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Jail Tree

Wickenburg, AZ

Local tradition says prisoners were chained to this mesquite tree before Wickenburg had a proper jail. The tree survives as a tiny downtown landmark illustrating the improvised infrastructure of an early desert town.

Filed under weird history: real events too strange to have made the textbook.

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Source: outwickenburgway.com

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