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.