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| Historical Marker: Culberson County Jail |
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| Culberson County Jail | | Marker Title: | Original Culberson County Jail | | Address: | 3rd and Culberson | | City: | Van Horn | | County: | Culberson | | Year Marker Erected: | 1979 | | Designations: | na | | Marker Location: | 3rd and Culberson | | Marker Text: | In order to provide local law enforcement in the wake of Mexican bandit attacks, Culberson County was organized in 1911. The following year the county commissioners accepted plans for construction of this red brick jail. Although prisoners at times dug through the brick walls, the structure was used until a new courthouse which included a jail was completed in 1964. | |
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