[Texas Historical Commission Marker: Pottsboro]
Description:
Photograph of the Texas Historical Commission marker for Pottsboro, Texas. Text: Caddo and Wichita Indian tribes occupied this area before Anglo settlement began in the 19th century among the early settlers was James G. Thompson, whose daughter, Sarah Virginia, married James A. Potts (1938-1905), a Confederate veteran, rancher, and land developer who moved to Grayson County in 1868. Recovering from a long construction delay caused by the Civil War, railroads began building lines through this ar…
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Date:
2011-12/2012-03
Creator:
West, Carolyn Effie
Item Type:
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Location:
33.759277 -96.669458
Partner:
Private Collection of Carolyn West