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  Denison Texas Travel Denison History Denison Hotels Motels.
Denison's main road, Highway 75, was bypassed in the mid-90's and therefore the downtown area isn't what it used to be.
Goods from the seaport at Galveston could be carried to St. Louis through Denison, and grain and beef from Kansas and other points north could finally make their way to Texas and the rest of the southwest via the Katy Lines.
Sherman is about 25 miles west of Bonham, and its "twin city" to the north, Denison, is gateway to the Denison Dam which forms Lake Texoma, one of the largest man-made lakes.
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  Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Denison,   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Denison Dam DENISON DAM [Denison Dam] 17,200 ft (5,243 m) long, on the Red River along the Texas-Okla. border, NW of Denison, Tex. The dam, built by the U.S. Corps of Engineers for flood control and hydroelectric power, was completed in 1944 and impounds Lake Texoma (227 sq mi/588 sq km), one of the largest
Denison Univ. (B.A., 1890; D.D., 1928) and Univ. of Chicago (B.D., 1897; Ph.D., 1898).
Flowing from mountains to the W coast, its main tributaries are the Franklin and Denison from the N, and Serpentine and Olga to the S. In the 1980s it was the site of controversial proposals to develop hydroelectricity.
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 Stripers Galore Lake Texoma Striper Fishing Guide
We fished at the Denison Dam in 74' of water using live shad.
We have been fishing from the Denison Dam to the Cross in 15' - 65' of water using live shad.
We have been fishing from the East Ledge of Table Top, Mac Creek, Denison Dam, Solder Creek to the Cross in 18' to 58' of water using live shad.
www.catchstripers.com /fishreport.html   (3867 words)

  
 St. Luke's Episcopal Church - Denison, TX
Denison rapidly became a ribald Texas frontier town composed of cowboys, gambling dens, and saloons, the latter of which grew up around the bustling railroad yards that specialized in the packing and shipping of cattle.
The church in Denison, although unaffiliated with a Diocese, was functioning as a Parish, owned real property, and was in the process of building its sanctuary by virtue of the legal existence provided by its civil articles of association.
Denison, although on the northern periphery of development, attracted food processing plants, various light manufacturing operations, and regional health care facilities, all of which became important to the local economy.
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 General Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The drainage area of 3,400 square miles above the dam site is approximately 91 percent of the drainage area of the Sulphur River above the Red River and approximately 12 percent of the drainage area below Denison Dam, excluding the Ouchita-Black River Basin.
The crown of the dam is a roadway.
The Dam is located in Bowie and Cass Counties and the lake extends throughout portions of Bowie, Cass, Morris, Titus, and Red River Counties.
www.swf-wc.usace.army.mil /wrightpatman/General_Information.htm   (865 words)

  
 Guy Willis Denison, TX
Denison, Texas was founded on September 23, 1872 when the first plots of land were sold.
Denison claims to be the birthplace of the ice cream soda.
Denison, in Grayson County, boasts what may be the only public monument in Texas erected in honor of saloon-keeper.
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 Student researcher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
I contacted the Army Corps of Engineers office at Denison Dam, where one of the rangers has an interest in POW activity and its relation to the dam.
Walker includes mention of the construction of Denison Dam and the prisoners situated there, whom he notes came from the base camp Howze, located just outside of Gainesville Texas.
This was pertinent information because I now had a network of camps that comprised the Denison camp and therefore I would not have difficulty establishing a direct connection between the prisoners there and the greater majority of prisoners elsewhere.
artemis.austincollege.edu /acad/cml/pduffey/mellon/nickfullrep.htm   (2501 words)

  
 Sue Linder-Linsley, Eisenhower Birthplace, Anthropology
The project area is on the USGS 7.5' Sherman and Denison Dam quadrangles.
Denison acquired the remaining 80 acres of the Roland survey from William and Mary Stovall who had purchased the land earlier.
Denison was an important trade center which had railroad heads connecting to St. Louis and to Houston.
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 Denison
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 KXII | Car Drives Off Denison Dam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
05-27-04 - A Denison man is in the hospital after he drove off the Denison Dam early Thursday morning.
Roger King was flown by Lifestar to Parkland Hospital in Dallas in serious condition.
King was not wearing his seatbelt and was thrown 40 feet from the vehicle.
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 TPWD: An Analysis of Texas Waterways (PWD RP T3200-1047) -- Pine Island Bayou, Red River and Sabine River
In the summer months, Denison Dam usually releases water for power generation on the weekends.
The river is most feasible for recreational use when the crest of the water release from the dam is caught.
The river below the dam is scenic, but also is extremely narrow, rendering overhanging branches and log jams as a problem to recreationists.
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Correspondence re: opposition to the proposed dam on Barnett (Barnitz) Creek.
Correspondence re: favor for the construction of dams on the Rio Grande for irrigation purposes.
Correspondence re: Dardanelle Dam, Arkansas; Braden's Bend, Oklahoma; Osage River, Missouri and Kansas; Elk River Dam, Kansas; Neodesha Dam, Kansas; Toronto Dam, Kansas; Neosho River, Kansas.
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 Denison Dam
Denison Dam, 17,200 ft (5,243 m) long, on the Red River along the Texas–Okla. border, NW of Denison, Tex. The dam, built by the U.S. Corps of Engineers for flood control and hydroelectric power, was completed in 1944 and impounds
The lake is a major recreation area and has two national wildlife refuges along its shores.
Lake Texoma - Texoma, Lake: see Denison Dam.
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 Alcohol and Drug Education Homepage - Denison University
Alcohol and Drug Education Homepage - Denison University
To educating and empowering the Denison University community on health related issues such as alcohol abuse, HIV/AIDS awareness, sex education, eating disorders, aquaintance rape, exercise / nutrition and recreation.
Through the implementation of sustained education and proactive prevention activities, the office of Alcohol, Drug and Health Education intends to empower the DU community to develop responsible:
www.denison.edu /oade/hiking.html   (210 words)

