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Part 2: The ‘damned old gaol’ in Wyoming Territory

Heritage tourism has become one of the fastest-growing segments of the travel industry because it...

OLD SWEETWATER COUNTY JAIL, SOUTH PASS CITY, WYOMING Located in South Pass City State Historic...

Structures dating from 1854 come into view as the ferry approaches the dock at Alcatraz Island....

Posted by OldPrisons | Feb 1, 2020 | Magazine, People

More than 167 years after it was built, California’s oldest prison, San Quentin, still houses...