The Durant City Jail is one of my favorite jails in the State of Oklahoma. The history of it plays a big part but the look of the building intrigues me greatly! If you drive through the streets of...
The Durant City Jail is one of my favorite jails in the State of Oklahoma. The history of it plays a big part but the look of the building intrigues me greatly! If you drive through the streets of...
The first calaboose in Bromide was a wood structure on the Johnson County side of town. The structure was burned in December 1916 by Ab Jennings who was placed in it on a charge of being drunk. He...
The Canute Jail sits alone in the disappearing town being consumed by vines. It is one of the prime examples of a calaboose in Oklahoma, a remnant of pioneer days passed. Its stories are hidden away...
The Camargo Jail sits alone in the disappearing town being consumed by vines. It is one of the prime examples of a calaboose in Oklahoma, a remnant of pioneer days passed. Its stories are hidden...
The Vici Jail is one of my personal favorites. It is everything a textbook pioneer jail is. A concrete, barrel-roof, single-cell structure. It is also in the “ideal” jail location, where...
This Chandler Jail cell was originally located in the basement of Chandler City Hall. Purchased and installed in 1929, this setup was one that is common all across the state for this time period...
While the exact date of the Watts Jail construction has yet to be determined, based on recorded stories one can whittle it down to possibly being built sometime between 1915-1920. The Westvile Record...
The Headrick Jail sits alone in the disappearing town being consumed by vines. It is one of the prime examples of a calaboose in Oklahoma, a remnant of pioneer days passed. Its stories are hidden...
Not much at all is known about the Alex Jail. It sits now on private property wasting away to the elements. If nothing is done by the state to step in and save these structures we will see many more...
The Canadian Jail is one of the most interesting calabooses to me personally. With the structure predating statehood this brick two-cell jail was built in the 1890s. The body of this structure is...
Now lying on the KCA Reservation, the former Wichita Agency Jail is overgrown, neglected and close to becoming rubble. The first Indian agency of this area was known as the Wichita Agency, located on...
Built in 1912, this calaboose has so many more stories than are documented in online materials. But one story that I do have to share is one about a burglary near Tupelo. The Coalgate Courier Feb 13...
The small quiet town of Osage, located in Osage County Oklahoma. Much of the town is filled with people who prefer the quiet life. A few of the towns historic buildings remain even if those that once...
Founded before statehood in 1892, Terral is a small quaint town just above the Texas border. Named after John Heidelburg Dace Terral who moved to the area from Montague County, Texas. At the time...
The Dougherty Jail is another perfect example of a calaboose lost to time. Not in the physical sense as the building appears to be in pretty good shape and holding up nicely, but in the sense of...
Gallery Below of Ripley Jail
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