Jail in 1880 TownMost towns in the West had some sort of...

 Jail in 1880 Town

Most towns in the West had some sort of jail, especially in the later years. However, 1880 Town was rather unusual. It had two buildings. One housed the marshal's office and jail, and the other was a small building where another prisoner could be locked up. It looked like it might have been a former house converted into a jail. These holding areas tended to be austere and rustic because they weren't concerned with providing comfort.

Can you imagine being locked up in a place like this? I suppose it helped act as a strong deterrent, but you can understand why those being pursued by a lawman might go to extreme measures not to be apprehended. Prisons were often worse because they also involved hard labor. 

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