Pierce City: The site of Idaho’s first jail
By J. M. Moynahan Word was out! Gold had been discovered east of the confluence of the Snake and...
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Category: Places to Visit
On California’s Highway 3, tiny Montague was once a bustling frontier town; an old jail is just one of its attractions
Old Prisons Located about six miles east of Interstate-5, along Highway 3 in Northern California,...
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In Globe, Arizona, a 1910 jail built for a ‘tough town’ is open for tours
Old Prisons Founded as a mining camp around 1875, the small town of Globe, Arizona, is the county...
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New museum at former District of Columbia prison honors legacy of women’s suffrage movement
Old Prisons It’s hard to imagine today, but barely more than 100 years ago a number of women were...
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Montana’s first jail is in Bannack, the town that hanged its sheriff
By J.M. Moynahan “They’ve hanged the sheriff!” “They’ve hanged the...
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Alcatraz: The most-visited old prison in the world
Structures dating from 1854 come into view as the ferry approaches the dock at Alcatraz Island....
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