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Custer, South Dakota: Old Custer Jail

The sign attached to the Jail says that its builder, Wilbur Todd, got paid, got drunk, and became its first prisoner.

Address:
644 Crook St., Custer, SD
Directions:
Downtown, on the south side of Crook St. between N. 6th and 7th Sts, in front of the YMCA.
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Old Custer Jail.

Old Custer Jail

The sign attached to the Jail says that its builder, Wilbur Todd, was also its first prisoner, "having gotten drunk and disorderly on the money paid to him by the city."

[Lynn, 08/07/2024]

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