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Wanted : Historic County Jails of Texas.

Along with the settlement of the Texas frontier came rustlers, public drunks, gunfighters, and other outlaws. A jail in which to incarcerate the lawbreakers was thus often the first public building raised in a new town. Later, as government developed, public buildings-notably county courthouses and...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Blackburn, Edward A., 1923-2009 (Autor), Blackburn, Edward A. Jr. 1923- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, Dec. 2005.
Colección:Clayton Wheat Williams Texas Life Ser. ; no. 11.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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