It's a little scary that people back then thought of courthouses and jails going together, as if one invariably led to the other. Frontier justice I suppose.
Sunday, June 25, 2017
Nebraska
If you head out to the North Platte Valley in western Nebraska, you'll find several natural landmarks used by westward travellers in the 19th century. Two of them are right next to each other, Courthouse and Jail Rocks near the town of Bridgeport.
It's a little scary that people back then thought of courthouses and jails going together, as if one invariably led to the other. Frontier justice I suppose.
It's a little scary that people back then thought of courthouses and jails going together, as if one invariably led to the other. Frontier justice I suppose.
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