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Old San Eli Jail

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Old San Eli Jail

August 20, 2026

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Restoration work is underway on the old adobe jail in San Elizario, once the first El Paso County seat and the site of the county’s first jurado courthouse and jail, built in 1850. The project is being carried out by probationers from the El…

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