The old calaboose in Burlington will be going to a new home where it will be protected.  See rest of story on website – Milam County.

Ann Guandago wrote me about someone who spent time in the Somerville calaboose.  This information has been posted.

A reader of my website said that he had spent a night in a 12′ x 12′ jail in Lott, Texas in 1961.  I drove there today to look for it and found only a much larger brick building.  The windows in the front have bars but the door doesn’t.  A local told me that was the old jail.  I wonder if the small jail he was in could have been a metal cage on the inside?

Rockdale, Texas is in Milam County and the leaders have agreed to accept the calaboose in Burlington, also in Milam County.  See description of Burlington for more information.

Burlington Calaboose

On Monday, I visited Hico and documented a very interesting jail that is too big to conform to my calaboose definition. Also, saw a nice metal cage in the Billy the Kid Museum.  Some pictures posted and am working on the text.

I found out that the small brick building attached to the two-story jail in Dangerfield (Morris County) was built as an office.  Still good to document the jail and I hope to get some historic photos.  A piece of good luck involving Hughes Springs.  There is a picture of the calaboose that used to stand near the RR track and a nice lady is going to send it to me tomorrow.

I returned last night from documenting several calabooses.  Information will be posted for one in Mineola (Wood County), Linden (Cass County), Dangerfield (Morris County), Emory (Wood County), and Hughes Springs (Cass County).

This inviting brick building in Cleburne, Texas (Johnson County) has now been ruled out as a calaboose.

Today, I met with Audrey Rother at the local museum in McDade, Texas.  She showed me the key to the old calaboose that is no longer standing.  She also showed me a picture of the calaboose that used to be in nearby Paige.  I will be discussing these under Calabooses (Vanished) later.

 

Another stroke of luck.  As I was going through old folders and organizing my calaboose letters and other papers I ran across a brochure about historic McDade in Bastrop County.  I called one of the members of the historical society and was told that there was a calaboose in McDade and Paige.  Thanks to Audrey Rother for her help.