Less than two miles (3 km) southeast of downtown Boise, the Old Idaho Penitentiary is operated by the Idaho State Historical Society; the elevation of the site is approximately 2,770 feet (845 m) above sea level. Dennis, a kitten found in the prison barn by an inmate in 1952 was kept in the penitentiary for sixteen years.
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- The dining hall of the penitentiary. Much of the building was burned in the riots. The lines in the photograph are cables used to hold the walls up.
- Open year-round, visitors of the Old Idaho Penitentiary can walk through solitary confinement, cell blocks, and the gallows.
- Built in 1870, when Idaho was still a territory, the Old Idaho Penitentiary started as a single-cell building.
- Rugged, raw and strangely romantic, Idaho's Sawtooth National Recreation Area takes in over 750,000 acres of protected land rent with rivers and frequented by...
- Idaho State Penitentiary is another prison on the long list of America’s most haunted prisons. ... 110 prisoners died due to illness, murder and old age.
- The Old Idaho Penitentiary State Historic Site, located east of Boise, Idaho, was a functional prison from 1872 to 1973.
- Sitting on a vast 510 acres, the Old Idaho State Penitentiary is constructed of sharp sandstone, a sort of castle-like structure that acts as an extensive...
- The Old Idaho Penitentiary State Historic Site, located east of Boise, Idaho, is a significant historical landmark.
- Old Idaho State Penitentiary opened its doors in 1872 with eleven inmates from the Boise County Jail.
- During its 101 years of operation, the Old Idaho State Penitentiary housed more than 13,000 inmates, with a maximum of 600 inmates at a time.
- The Old Idaho Penitentiary is a division of the Idaho State Historical Society.
- A visit to the Old Idaho Penitentiary gives you an insight into over 100 years of history, as you visit the Solitary Confinement area, the cell blocks and even the...
- Sitting on 510 acres, Old Idaho State Penitentiary Museum buildings that were constructed before 1950 used locally quarried, cheap rusticated sandstone...
