Area Information
History: The settlement of Wolfpath began with the arrival of Ambrose B. White and his family in 1848. The Butterfield Overland Mail route used White's Westview Inn as the "Diamond Station" on its trail from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Coast from 1858 to 1861. A post office, under the name "Whitesborough", began operations there in 1860.
The Whitesboro area, was also known as “The City of the Divide” because the watershed characteristics. Rain that falls on the north side of Main Street drains into the Red River; that which falls on the south side of Main Street drains into the Trinity River. 

After the Civil War, Whitesborough grew into a frontier town where female residents were prohibited from leaving their homes on Saturday nights because shootings were so common. Whitesborough had a population of 500, saloons, several stores, and other businesses when it was incorporated on June 2, 1873. By 1879, it had a bank, a newspaper, and train service from Denison on a line from the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad. In 1887, it altered the spelling of its name to "Whitesboro".

Prominent People:
- Houston attorney Joe Rollins (1918–2008) practiced law in Whitesboro (1950s).
- Another well knpow figure was Robert L. Delashaw an American soldier of World War II in Europe who rose from private to colonel in the United States Army Air Corps. He commanded the 405th Fighter-Bomber Group during the Normandy Invasion and subsequent breakout, and ultimately retired as a major general from the United States Air Force.
Resources: Wikipedia

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