1873 County Jail

1873 County Jail (HM10LB)

Location: Ellsworth, KS 67439 Ellsworth County
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N 38° 43.685', W 98° 13.746'

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Historical Plaza Walking Tour Stop 10

During Ellsworth's earliest years, Wild Bill Hickok's common-law wife, Indian Annie, lived in a shack near this site. After Hickok abandoned Indian Annie, she made ends meet washing clothes, scrubbing floors at the Grand Central Hotel (9) and reading fortune cards.

Deputy U.S. Marshal Hickok once helped Sheriff Kingsbury and Township Constable Whitney tie offending drunken troublemakers to fence posts to cool off before the jail was built. This was the first building in Ellsworth erected for the purpose of holding prisoners.

The first prisoner, J.M. Gruder, escaped. The Ellsworth Reporter announced, "The sheriff is not at all to blame as the building is not full ready for prisoners." It was said that the new jail was the most comfortable place in town, but that not too many should crowd into the place at once.
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HM NumberHM10LB
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Marker Number10
Placed ByEllsworth County Economic Development, Ellsworth-Kanapolis Area Chamber of Commerce, Ellwsorth County Historical Society, et al
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Date Added Monday, October 13th, 2014 at 12:23am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)14S E 567008 N 4286884
Decimal Degrees38.72808333, -98.22910000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 43.685', W 98° 13.746'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 43' 41.10" N, 98° 13' 44.76" W
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Area Code(s)785
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 146-198 Court Ave, Ellsworth KS 67439, US
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