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Exploring Oklahoma History: The Black - First Territorial  Prison
The Black - First Territorial Prison
The Black - First Territorial Prison aka - First Territorial Jail In 1892 Guthrie, Oklahoma was home to one of the very first Federal Prisons in the Midwest. Labeled the “Black Jail” by inmates. Bill Doolin was once a inmate, also the Dalton Gang. The Prison closed in the early 1900's. Nazarene Church occupied until 1970's,then the Samaritan Foundation until 1995. Officially closed in the late 1990’s after the Department of Human Services declared the structure to be unfit for the children that lived in the compound. ...
Logan county   #ghost #jail #outlaw #prison #restoration