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| Date | Year | Event |
| 14-Jul | 1910 | J.D. McNutt and Almetta Denton were married. |
| 27-May | 1911 | Concrete piers for the 15 Mile bridge were completed this week by Contractor Denton. |
| 11-Jan | 1912 | Jas. Denton, brother of I.J. Denton has made arrangements to open a pool hall in the Worland Hotel. |
| 2-May | 1912 | I.J. Denton has erected a building north of town to be used to manufacture cement blocks. |
| 11-Jul | 1912 | Obit - Miss Pauline Denton, age 16, daughter of M/M A.J. Denton |
| 1-Aug | 1912 | The moving of the old buildings of the First National Bank, Geo. W. Herard, and Worland Mercantile shows conclusively that the plans for construction will be carried out. I.J. Denton surveyed the lot lines for the new buildings last week. |
| 6-Mar | 1913 | Marriage - Jim Denton to Agnes Rae of Gebo |
| 11-Sep | 1914 | Marriages - Faun McClure and Gladys Denton; Guy E. Woodrow and Hulda C. Shau (Shaw?) |
| 7-Jul | 1916 | Marriages - Golda Lee Denton andElza D. Palmer; Claire Buckmaster and Edward J Bull |
| 6-Dec | 1917 | Gosney and Loper are building a new house in the northwest section for Mr. Denton who works for the sugar co. |
| 4-Sep | 1919 | Jimmie Denton has his garage completed in Charley George’s old stand. |
| 9-Oct | 1919 | W.A. Denton has purchased the Peterson Co. store. Ad - choice line of groceries, dry goods and notions, your eggs and butter will be taken as cash payment for anything in the store. |
| 15-Jan | 1920 | P.F. McClure has purchased a half interest in the Denton Garage with Jim Denton. |
| 19-Feb | 1920 | Obit - William C. Denton, age 68 |
| 1-Apr | 1920 | Ad - Denton Garage Co. |
| 17-Jun | 1920 | Obit - James Denton, age 32, typhoid |
| 21-Apr | 1921 | Abe Denton is breaking the ground for a new house on Robertson Ave. North of the German church. |
| 25-Aug | 1921 | Charley George took over the Denton Garage and will carry on the business.Al Chenowith will manage the mechanical end for Mr. George. |
| 28-Feb | 1924 | Ad - Denton's Hat Making Day - letMrs. Klein instruct you free of charge in making your new spring hat. Frames 40c , Flowers 15c. |
| 5-Feb | 1925 | W. A. Denton purchased the interests of C. W. Sturgeon in the Howell Stores and plans on moving all the dry goods into the building he now occupies and have his stock of groceries in the Howell building. |
| 30-Jul | 1925 | W. A. Denton will move his stock into the building Fred Veile moved out of. |
| 8-Jul | 1926 | Sawyer Store opens Saturday in building formerly occupied by W. A. Denton, Inc. |
| 23-Dec | 1926 | Marriage - Fern Bushong and Alton B. Denton. |
| 17-Mar | 1927 | Alton Denton has taken over the agency for the Chevrolet car and has rented the building located between the Worland Furniture Co. and the new Grit building for a display room. (Washakie Auto Co.) |
| 27-Oct | 1927 | W. A. Denton purchased the business building now occupied by the Second Hand store from Worland Vulcanizing Co. Carpenters are busy extending the building back towards the alley. |
| 12-Jan | 1928 | Work on the new Denton Building is progressing and the brick will be built up to match that of the Golden Rule. |
| 16-Feb | 1928 | W. A. Denton is now located in his new store in the Grit Block and is ready to serve you. |
| 15-Mar | 1928 | Kay’s Basket Store has moved to the West room of the building formerly occupied by W.A. Denton. |
| 5-Apr | 1928 | The Denton Chevrolet agency is now located in the Moore building just west of the Moore Brothers garage. |
