Author: JEFFREY, JOHN MASON
Title: Adobe and Iron the Story of the Arizona Territorial Prison at Yuma
Description: La Jolla, CA: Prospect Avenue Press, 1970. 2nd Printing. Paperback. Trade PB. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. (the book was first issued in hardback). The cardstock covers have some light edge wear and beginning rippling, along with some light scuffling and spots of ground-in dirt. The text pages are clean and bright. "Opened while Arizona was still a U. S. Territory, the prison accepted its first inmate on July 1, 1876. For the next 33 years 3,069 prisoners, including 29 women, served sentences there for crimes ranging from murder to polygamy. The prison was under continuous construction with labor provided by the prisoners. In 1909, the last prisoner left the Territorial Prison for the newly constructed Arizona State Prison Complex located in Florence, Arizona. It was also the third historic park in Arizona. The state historic park also contains a graveyard where 104 of the prisoners are buried. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .
Keywords: Western Americana John Mason Jeffrey Prisons Arizona Yuma, AZ Law And Order Frontier Justice
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Title: Adobe and Iron the Story of the Arizona Territorial Prison at Yuma
Description: La Jolla, CA: Prospect Avenue Press, 1970. 2nd Printing. Paperback. Trade PB. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade sized paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. (the book was first issued in hardback). The cardstock covers have some light edge wear and beginning rippling, along with some light scuffling and spots of ground-in dirt. The text pages are clean and bright. "Opened while Arizona was still a U. S. Territory, the prison accepted its first inmate on July 1, 1876. For the next 33 years 3,069 prisoners, including 29 women, served sentences there for crimes ranging from murder to polygamy. The prison was under continuous construction with labor provided by the prisoners. In 1909, the last prisoner left the Territorial Prison for the newly constructed Arizona State Prison Complex located in Florence, Arizona. It was also the third historic park in Arizona. The state historic park also contains a graveyard where 104 of the prisoners are buried. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good .
Keywords: Western Americana John Mason Jeffrey Prisons Arizona Yuma, AZ Law And Order Frontier Justice
Price: US$ 15.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 46224
- Book number: 46224
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