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San Elizario County Jail

  • Address: On Main Street (100 yards west of the chapel), San Elizario, TX
  • Phone: 915/851-1682 San Elizario Genealogy and Historical Society

Fodor's Review:

Thought to have been built as a private residence in the early 1800s, this adobe building at some point became El Paso County's first courthouse and jail, and, according to Pat Garrett's book Authentic Life of Billy the Kid, was the only jail the Kid broke into, which he did in order to free his friend Melquiades Segura.

  • Cost: Free guided tours of jail and plaza beginning at the Los Portales building
  • Open: Tues.-Sun. 10-2, and after hrs by special arrangement
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