An incongruously small building, this wreck of a jailhouse is just large enough to hold one small cell. It has a barred door and three small barred windows. It stands in the middle of an empty lot just outside of town. There are no signs or markers. We were directed here by a resident, who told us that according to town legend, the notorious bank robber and cattle rustler Butch Cassidy once spent a night in this jail house. Although Cassidy was known to have visited Green River, there are no records to support the story of his incarceration here.

( Read more on Mr. Cassidy at http://www.utah.com/oldwest/butch_cassidy.htm )

I made this somewhat surreal image with a 28mm lens, featuring the jail, telephone wires crossed overhead, and a powerful cloudscape. The building seems forlorn and completely out of context. But it makes for a good story.