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Plaza de Carcel, y Casas de Correccion

Liberty, Liberty County

Marker Text

(Square of the Jail and Houses of Correction) Originally mapped 1831, according to laws of "Coahuila and Texas", then the northernmost state of Mexico. Prison sentences were to be worked out here. By 1885, though, this square was in the mercantile section of town, and the plaza to the east became "Jail Square."

Marker Details

Address 418 Main St.
Location Description
Marker # 9648
Dedicated 1968
Size, Type 20" x 20"
Code parks; jails and prisons
Latitude, Longitude 30.058577, -94.795601

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