  
 LASR - Kaw Lake - Oklahoma
The Denison Dam and Powerplant, the first hydroelectric power installation in the Tulsa district, produces a major block of electric energy into the Texas and Oklahoma transmission systems.
To fish the Red River below Denison Dam, however, requires a state license from the appropriate state.
The 405-acre Eisenhower State Park, located a mile west of the south end of Denison Dam, has a large marina and one of the finest camping and public use parks in Texas.
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 Handbook of Texas Online:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
It spreads over 89,000 acres and is protected by Denison Dam, five miles northwest of Denison, Texas.
The dam is an earth embankment of rolled-fill type, 15,350 feet long and 165 feet high.
The lake and dam have 1,250 miles of shoreline and protect 1,127,000 acres of land.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/LL/rol77.html   (422 words)

  
 Lake Texoma Information
Located on the Red River, 726 miles from its confluence with the Mississippi River in Louisiana, Denison Dam and Lake Texoma are situated a short distance northeast of Denison, Texas.
The dam is over 15,200 feet long and rises 165 feet over the stream bed.
Fulfilling a multipurpose role, the dam and lake provide flood control, water supply, hydroelectric power, improvement of navigation, and recreational benefits.
www.texomabandb.com /lake.html   (264 words)

  
 National Fish Hatcheries Improve Paddlefish Populations
Because of habitat loss, excessive commercial harvest for roe, and dams halting migration to spawning habitat, paddlefish populations made steep declines in the 20th century.
National fish hatchery biologists, with the help of the states and the Service’s Fishery Resources Offices and Fish Health Centers, spawn wild fish, rear them at the hatcheries, and then stock the young back into their parental waters.
Unimpeded by dams, they move upwards of 200 miles over the course of a month to find the right habitat.
www.nativefish.org /articles/Paddlefis.php   (1111 words)

  
 Proceedings of the Oklahoma Academy of Science
Two dams are present on Mill Creek that are capable of preventing the upstream movement of fishes.
During periods of high water this dam is capable of creating a narrow pool upstream for nearly 2 km.
Below the dam the habitat is also upland for approximately 2 km, before changing to the lowland habitat for the remaining 2.8 km until the confluence with the Washita River.
digital.library.okstate.edu /oas/oas_htm_files/v57/p1_11.html   (3672 words)

  
 Cumberland Cove Resort Attractions
This structure has been preserved to interpret the past of the Chickasaws and their successful attempts to carve a new home out of the wilderness.
Denison Dam Powerhouse: A must stop for Texoma Visitors.
Guided tours feature many exhibits of fossils found during construction of the dam.
www.cumberlandcoveresort.com /attractions.htm   (125 words)

  
 OSCN Found Document:DRIVER v. STATE
Stone crawled to his show case and observed a white Ford pickup leaving his place of business, and driving over the Denison Dam.
¶3 Officer Sossamon, Denison, Texas Police Department, testified that he received a radio report of an armed robbery involving two white males driving a white 1952 or 1953 Ford pickup, and that at approximately 10:50 o'clock p.m.
They were placed under arrest and taken to the Denison Police Station, wherein $29.20 was found upon the person of the defendant.
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 AllRefer.com - Denison, United States (U.S. Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
President Dwight D. Eisenhower was born there, and his birthplace is open to visitors.
Lake Texoma, north of the city, is impounded on the Red River by the huge Denison Dam.
A state park is at the lake, and a wildlife refuge is in the area.
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 Printable Version
Participants of the tour had a chance to see and learn about painted buntings, indigo buntings, blue grosbeaks, orchard orioles, eastern and western kingbirds and more.
At the dam, the participants were looking to see Baltimore orioles and warbling vireos, since both species nest regularly below the dam.
There was a chance to see a large cliff swallow colony on the intake structure of the dam, as late April is the time for hundreds of these birds to be hatching eggs.
www.herald-democrat.com /articles/2005/04/22/local_news/iq_1814576.prt   (716 words)

