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Nov 14, 2012 20:35:24   #
tejaswrangler Loc: South Texas
 
Huntsville State Prison was established in 1849, located at Huntsville, Texas. All executions in the state are performed at the Huntsville Unit. Texas has had 490 executions since 1976, the most in the nation.

Prisoners that die at the Huntsville State Prison and not claimed by kin folks are buried at the Joe Byrd Cemetery, which is owned by the State of Texas. Each prisoner is provided a simple headstone. At last count, there are just a tab over 2,000 prisoners buried at the cemetery. Tejaswrangler :)







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Nov 14, 2012 20:49:18   #
tramsey Loc: Texas
 
Brrr, gies me a chill just looking. It's a nice series though.

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Nov 14, 2012 21:15:38   #
tejaswrangler Loc: South Texas
 
tramsey wrote:
Brrr, gies me a chill just looking. It's a nice series though.


tramsey, thanks for viewing the pictures. :)

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Nov 14, 2012 22:12:11   #
colo43 Loc: Eastern Plains of Colorado
 
Thank you for the History of the prison, and the photos. Boy Tramsey sure hit it, it gave me the willies too just looking at those head stones. Sure not some place i would care to walk after dark!
:)

tejaswrangler wrote:
Huntsville State Prison was established in 1849, located at Huntsville, Texas. All executions in the state are performed at the Huntsville Unit. Texas has had 490 executions since 1976, the most in the nation.

Prisoners that die at the Huntsville State Prison and not claimed by kin folks are buried at the Joe Byrd Cemetery, which is owned by the State of Texas. Each prisoner is provided a simple headstone. At last count, there are just a tab over 2,000 prisoners buried at the cemetery. Tejaswrangler :)
Huntsville State Prison was established in 1849, l... (show quote)

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Nov 14, 2012 23:05:42   #
kjfishman Loc: Fulton MO
 
Nice series of photos, wasn't this prison used to hold civil war prisoners?

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Nov 14, 2012 23:16:14   #
tejaswrangler Loc: South Texas
 
colo43 wrote:
Thank you for the History of the prison, and the photos. Boy Tramsey sure hit it, it gave me the willies too just looking at those head stones. Sure not some place i would care to walk after dark!
:)

tejaswrangler wrote:
Huntsville State Prison was established in 1849, located at Huntsville, Texas. All executions in the state are performed at the Huntsville Unit. Texas has had 490 executions since 1976, the most in the nation.

Prisoners that die at the Huntsville State Prison and not claimed by kin folks are buried at the Joe Byrd Cemetery, which is owned by the State of Texas. Each prisoner is provided a simple headstone. At last count, there are just a tab over 2,000 prisoners buried at the cemetery. Tejaswrangler :)
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Thank you for the History of the prison, and the p... (show quote)


colo43, I hear tell that the cemetery is haunted and it best not to visit there at night. Thanks for viewing the pictures. Tejaswrangler :)

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Nov 14, 2012 23:27:51   #
colo43 Loc: Eastern Plains of Colorado
 
My uncle was an old German ( spooky as all get out and bald headed- big Jimmy Durante nose )and he was a grave digger.
He frightened me so badly with his Ghoulish ways and spooky nonsense that there is no way i would walk a cemetery daylight or nightfall. So, seeing those grave stones sent chills up and down my spine.


colo43, I hear tell that the cemetery is haunted and it best not to visit there at night. Thanks for viewing the pictures. Tejaswrangler :)[/quote]

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Nov 14, 2012 23:41:08   #
tejaswrangler Loc: South Texas
 
kjfishman wrote:
Nice series of photos, wasn't this prison used to hold civil war prisoners?


kjfishman, Texas left the Union and joined the Confederate States during the Civil War. Prisoners housed at the prison did make uniforms for the confederate soldiers. Thanks for viewing the pictures. Tejaswrangler :)

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Nov 14, 2012 23:46:32   #
tejaswrangler Loc: South Texas
 
colo43 wrote:
My uncle was an old German ( spooky as all get out and bald headed- big Jimmy Durante nose )and he was a grave digger.
He frightened me so badly with his Ghoulish ways and spooky nonsense that there is no way i would walk a cemetery daylight or nightfall. So, seeing those grave stones sent chills up and down my spine.


colo43, I hear tell that the cemetery is haunted and it best not to visit there at night. Thanks for viewing the pictures. Tejaswrangler :)
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colo43, I don't go to a cemetery at night, and during the day I try to take someone with me just in the event that there is really such a thing as a ghost. I figure that if a ghost does exist, maybe I will be the one to escape. Tejaswrangler :)

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Nov 14, 2012 23:50:02   #
colo43 Loc: Eastern Plains of Colorado
 
Oh Gawd, just walking thru there and having a hand come up and out of the ground for my ankle would give me a heart attack right on the spot.

I feel a night mare coming on tonight!
:)

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Nov 15, 2012 03:50:40   #
Jolly Roger Loc: Dorset. UK
 
Is the death penalty still on the statute books?

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Nov 15, 2012 05:07:03   #
CORNISH Loc: CORNWALL, UK
 
tejaswrangler wrote:
Huntsville State Prison was established in 1849, located at Huntsville, Texas. All executions in the state are performed at the Huntsville Unit. Texas has had 490 executions since 1976, the most in the nation.

Prisoners that die at the Huntsville State Prison and not claimed by kin folks are buried at the Joe Byrd Cemetery, which is owned by the State of Texas. Each prisoner is provided a simple headstone. At last count, there are just a tab over 2,000 prisoners buried at the cemetery. Tejaswrangler :)
Huntsville State Prison was established in 1849, l... (show quote)


Very interesting, thanks for showing

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Nov 15, 2012 05:10:19   #
angler Loc: StHelens England
 
Good and interesting shots,and thanks for sharing.

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Nov 15, 2012 05:37:59   #
Tom DePuy Loc: Waxhaw, N.C.
 
nice set of picture's.....thanks for posting them,,something that I probably would never get to see otherwise

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Nov 15, 2012 05:59:25   #
Wizz Loc: Maryland, USA
 
Wow! Bet you that place is haunted. Great set of shots,thanks for letting me take a look.

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