Tuesday, March 16, 2010

The Old Jail

This old jail was very interesting to visit....

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As we drove up, we found a prisoner doing some carpentry work....

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The Old Sherriff.

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More prisoners doing yard work....

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The present Sherriff checks everyone's paperwork....we are all prisoners as far as he knows.

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They put all the women in one jail cell....

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There were 4 prisoners per cell....

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He and his family had living quarters in the jail building...

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This is where the term Jail Bird came from...

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The Prisoner sleeps in his cell...

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This one eats his lunch....                           This one just hangs out....

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Guns collected from crimes committed....

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The jail had very little electricity, no water, etc. 

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A tour guide...distracted by my camera....

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We enjoyed this tour, too.   More to come on things we did today but I am very tired and will post more tomorrow.  Good night.

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