MuseumMobeetie Jail Museum
Mobeetie · Wheeler County · Dedicated 1979 · THC Atlas #4200000296
Texas history, up close and curated.
About this site
Mobeetie Jail Museum is a museum in Mobeetie, Wheeler County, dedicated in 1979. It is one of 2 museums documented in Wheeler County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 44 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 35.5100, -100.4425 near Mobeetie. The nearest cataloged historic site is Captain G.W. Arrington (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Emanuel Dubbs, Fort Elliott Flagpole, and Frank Willis, Sr..
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4200000296. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Old Mobeetie Jail Museum is housed in a two-story jail built of locally quarried stone by Irish masons in 1886, the first jail in the Texas Panhandle, at a cost of about $18,500 that included a hangman's device required by the state. Mobeetie was the Panhandle's first town and the county seat of Wheeler County, and famed frontier sheriff Capt. George W. Arrington once made his home in the jail. The museum grounds include a barber shop, general store, doctor's office, and other period buildings.
Sources: mobeetiemuseum.orghmdb.orglegendsofamerica.com
