Pottsboro Area Chamber of Commerce 2022-2023

OUR RICH HISTORY

ESTABLISHED 1876 INCORPORATED 1880

1923-24 Pottsboro sustained serious damage from major fires but he citizens rebuilt and the town prospered.

1940’s The United States government constructed Perrin Army Air Field and Lake Texoma which brought additional economic benefits to the town.

1964 U.S. Air Defense Command’s only F-102 training base was established at Perrin Field and held the world’s largest fleet of F-102 jets. The Air Defense Commands Life Support School was opened on Lake Texoma and among the thousands of airmen trained there, 49 were America’s first astronauts.

1971 Perrin Air Force Base became Grayson County Airport.

1975 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.

2004 The City of Pottsboro and the Pottsboro Area Chamber of Commerce worked together to establish Pottsboro’s first official Tourist Information Office.

2007 The City of Pottsboro, the Pottsboro Area Chamber aof 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 marketing and promotional materials.

2009 The long awaited completion of the extension of SH 289 occurred when, in December, traffic was first allowed to use the new roadway between Southmayd and Pottsboro. Citizens of Dallas now have a direct travel route to the City of Pottsboro and Lake Texoma.

2012 The James G. Thompson Municipal Park, a 28 acre multi-use outdoor recreational facility, was opened to the public.

2015 Ground breaking occurred on the new 56 unit Abbington Junction apartment complex.

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