Old Huerfano County Jail -- Walsenburg CO
N 37° 37.477 W 104° 46.933
13S E 519217 N 4164189
The old Huerfano County Jail now serves as a mining museum in this small town on the I-25
Waymark Code: WMMMZ7
Location: Colorado, United States
Date Posted: 10/12/2014
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Back in the day, Walsenburg was a major mining town. Most mines shut down in the 1970s.
Today that history is preserved in the Huerfano County Mining Museum, located in the 1896 Huerfano County Jail. You can also tour the old jail - see the "prisoner" in stripes waving from the top floor?
From the museum website: (
visit link)
"Huerfano County Historical Society
Walsenburg, Colorado
112 West Fifth Street
Inside the Historic Jail behind The Courthouse!
Called the "city built on coal", the town of Walsenburg is home to some of southern Colorado's richest history. The Walsenburg Mining Museum, housed in an 1896 jail, exhibits not only the stories of Huerfano County's mining camps, but memorabilia from such notable charactors as Bob Ford (famous for killing Jesse James) and labor leader Mary "Mother" Jones."