A Short Tour of the Ellis County Courthouse

A Lovely Old Courtroom

A Balcony To Hold The Overflow

Can you imagine some of the trials that were held here in the early days of the last century?
There was plenty of woods around here to hide the activities of prohibition era moonshiners. And there are numerous back roads through the woods to hide transport of the contraband.

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