​Old Wheeler County Jail

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Marker Text: First jail in Panhandle of Texas. Central holding place for badmen. Built at cost of $18,500, including $1200 for a hangman's device put in to meet state requirement. Stone quarried on farm of Emanuel Dubbs, first county judge. (1965)

Marker No: 3834

Medallion & Plate

Geographic: 35.510307, -100.442558

Location: In front of old jail in Old Mobeetie, south of S.H. 152