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Black plaque № 16641

Mobeetie, TX, United States

Old Wheeler County Jail. 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) #3834

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