Historical Marker
Old Wheeler County Jail
Historical marker location:
SH 152, Mobeetie, Texas
( In front of old jail in Old Mobeetie, south of S.H. 152)
Marker installed: 1965
First jail in Panhandle of Texas. Central holding place for badmen. Built at cost of $18,500, including $1200 for a hangman's device put in to meet state requirement. Stone quarried on farm of Emanuel Dubbs, first county judge.
(Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965).