This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IiB.2ACE/212.1 Message Board Post: Camp Fannin was an army base during WW II where they kept some German prisoners for a while. It was located on Hwy. 217 between Tyler, Smith County and Gladewater, Gregg County in Texas (later was called Owentown). UT Health Center Hospital is located near where the base once was. You might browse the Smith County TXGenWeb site and see what may have been posted there. I was a very small child during Camp Fannin's heyday, but do remember my hometown of Gladewater was booming during that time with all the soldiers coming "over the county line" to Gregg County to party and buy alcohol because Smith County was dry. I've noticed some historical markers along Hwy. 217 and a stretch of the road has been named in honor of Camp Fannin. If I can be of any more help, contact me here or by direct email at: esw@longview.net. Thanks, Etta

Just a slight typo; the highway is 271 and not 217 ----- Original Message ----- From: esw@longview.net<mailto:esw@longview.net> To: TXGREGG-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:TXGREGG-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 7:52 PM Subject: [TXGregg] Re: Camp Fannin This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IiB.2ACE/212.1<http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/IiB.2ACE/212.1> Message Board Post: Camp Fannin was an army base during WW II where they kept some German prisoners for a while. It was located on Hwy. 217 between Tyler, Smith County and Gladewater, Gregg County in Texas (later was called Owentown). UT Health Center Hospital is located near where the base once was. You might browse the Smith County TXGenWeb site and see what may have been posted there. I was a very small child during Camp Fannin's heyday, but do remember my hometown of Gladewater was booming during that time with all the soldiers coming "over the county line" to Gregg County to party and buy alcohol because Smith County was dry. I've noticed some historical markers along Hwy. 217 and a stretch of the road has been named in honor of Camp Fannin. If I can be of any more help, contact me here or by direct email at: esw@longview.net<mailto:esw@longview.net>. Thanks, Etta ==== TXGREGG Mailing List ==== For list problems, email: Sharon Pierce tdsfw@aol.com<mailto:tdsfw@aol.com> Elaine Martin McStumped@cox.net<mailto:McStumped@cox.net> ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx>