The Collin County Poor Farm was located in a valley slightly northwest of here. It was originally used to house and care for the county's indigent residents. In later years, it housed county prisoners, who could work off their fines earning $1 a day. When the Poor Farm closed in the 1950s, it contained several buildings: a Main House, another house and an apartment for residents, a Mess Hall, outbuildings, a Jail, and a Confinement Building also called "The Cage." The buildings fell into disrepair. When the land was developed in 1998, the Confinement Building was moved to the Collin County Farm Museum. A local resident acquired and restored the Mess Hall and the Jail, and the rest of the buildings were demolished.