Squirrel Cage Jail

Ye Olde Crime

Lindsay and Madison discuss the Squirrel Cage Jail, as well as why a solid metal structure is just a bad idea, that you shouldn’t trust something that involves a hand crank, and how to be historic while also being a bad idea.

Information pulled from the following sources:

• 2022 Let’s Go Iowa blog post by Kim
• 2009 The Daily Nonpareil article by Kim Bousquet
• 2006 The Daily Nonpareil article by Keith Mehlin
• 2006 The Daily Nonpareil article by Tim Johnson
• 2003 The Daily Nonpareil article by Greg Jerrett
• 1994 The Daily Nonpareil article by Carla Chance
• Atlas Obscura
• Council Bluffs Convention & Visitors Bureau
• Historical Society of Pottawattamie County
• Roadside America (1)
• Travel Iowa
• Wikipedia (1) (2)

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