First Callahan Jail

Historical marker location:

Baird, Texas

( Courthouse square)

Marker installed: 1965

Built 1878, Belle Plaine. Baird citizens paid bill for removal here, 1883, after election contest.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965.

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