenarios for what happened to his body after his death on the frontier"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Cochran, Mike, 1949- John B. Denton. Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, 2021
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 07, 2022
Series
Number 6 in the Texas local series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The Obscure Early Life of John B. Denton
The Dentons Move to Arkansas
The Call to Preach
The State of the Church in Texas
Littleton Fowler, John B. Denton, and Texas Methodism
Settling in the Sulphur Forks
Clarksville: The Gateway to Texas
Conflict with Native Americans
The Texas Rangers: Defending the Frontier
The Cherokee War
John B. Denton: Lawyer and Family Man
The Regulator-Moderator War and the Election of 1840
Indian Conflicts in Northeast Texas
The Ripley Massacre and the Tarrant Expedition
The Battle of Village Creek
Aftermath of the Battle and the Creation of Denton County
John B. Denton's Will and Estate
Honoring John B. Denton
Rev. William H. Allen's Report on Denton's Bones
The Reburial of a Hero
The Martyrdom of John B. Denton
Who Is Buried in Denton's Tomb?
An Alternate Explanation for the Denton Bones
Art Imitating Life: Alfred W. Arrington
Pulp Westerner
Rev. Paul Denton and the "Apostrophe to Water"
John Denton and the Murder Trial of Mary Denton
John B. Denton's Legacy
Afterword
Appendix 1: Alfred W. Arrington: Preacher, Poet, Lawyer, Scoundrel
Appendix 2: Tarrant Expedition Muster Roll.
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