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About Friscoline

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Friscoline provides news, events, photography, reviews, and a whole lot of other interesting information that effect the lives of people who live and work in Frisco, Texas and the surrounding areas. My name is Paul Leonard and when I first moved to Frisco, Texas in the spring of 2000 there wasn’t much going on in this growing country town.  Stonebriar Centre  wouldn’t open until later that summer, Preston Road was one lane each direction, and there was one high school. But through smart city planning and the eventual development of the Dallas North Tollway, it was clear that this city was different and would grow exponentially. That’s when I had the idea that this place would need a good source of news and information. There were other sources: the  Frisco Enterprise ,  Frisco-Online.com , and a few others, but there would need to be a more direct path through technology. So I started  eFrisco.net  with a friend and we were on our way. The site ...
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The History of Frisco

In February 1902, a town we now know as Frisco, was formed from the fertile black soil of west Collin County’s beautiful rolling prairie land. However, to get a true picture of the history of our City, we need to look much further back in time, perhaps to the early 1800’s. At least three vital ingredients were present in the birth of Frisco. An abundance of rich soil made excellent farmland, but two other things were needed, transportation and water. Lets see how these three ingredients worked together to grow the Frisco we know today. Transportation As with any successful city, transportation has been key to the development of Frisco. Settlers first came to this area while traveling the Shawnee Trail. In 1838 the Congress of the Republic of Texas appropriated money for the construction of a north-south road, there by opening northern Texas to trade. The Shawnee Trail from Austin to the Red River was followed for this route. This road, for which our Shawnee Trail Sports complex...
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Location: Frisco, TX, USA
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