Marble Springs Jail

Marble Springs elected Paul Granger sheriff in 1877. He remained sheriff until 1918, when he and his wife died of influenza during the epidemic. His wife, Matilda, cared for the inmates of the small jail. The jail had two cells on the main level and an improvised cell in the attic for women¹.

Footnotes

1. Now the thin rusted slats hold
only pale attempts at dripping moss.
Outside, brittle rust roses stare
quietly into the sun.

Marble Springs 2.0 screenshot of the jail.

Marble Springs 2.0 screenshot of the jail.

It's Marriage

Paul Granger and Matilda Granger
Jacob Rubenstein and Ilsa Rubenstein
Asa Miller and Abigail Miller

It's Family

While some families were added to here, most were separated.

It's Hatred

Michael Nolan

It's Friends

Sue Langley, Billie Rose Cattering, and Bridget O'Shanty

It's Business

Asa Miller
Jacob Rubenstein
Sue Langley
Washerwoman
Bridget O'Shanty
Billie Rose Cattering
Cleo Cat
Edith Gaylor
Bart Morrison

It's Complicated

Abigail Miller and Edith Gaylor

It’s a secret tearing at the soul

Abigail Miller and Edith Gaylor

It’s a secret growing in the soul

Pastor Horner

It's outside the wall

Graveyard

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