I have been busy with adding to the website, making corrections, and moving things around.  Last night I did some work on Acknowledgments.  It is important to me to mention everyone who helped me.  Some told me about existing calabooses while others said they are gone or pointed me in the direction of resources that will help me with my research.  Others shared memories of the calaboose in their town or memories of the town during that time.  This project could not be as successful as it is without the help of others.  For now, they are listed alphabetically by town under the main heading TEXAS.  Those in other states are mentioned as well.

Today, I experienced what I think is a major discovery.  To those familiar with websites this is probably common knowledge but to me it will be a huge help to those wanting to know more about calabooses in their town.  In my discussion of each calaboose I reference the Sanborn Fire Insurance Map where I saw it and provide a link to the Sanborn Company so readers can learn more about this very impressive mapping program that took place throughout the country.  I mention the map by town with date and sheet number as well is street names and city block numbers.  This information will be useful as is to those familiar with the town.  However, I just discovered that I can link to the actual map.  For example, there was a small one-story concrete calaboose in Arp, Texas (Smith County) in 1939 in city block 22 near the corner of  Main and North Longview streets.   If you click on the link to the map in the discussion of Arp you will be taken to the map that depicts it.  I wanted to show the map here but the symbol for linking is not highlighted so I don’t know how to do it.

I  plan to spend most of my time today linking calabooses to maps.