FIRST - Jail in Borger, TX
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YoSam.
N 35° 40.342 W 101° 23.379
14S E 283718 N 3950241
Not your traditional jail - even for 1929
Waymark Code: WM12ZXV
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/17/2020
Views: 3
County of marker: Hutchinson County
Location of marker: 618 N. Main St., Borger
Marker erected by: Hutchinson County Historical Society
Sign:
BORGER'S FIRST JAIL 1929
BUSTED IN BOOM TOWN
Marker text:
BORGER 1929 JAILTexas Rangers came to Boomtown Borger in 1929, to clean out the town of corruption, bootlegging, and prostitution, Prisoners were chained together and secured to a log such as this one. This crude jail was used to hold them until their day in court or they could be escourted [sic] out of town.
This redwood log was used to plug an abandoned well in 1929. The log was removed in 1999 by DJ's Oil Well Service.
Jail maintained by Borger Police Department Log Donated by Clovis Boren
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