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Old Wheeler County Jail

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SH 152, Mobeetie, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 35° 30' 36.96580000008", -100° 26' 33.36999"
 
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     First jail in Panhandle of Texas. Central holding place for badmen. Built at cost of $18,500, including $1200 for a hangman's device put in to meet state requirement. Stone quarried on farm of Emanuel Dubbs, first county judge. (Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965)

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Old Wheeler County Jail Historical Marker Location Map, Texas