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The Clay County Jail in Green Cove Springs, Florida, was built in 1894. Seven executions were performed onsite between 1894-1912. Several documented escape attempts were also performed here and some of them were successful. It was decommissioned in 1972 and today it is a museum and archives research center.

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Green Cove Springs Atlantic Coast Line Train Station

The Clay County Jail site includes an historic train station and train cars with assorted artifacts. This train station was relocated from the nearby community of Elkton where it was originally built sometime in the 1880-1890's. It served the Atlantic Coast Line which was a US Class I railroad from 1900-1967 at which point it merged with a rival and became the Seaboard Coast Line. The Seaboard Coast Line existed until the 1980's after which, following various mergers and consolidations, it became part of what is now known as CSX Transportation.

Green Cove Springs Old Courthouse

The Clay County Jail site is located on what is called the "historic triangle" whose most prominent buidling is the old Green Cove Springs Courthouse which was constructed in 1890. The land on which it was built was donated by the Borden family whose wealth was the result of their eponymous dairy company. The Old Courthouse is still used occasionally for juvenile cases among other things.

Located in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, the Eureka Springs and North Arkansas Railway is a working museum located at the site of the town's fully restored railroad depot which was built in 1913 and appears to be appropriately furnished inside, though it was closed on the day I visited.

This museum is home to a collection of vintage train cars and other relics including steam locomotives, compressors, pumps and engines. During the summer, you can book a ride on one of the cars pulled by a more modern diesel locomotive. There's also an old locomotive turn-table which they evidently still operate from time to time, despite its rather unstable appearance. One of the more prominent trains on site include the old No. 201, a 2-6-0 (Mogul) built in 1906 by the American Locomotive Company in Patterson New Jersey as a coal burner and was later converted to oil. It is one of only three known surviving locomotives to have worked on the Panama Canal. Attached to this machine is an old caged circus car, complete with an animal doghouse style enclosure inside. There's also an interesting 1951 Chevrolet converted to use as a track inspector's car, among other things.

I didn't bother to bring my camera on this stop so these photos were shot on my crappy old phone. The town itself is pretty cool; it's full of old buildings scattered around the unique and porous geography.