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Old County Jail

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San Elizario, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 31° 35' 21.2937", -106° 16' 54.17256"
 
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    This structure was built about 1850 of adobe bricks (sun-dried mud and reeds) and cottonwood logs around steel cell blocks. It served as official county jail 1850-66 and 1868-73, when San Elizario was the first and then third El Paso county seat. It housed both jail (carcel in Spanish) and courtroom (juzgado). According to legend, William Bonney, famed outlaw Billy the Kid, freed the only man ever to escape from this jail, his cohort Melquiades Seguro. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1970

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Old County Jail Historical Marker Location Map, San Elizario, Texas