until the deal was closed.
The town was laid out and lots went up for sale on September
23, 1872. . . and Denison was born.

Residents of Red River City moved to the new townsite and began to
entice the Houston and Texas Central to their new town. The
two railroads raced their building operations toward the new town of
Denison, Texas. The Missouri, Kansas and Texas brought the
first train on Christmas Eve, 1872. The Houston and Texas
Central arrived in early 1873.Sokaku Takeda was one of the outstanding figures of 20th century Japanese martial arts. For over fifty years he taught his art of Daito-ryu aikijujutsu to nearly thirty thousand students, including Aikido Founder Morihei Ueshiba. Today, Daito-ryu is perhaps the best known of the Japanese jujutsu styles, but there has been surprisingly little information in print in any language on this fascinating and complex art. Daito-ryu aikijujutsu: Conversations with Daito-ryu Masters is the first book in English to explore the life of Takeda, the history of his art, and the techniques that are practiced in Daito-ryu today.

“These records provide convincing evidence of the extent of Takeda’s influence in prewar martial arts circles and the prominent social standing of many of his students.”

Sokaku Takeda was one of the outstanding