historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17LY_historic-gleeson-jail_Elfrida-AZ.html
This jail, built in 1910, replaced a tiny wooden jail which once stood nearby. Constructed entirely of reinforced concrete, it has withstood a hundred years of weather, escape attempts, vandals, neglect, and pillagers (official and otherwise): It …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIVN_soldiers-hole_Elfrida-AZ.html
During the Chiricahua Apache Campaign (1861-1886) cavalry troops on maneuvers camped here at a permanent source of water known as Soldiers Hole.
W. C. Sanderson and Ambrose Lyall struck artesian water nearby in 1883.
In 1892 a twelve-batter…