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It's
hard to talk about the Milam
County Courthouse without some mention of the 1895 Romanesque
Revival Jailhouse. Used now as the Milam County Historical Museum,
this red brick building, catty-cornered to the courthouse,
looks more like a castle than a jailhouse.
The ghost of a man hanged there supposedly still walks amongst the
long-empty cells. Patrons have felt his presence as they descend
the narrow metal steps from the gallows at the top of the building.
Copyright Lou Ann Herda, Ed. D
October 2001
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The
1895 Milam County Jailhouse, now Milam County Historical Museum.
Photo
by Lou Ann Herda |
The Milam County
Jail Ghost:
"Because of
your excellent Milam County Jail Ghost story I went to the Milam County
Jail and you’re right! There is most definitely a ghost in there!
We were the only visitors there that day, yet the entire time we were
there, we kept hearing footsteps, sometimes pacing, sometimes RACING,
up and down the spiral staircase and around and around the cell blocks.
My friend and I fully expected to come to a face-to-face encounter
with other visitors, what with all the racket going on in there, but
like I said, it turned out we were the only visitors there at that
time.
This Milam County Jail visit has led me to other jail
museums. I have now been to so many jail museums in Texas I can’t
keep count, but the catalyst for all these jail museum visits was
most definitely reading about your Milam County Jail Ghost story."
- Shannan Yarbrough, Fredericksburg Chamber Assistant, March 11, 2005 |
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