  
 Lake Maps
Located on the Red River between Oklahoma and Texas, Lake Texoma serves the surrounding region as a source of hydroelectricity, irrigation, and recreation.
Industries in Denison include textile mills, garment factories, and agricultural processing plants for peanuts, grapes, pecans, and cotton.
Ten miles (16 kilometers) south of Denison (observable near the southeast corner of the photograph) is the small city of Sherman,
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 Untitled Document
Denison’s nicknames, “The Infant Wonder”, The Gateway City”, and “The Katy’s Baby” each accurately describe a vibrant, historically rich community
was incorporated on March 7, 1873 by an act of the Texas Legislature and was named for a wealthy Vice President George Denison.
The tallest building in Texas in the 1890’s was in Denison.
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 STATE HIGHWAY NO. 75-A   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
From Denison to the southern boundary of the Federal Government Property approximately 2.8 miles.
From FM 84 at Morton St and Tone Ave at Denison to the southern boundary of the Federal Government property approximately 3.3 miles.
From US 75, south of Denison, northerly via Armstrong Avenue, Main Street, Tone Ave and Washington St to the Texas/Oklahoma State Line on the Denison Dam, a distance of approximately 8.5 miles.
www.dot.state.tx.us /tpp/hwy/sh/sh0075a.htm   (174 words)

  
 Committee Reports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The solution developed by the Corps of Engineers is the construction of a new lock and dam near the confluence of the White River entrance channel with the Mississippi River.
The Corps of Engineers is urged to proceed expeditiously on this matter and to continue design of the Prado Dam work in fiscal year 1998 so that it can proceed to construction by fiscal year 1999.
The additional funds are available for the acquisition of mitigation lands, the construction of recreation features at Locks and Dams 3, 4, and 5, and the construction of dikes and capouts along the waterway.
www.congress.gov /cgi-bin/cpquery?&dbname=cp105&&r_n=hr190.105&sel=TOC_49947&   (3481 words)

  
 Fishing Lake Texoma
A cousin of the white bass, striped bass were first stocked in Lake Texoma by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation in 1965.
While largemouth and spotted bass are found lakewide, smallmouths are mostly limited to the bluffs around Eisenhower State Park, Denison Dam and up the Washita River arm to the Willow Springs area.
Try free-line, live threadfin shad off the rip-rap at the dam for smallmouths, or fish at night by the bluffs near Eisenhower State Park.
www.tpwd.state.tx.us /fishboat/fish/recreational/lakes/texoma   (953 words)

  
 Cedar Bayou - Lake Texoma - Lake Texoma Info
Location: On the Red River at river mile 725.9, 5 miles northwest of Denison in Grayson County, Texas.
Capacity of the outlet works is 67,500 cfs at the top of the flood control pool and 60,120 cfs at the top of the power pool.
The total volume of inflow for the 1957 flood was 8,364,000 acre-feet.
www.cedarbayou.com /lake_texoma_info.asp   (492 words)

  
 Denison,Texas
Five miles south of the Red River, Denison is the gateway to Texas and popular Lake Texoma.
short, informative tours of Denison Dam powerhouse; exhibit of fossils unearthed during construction of the dam that impounds Lake Texoma.
At southwest edge of Denison, Loy Park/ Frontier Village exit 67, U.S. 75 at Loy Lake Road.
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 Inn of Many Faces, Victorian B&B - Denison, TX
The Inn of Many Faces, Victorian B&B, located in Denison, Texas, is one-quarter mile from the downtown area, featuring art galleries, antique shops, historic sites and fine dining.
Eisenhower State Park and Denison Dam are approximately eight miles from the inn.
This three-story Queen Anne, built in 1897 and renovated in 1998, is set on two wooded acres of towering pecan trees.
www.hotels.com /property.do?mtnHotelID=352585   (335 words)

  
 Denison Mines :: Disclosure Plus :: Denison Environmental Services
, is a division of Denison Mines Inc., with expertise in the rehabilitation and monitoring of closed mined sites.  DES offers a complete decommissioning package from closure planning to final restoration.  Our goal is to lead the industry in cost effective solutions to mine closure issues. 
DES provides complete mine decommissioning services, including asset sales, demolition, hazardous materials abatement, shaft capping, tailings relocation and dam construction.  In addition, Denison offers expertise in environmental monitoring, with services ranging from ground, air and water monitoring to effluent treatment plant operation and maintenance.
DES has an extensive list of clients, including Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, BHP Billiton/Rio Algom, COGEMA Resources Inc., Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and INCO Limited.  DES recently renewed its contract for environmental monitoring and maintenance of the closed mine site of Rio Algom Ltd. at Elliot Lake.
www.denisonmines.com /content/environmental/denvserv.cfm?catid=98   (211 words)

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