Montana's First Jail

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FIRST JAIL IN MONT-1862 MONTANA KIOHWAY COMMISSION PARK DIVISION

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Montana's First Jail, at Bannack, 21 miles from Dillon, Montana. It was constructed in 1862 by Henry Plummer, Bannack's bandit sheriff, and still has iron rings inbedded in the floor, to which Plummer chained desperadoes. Plummer was hanged by the Vigilantes. © Pub., Dist. & Photographed by Lauretta Studio, Butte, Mont. (Mr. & Mrs. A. Walkup) S-29842-3