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Black plaque № 20156

Van Horn, TX, United States

Original Culberson County Jail. In order to provide local law enforcement in the wake of Mexican bandit attacks, Culberson County was organized in 1911. The following year the county commissioners accepted plans for construction of this red brick jail. Although prisoners at times dug through the bri

ck walls, the structure was used until a new courthouse which included a jail was completed in 1964. #7932

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