Milam County Calaboose sign
Description:
Photograph of a sign outside the Milam County Calaboose. It reads: "Calaboose. May 16, 1892. A bid to build the calaboose was accepted by the Cameron City Council from a company called Westmoreland and Mullinax for $262.50. Calaboose was to be accepted by Major A.J. Lewis and City Marshall R. L. Batte. Mayor Lewis later became Sheriff of Milam County. The Calaboose is twenty feet long, ten feet wide and twelve feet high. Thick wooden walls are formed by the placement of two-by-four-inch timber…
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Date:
October 8, 2006
Creator:
Belden, Dreanna L.
Item Type:
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Location:
30.849456640746457 -96.97578824586077
Partner:
UNT Libraries