Darryl Pearson has been jail hunting again and he sent me pictures and measurements for the calaboose in Riesel.  I had been there, found it by accident, but it is behind a fence and the gate was locked so my measurements are only estimates.  I am pleased that he was able to  get inside the fenced area and the jail as well.  The picture below is one of his.  I have added some of his photos to my website.

When I saw it I did not know how many cells were inside.  Darryl’s photos show that there were two, side by side.  This floor plan is similar to my Floor Plan 2e but is not quite the same.

 

 

Darryl Pearson sent pictures of the calaboose in Beeville (Bee County).  This is a most unusual one.  Pictures and discussion have been posted.

Darryl Pearson just returned from one of his jail trips and he shared photos and other information with me about the old calaboose that was moved from Tivoli (Refugio County) to the town of Refugio.  When I have a page created for that county I will add more.

 

Lisa Mahier of Gail, Texas sent me a newspaper article written in 1967 about their jail.  The rest of the article will be posted with the pictures of the jail under Calabooses in Borden County.

Collaborator Darryl Pearson was in Teague, Texas (Freestone County) today and he sent me pictures of a very nice metal cage with two cells. He said it used to be inside the original City Hall  but now it is behind the Railroad Museum.  I greatly appreciate his continuing support.

 

On my trip to Zapata with Rhonda Holley we located two very interesting buildings.  One is a calaboose in Nixon (Gonzales County) and the other is a suspicious structure in Jordanian (Atascosa County).  Pictures have been posted and I hope to get more information soon.

Jess Todd sent me a picture of the calaboose in Port O’Connor that is still standing.  Today, he sent some additional information about the structure and is trying to get some historic photos.  His help is greatly appreciated.

 

Rhonda Holley is creating a website for my archaeological business, Brazos Valley Research Associates.  The information that was on the vita on this website will be formatted differently and appear on the site she is creating.

Recently, Rhonda Holley accompanied me on a trip to Zapata for an archaeological project.  While there, we explored the old towns of Roma and San Ygnacio.   I had seen images on the Internet of suspicious buildings in Roma and was eager to find them.  One was used temporarily as a jail and does not fit the calaboose definition.  The other was a standing rock wall with bars in a window.  It turns out that most of the old windows in those towns had bars.  Rhonda is going to discuss this trip in more detail later.

Starr County is a long drive from Bryan and I was fortunate to have a job in the area.

 

 

Today, Rhonda K. Hollewent with me to the Bryan Animal Clinic to have Dr. Walker examine a kitten that someone dumped in my yard.  We have been naming some of the cats after towns with calabooses.  This particular kitten is a female and when Kristie Ikels, one of the techs, told us there used to be a calaboose in her hometown of Marion, we decided that her name should be Marion.

 

Meet Marion