Old Stone Jail, Cimarron, New Mexico

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Old Stone Jail

Stone Jail, Cimarron, New Mexico, 1954

Frederick D. Nichols, Library of Congress, 1954

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Kathy Weiser, July, 2003

The Cimarron News and Press of Sept. 14, 1872, reported that the contract for the construction of a new jail was given to Mssrs. Donoghue and White for masonry and carpentry work. Surrounding the jail was an outer stone

wall 10 feet high and 4 feet thick, the foundation of which can still be seen. A jailbreak in the early 1900s resulted in the dynamiting of a huge gap in the outer wall. The southeast corner of the building is believed to have been the sheriff's office. The jail was in use until the early 1960s and

was renovated in 1998.

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*Text courtesy: Gene Lamm, Cimarron Historical Society Walking Tour

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