Marker Inscription
This structure was the jail used in the town of Fort Griffin located 15 miles north of here, near the United States Army Post of Fort Griffin which defended the frontier from 1867 to 1881. During this period lawlessness was common in the town. Citizens built this thick-walled jail in 1878, although a conspicuous stone bears an earlier date. Gamblers, trail drivers, buffalo hunters, and skinners were frequently held here, as many as 18 at one time. Used as a cowshed after the 1880s the jail was moved here in 1954 by W. G. Webb and the county commissioners. (1974)
About this site
Fort Griffin Civil Jail is a historical marker in Albany, Shackelford County, dedicated in 1974. It is one of 36 historical markers documented in Shackelford County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 57 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.9330, -99.2289 near Albany. The nearest cataloged historic site is Western Cattle Trail Crossings at Fort Griffin, The (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Frontier Town of Fort Griffin, Fort Griffin Brazos River Bridge, and Fort Griffin State Historic Site.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5417001987. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
