Often people are quite surprised to learn just how far back Pottsboro’s history actually goes. Local lands originally roamed by Native Americans were eventually settled via the establishment of the north/south Shawnee Trail, which also became one of the great cattle-drive trails between Texas, Missouri and Kansas. Our modern day Highway 289 roughly follows this original route. We’d like to share just a bit more of our colorful history with these interesting facts:
U.S. Air Defense Command’s only F -102 training base was established at Perrin and held the world’s largest fleet of F-102 jets. The Air Defense Command’s Life Support School was opened on Lake Texoma and among the thousands of
Students from the area’s beautiful and historic Austin College (est. 1876) excavated a huge prehistoric mammoth near Flowing Wells on Lake Texoma, and were able to recover 50% of the giant skeleton.
The City of Pottsboro and the Pottsboro Area Chamber of Commerce worked together to establish Pottsboro’s first official Tourist Information Office.
Community members and regional partners gathered to participate in a Destination by Design event to document the vision for Pottsboro in 2026.This is an ongoing project with three active work groups; Land Use, Quality of Life and Funding.
The City of Pottsboro, the Pottsboro Area Chamber of Commerce and the Pottsboro Community Development Corporation worked together to develop a new city tag line and logo. The new logo and tag line now appear on stationery, signs, flags and various new marketing and promotional materials.
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Signing roundup: Pottsboro, Gunter, BR pl ...
After jumping into the middle of the Cardinals' district...
Pottsboro Council denies Family Dollar ...
“I would hate to say 'We're going to limit sales..."
Lake Texoma for two kinds of cats
Lake Texoma guide Larry Sparks, owner of Sparky's...