This is a backtracking entry but I thought it was pretty interesting. On an outing last fall, we ended up in Princeton (it's in Collin County a little north and east of Dallas). We saw signs for the POW camp there and just had to go take a look. We had no idea there was anything like a POW camp that had been in this area.

The historic marker for it is located at a small city park there - it was fairly easy to find by following the signs in the town.

The park is nice - not very big, but if you are at all interested in history or like to follow the state's historic markers, this is worth the look.

Here's a little bit of what Wikipedia has to say about it:

Princeton is the site of a prisoner of war camp for German prisoners during the Second World War. The local farmers paid the POWs to work on their farms. Before and after the war the camp was used as a camp for migratory farmers. Under a special bill, the German prisoners of war were contracted to work on the City Park located across from the city hall. The park was built in memory of the men who served in the armed forces during World War II.

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