After Mom and I finished our tour of several of the sights in Idaho City, we returned to John Brogan Park to catch our breath and let Loki and Katie cool off in the muddy creek ("Oh I love that dirty water!" was the song going through my head as I watched the brats wallowing in the water) one more time before heading to Pioneer Cemetery.

I looked across the road past the Masonic Lodge and saw another old building that I needed to go and check out. Katie seeing that one of her Mommies was going somewhere without her, came out of the creek and followed me across the road. The building was another jail, this time the Idaho Territorial Jail. "You don't behave yourself, Kaitlin, and I'll lock you up in there without your supper!," I joked to the wet and dirty Katie.

Idaho was a part of the Oregon Territory until it gained statehood in 1890. The Idaho Territorial Jail was established in Idaho City in 1864 and housed many inmates until 1875. It is a wooden structure with two tiny cells that Katie and I were able to take a quick tour of in a short period of time. There is no furniture, just the shell of the building that is still intact after all of these years.

After Katie and I returned to the park, I told Mom about the prison, and she and Loki (another dog with separation anxiety problems!) made their way across the road to see what it was all about. It isn't much to talk about, but it is a building that is part of Idaho history.