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The Jail Tree, Wickenburg, Arizona

Original Vintage Card
  
 Price: $5.95

Stock #:1117105
Type: Postcard
Era: Chrome
City: Wickenburg
State: Arizona (AZ)
County: Maricopa
Artist: Merle Porter
Publisher: Royal Pictures
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Publisher's Series #: B-918

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This mesquite tree served as a jail in Wickenburg from 1863 to 1890, where outlaws were chained due to the lack of a jailhouse. Escapes were unknown. One notable prisoner, George Sayers, once escaped by carrying the log he was chained to, into a saloon for a drink.

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