| 12-Apr | 1928 | Nash Pharmacy moves to its new location in the East half of the building formerly occupied by Denton’s Store. |
| 10-May | 1928 | Alton Denton has purchased the A & W Root Beer Stand from Mrs. Thomas Heath. |
| 13-Sep | 1928 | Article - Worland men buy new Eaglerock plane. Alton Denton and D.T. Cotner have completed work on a new landing field just east of town. Denton and Cotner are the first owners of a plane in Washakie Co. |
| 18-Oct | 1928 | Alton Denton and his pilot leave today in their plane for Montana where they plan on joining a number of other ships and tour the state doing exhibition stunts. |
| 15-Nov | 1928 | The Denton Chevrolet received a carload of new Studebaker and Erskine automobiles this week. |
| 17-Jan | 1929 | The business operated by W.A. Denton as Denton Chevrolet Co. will become the Big Horn Chevrolet Co. and be incorporated. R.J. Rongstad and H. W. Bangsberg will add to the capital making one of the strongest agencies in the region. |
| 10-Oct | 1929 | Work was started on a new building for Mrs. W. A. Denton on the lot east of Good’s Plumbing Shop. It is to be constructed of brick with a front of dark brick. |
| 12-Dec | 1929 | W.A. Denton is busy moving the dry goods from their grocery department to their new building this week. |
| 17-Jul | 1930 | Big Horn Chevrolet Co. reorganized.Earl T. Bower, pres., W.A. Denton, V-P, Jesse Burris, Sec’y-Treas. Mr. Bangsberg who has been at the head of the firm is retiring and Mr. Bower will be actively in charge of operations. |
| 4-Sep | 1930 | E.E. Beck will take charge of Denton’s Dry Goods Store. |
| 2-Oct | 1930 | Work was started on an addition to the Denton Grocery Store. The addition will bring to store to the alley. |
| 18-Dec | 1930 | Marriages - Rhoda Marie Denton and George C. Easton, Mary Batt and Godfrey Delos, Catherine Gordon and Walter Ansell. |
| 7-May | 1931 | Donald Street purchased the A&W Root Beer stand from Alton Denton and the establishment was opened today. |
| 29-Oct | 1931 | The grocery store of W. A. Denton has been undergoing a complete rearrangement with the view of having the stock in such a position as to enable customers to wait on themselves. |
| 26-Nov | 1931 | Article - Denton’s Dry Goods Store sold to the Golden Rule chain. Also large ad with close out prices, example - Levis overalls $1.39, Ladies flannelette night gown 79c. |
| 14-Jul | 1932 | Alton Denton takes over the Standard Oil agency succeeding A.J. Bell |
| 20-Oct | 1932 | Article - The oil cracking plant recently erected south of town by Alton Denton and Harold Willis for the manufacture of motor fuel was opened yesterday. |
| 20-Jul | 1933 | Ad - Dentons IGA Food Store. |
| 22-Mar | 1934 | Ad - One year ago we opened our IGA Store - W.A. Denton Inc. |
| 31-Jan | 1935 | Alton Denton announces he has taken the agency for Hudson and Terraplane Essex cars. He will have his cars serviced at the Worland Auto Service owned by Wayne Valeu. |
| 21-Mar | 1935 | Diercks, Carl 1005 J; Denton, W.A. groceries 710 H; Denton W.A. 1009 J; Farmers State Bank 644 H; Fitzmaurice, Ralph 700 I; Johnston, Mrs W. 1100 I; Morgan, Noel 1010 12th; Mountain States Power Co. 721 H; Murray Drug Co. 725 H; Moore, A.J. 1112 I; Paris, H.B. 1121 I; Read and Anderson 718 H; Russell, R. 908 J, Russell Hardware 537 H; Phil Schaff 817 K; Stockgrowers 700 H; Grit 724 H; Worland Vulcanizing 712-714 H; Worland Furniture 716 H; Worland Variety 720 H; Worland Garage 832-846 H; Wright, Jean 1101 I. |