Author: Pete "Smokey" Dryer
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1665759135
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Within Adobe Walls chronicles the development of the Arizona Territorial Prison at Yuma, Arizona from 1875 to 1909, and what life was like for the 3000 criminals who spent “hard time” inside those walls. When first constructed, as permanent housing for Arizona’s most dangerous long-term felons, the inmates were confined in a iron cage inside a cave hollowed out of the granite hill. With temperatures exceeding 110 degrees in the summer, it was dreaded by lawbreakers and soon referred to as the Hell Hole. Each successive administrator strived to improve the living conditions for the inmates in his care, and over thirty-three years, they added amenities that were unheard of in a prison of that era. Even so, prisoners still tried everything they could—legal and otherwise—to escape. There were 138 escape attempts, four riots, eight men shot and killed, and 111 deaths recorded there. Whether you are a Yuma area resident, a lover of history, or fascinated by tales of daring prison escapes, this well-researched book will not disappoint.
Within Adobe Walls
Author: Pete "Smokey" Dryer
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1665759135
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Within Adobe Walls chronicles the development of the Arizona Territorial Prison at Yuma, Arizona from 1875 to 1909, and what life was like for the 3000 criminals who spent “hard time” inside those walls. When first constructed, as permanent housing for Arizona’s most dangerous long-term felons, the inmates were confined in a iron cage inside a cave hollowed out of the granite hill. With temperatures exceeding 110 degrees in the summer, it was dreaded by lawbreakers and soon referred to as the Hell Hole. Each successive administrator strived to improve the living conditions for the inmates in his care, and over thirty-three years, they added amenities that were unheard of in a prison of that era. Even so, prisoners still tried everything they could—legal and otherwise—to escape. There were 138 escape attempts, four riots, eight men shot and killed, and 111 deaths recorded there. Whether you are a Yuma area resident, a lover of history, or fascinated by tales of daring prison escapes, this well-researched book will not disappoint.
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1665759135
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Within Adobe Walls chronicles the development of the Arizona Territorial Prison at Yuma, Arizona from 1875 to 1909, and what life was like for the 3000 criminals who spent “hard time” inside those walls. When first constructed, as permanent housing for Arizona’s most dangerous long-term felons, the inmates were confined in a iron cage inside a cave hollowed out of the granite hill. With temperatures exceeding 110 degrees in the summer, it was dreaded by lawbreakers and soon referred to as the Hell Hole. Each successive administrator strived to improve the living conditions for the inmates in his care, and over thirty-three years, they added amenities that were unheard of in a prison of that era. Even so, prisoners still tried everything they could—legal and otherwise—to escape. There were 138 escape attempts, four riots, eight men shot and killed, and 111 deaths recorded there. Whether you are a Yuma area resident, a lover of history, or fascinated by tales of daring prison escapes, this well-researched book will not disappoint.
Rules and Regulations for the Government and Discipline of the Arizona Territorial Prison at Yuma
Author: Arizona Territorial Prison
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Category : Prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Category : Prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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The Arizona Territorial Prison at Yuma
Author: William H. Haught
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Category : Prisoners
Languages : en
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Category : Prisoners
Languages : en
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The Territorial Prison at Yuma, Arizona ...
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Territories
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Languages : en
Pages : 1
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Languages : en
Pages : 1
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The Transfer of Arizona's Territorial Prison from Yuma to Florence
Author: Allen Gene Patraz
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Category : Prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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Category : Prisons
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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Prisoners in Petticoats
Author: B. Johnny Rube
Publisher: Yuma County Historical Soc
ISBN: 9781884172144
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Publisher: Yuma County Historical Soc
ISBN: 9781884172144
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Early Yuma
Author: Robert Nelson
Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN: 9781531630034
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
At the end of the 19th century, outlaws opined they would rather kill themselves than be taken alive to certain slow-boiled death in the caldron of Yuma's territorial prison, known nationally as "The Hell Hole." But to the pioneer residents of Yuma, the prison was the finest structure in town, sitting atop a breezy hill. When the prison was closed, Yuma's citizens used the abandoned structure as a school. That Yuma's residents lived happily where the West's most notorious outlaws feared to die is just one testament to the profound strength and perseverance of the first settlers of the community. This photographic history pays tribute to those men and women-Quechan, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-who looked past the arid landscape to envision a thriving river port, then a mining center, and finally, a verdant valley and winter playground.
Publisher: Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN: 9781531630034
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
At the end of the 19th century, outlaws opined they would rather kill themselves than be taken alive to certain slow-boiled death in the caldron of Yuma's territorial prison, known nationally as "The Hell Hole." But to the pioneer residents of Yuma, the prison was the finest structure in town, sitting atop a breezy hill. When the prison was closed, Yuma's citizens used the abandoned structure as a school. That Yuma's residents lived happily where the West's most notorious outlaws feared to die is just one testament to the profound strength and perseverance of the first settlers of the community. This photographic history pays tribute to those men and women-Quechan, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-who looked past the arid landscape to envision a thriving river port, then a mining center, and finally, a verdant valley and winter playground.
The Prison Chronicle
Author: Marti Murphy
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Languages : en
Pages : 25
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 25
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The Territorial Prison at Yuma, Arizona ...
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Pages : 0
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Territorial Prison at Yuma, Arizona. March 10, 1880. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and Ordered to be Printed
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Territories
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Languages : en
Pages : 1
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Pages : 1
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