John Wesley Hardin’s youngest brother Gip—like most of the men in the family—led a strange life. He was a Texas school t…
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What Became of the Yuma Territorial Prison After its Closure in 1909? It didn’t lie fallow for long.
The Yuma Territorial Prison opened its doors and closed in 1909 it didn’t lie fallow for long. Before becoming one of Ar…
The Yuma Territorial Prison Outlaws, escapes and its institutional reputation.
When Arizona was still a young territory, lawbreakers were usually confined in a jail in the sheriff’s office. However, …
He Got Clipped Gunman Ferd Patterson got more than a haircut in a WA barber shop.
Ferd Patterson was a sporting man who plied his trade primarily in the Pacific Northwest in the years around the Civil W…
Different Accomodations A robber goes from swank hotel to solitary cell.
John Reno’s love for luxury put him in a prison cell. Reno and associates burglarized the Daviess County, MO treasury in…
How Was Life in Territory Prisons?
How was life in territory prisons? Jim Spell Sonora, California Life in territory prisons was pretty tough, overall. For…
Old West Prisons Were No Place for Sissies
Rules For Inmates at the Wyoming Territorial Prison: Rules for Inmates: You will not be allowed to converse with each ot…
Jailhouse Rock
In the rough and tumble towns of early Arizona, churches, schools and jails were most conspicuous by their absenc…