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Read the Old Stone Jail Series Publications #1 through #8.

Old Stone Jail

The Old Cambria County Jail: Behind the Stone Wall 1870 - 1970
On December 18, 2001 our Society opened a new exhibit at the old county jail on Center Street in Ebensburg. Visitation hours are Mon. - Fri. 9:00AM to 4:00PM. Please enter at the Sample St. side (Camb.Co. Public Records Center) To see what Tom Gibb of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette had to say about the opening click on: http://www.post-gazette.com/neigh_east/20020106jail3.asp

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Visitors. Visitors inspect weapons made by the inmates

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 Visitors. The 1870's cellblock and gallows display

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 Smitty's Cell. "Old Smitty's" cell... The man they couldn't hang.

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