This maximum security facility opened in 1876 and was decommissioned in 1995. During its time there were 85 hangings and 9 electric chair deaths.
Our tour guide's grandfather and father were prison guards at this facility.
He explained that the art work in this particular room was the family room. The prisoners would paint pictures to ease the fears of the children visiting their fathers.
As I said before, there were 85 executions by hanging that might have happened at the Wagon Gate.
One cell decorated by a prisoner who spent a lot of time there. The really bad guys spent 22 and half hours in their cell.
Then across the street is the largest Mound in North America.
On display Inside the museum next to the Mound were dolls.
The dolls created by Pete Ballard represented women's fashion from 1800-1932. I thought my grand daughters might like the one in the purple dress.
Also, there was a mural created completely in marbles.
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