Sunday, March 23, 2014

Ship Wreck on The Red



The Pottsboro Senior Center will host R.C. Harmon, noted local archeologist, 
Pottsboro Library
Pottsboro Library
on Tuesday, March 25 at 11 a.m. for a special presentation of “Ship Wreck on the Red”.

The Heroine, a 140 foot long western river steamboat built in 1832 was wrecked in 1838 between Jonesborough, Texas and Fort Towson, Indian Territory. It is the oldest archaeologically recorded vessel of its type and Oklahoma’s only documented shipwreck.

All are welcome.   Advance reservations for lunch are required by 9 a.m.  Meals on Wheels of Texoma provides lunch at no charge to anyone 60 years old or over.  Please call 903-327-3728 for reservations by 9 a.m. on Tuesday or you may bring a brown bag lunch.    The Pottsboro Senior Center is located at the rear entrance of the Pottsboro Library, 104 N. Main, Pottsboro and is open on Tues., Wed. and Thurs. from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

 The City of Pottsboro, Texoma Council of Government’s Area Agency on Aging, and Lake Texoma Rotary, along with the Pottsboro Area Library support the Senior Center.  More information can be found on the following websites:

For more information about Pottsboro, Lake Texoma and Texoma area events, visit TexomaConnect.com  

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