PRISON CEMETERY

The prison opened for business on July 1, 1876. Jack would have been one of the first of its merry inhabitants to die while in custody there. Burial records for the cemetery do not exist, but it should not be terribly difficult to find out where the first graves were dug. His grave deserves recognition.

Hysterical Journey to Historic Places

March 31st 2015
JACK SWILLING Jack passed away on August 12, 1878. He died in his cell at Yuma Territorial Prison from complications arising from morphine addiction. He was buried the same day in an unmarked grave in the prison cemetery and quickly forgotten. He wasn’t even convicted of a crime. He was just being held on charges of robbing a stagecoach up near Wickenburg. Local authorities there wa ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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