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Sterling County Courthouse & Jail
By Cosmos Mariner, June 8, 2013
Sterling County Marker (wide view; Sterling County Courthouse in background)
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On 4th Avenue (U.S. 87) east of Elm Street, on the right when traveling east. |
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This prairie region split by the north Concho River is old Comanche, Kickapoo, Kiowa, Lipan, and Wichita hunting ground.
Possibly it was crossed by six or so Spanish explorations between 1540 and 1654.
In the 1860s and 70s, Anglo-Americans . . . — — Map (db m115870) HM |
| On Elm Street north of 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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This two-story jail building was constructed in 1912, twenty-one years after the organization of Sterling County. Built by the Southern Structural Steel Co., it is located on property deeded to the county by Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Stewart. Stone for . . . — — Map (db m115875) HM |
Apr. 28, 2024