Photo 59-AIR-29

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Iron County jail (one story brick towards the back)and part of the back of the courthouse yard to the right. Ironton, Mo.

The jail opened in 1867, two years after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. It remained nearly unchanged until an addition for women and juveniles in 1978.

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