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                    "SALTILLO, Miss. (WTVA) \u2013 An old jail cell is back in town.The Saltillo Historical Society recently acquired a century-old \u201cboxed\u201d jail cell used to house the town\u2019s lawbreakers in the early 1900s.Ken Smith, president of the Board of Directors for the Saltillo Historical Society, said they estimate it dates to around 1915.\u201cWe can go plus or minus about five years there,\u201d he said. \u201cIf we really wanted to go the minus part, from 1900 to 1915.\u201dDuring its operational years, the jail cell sat inside the old City Hall, which stood at what is now the corner of the Food Giant parking lot on Mobile Street.\u201cWe\u2019ve got pictures that show from the railroad point of view right over here, and it shows where the mayor\u2019s office and everything, and the jail cell was probably in there just like it was,\u201d Smith said. The small, steel cell was designed to hold only one or two people at a time, which was more than enough for the small town at the turn of the century.\u201cThe 1900s in Saltillo, you didn\u2019t have a lot of crime,\u201d Smith said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t have that many people. You\u2019re looking at a census report; it might be somewhere around 200 or 300 people.\u201dBecause the cell was preserved inside a dry warehouse for decades, it remains remarkably free of rust, with its original steel rivets still intact. However, Smith noted the presence of hex nuts, indicating the structure was upgraded or repaired at some point over the years.The cost of the cell? They do not know. They were simply thankful that Tupelo\u2019s Jim Denton kickstarted the jail cell\u2019s return.It all started with a cold call made by Denton to Saltillo Mayor Copey Grantham last week.It was eventually referred to Lindy Hopkins, the President of the Saltillo Historical Committee, who talked with Denton herself.\u201cSuch a nice man,\u201d Hopkins said. \u201cHe said, \u2018My goal is just to get all these things that I have ended up with back to their rightful homes.\u2019 And he said, \u2018I have heard the story of this Saltillo jail for years, and I wanted to get it back to y\u2019all.\u2019\u201dSmith said the story of how Denton acquired the old jail cell is fuzzy. \u201cHe was able to acquire this wire house from another person, and it had a lot of things in it,\u201d Smith said. \u201cThis person told him that this was a jail cell from Saltillo.\u201dWhen it was time to bring it from Tupelo to Saltillo, they had to destroy the cell, which weighs about 2,000 to 2,500 pounds.It will be put back together and will be on display in a new museum coming to Saltillo.Hopkins said in January the mayor and the alderman gave the historical society the old Robison medical clinic.They are currently in the process of renovating it into a new museum, a process that is being done by the non-profit historical society.\u201cAs soon as we get it ready, though, I just think this will be one of our very first exhibits,\u201d Hopkins said of the jail cell. The plan is to make it an interactive piece for people to learn from. So perhaps it will hold a person again? Hopefully only long enough for a photo or two. The plan is to make much of the museum interactive, Hopkins said. They have also been donated photos, an old ice safe, a telegraph box, an old telephone exchange and a piece of early 1900s firefighting equipment.\u201cIt\u2019s basically a water preserve,\u201d said Mayor Grantham. \u201cIt\u2019s on wagon wheels. And you would haul this to a fire and distribute water. So now we will have this on display here at the Saltillo Historical Society Committee.\u201dThere is no set date for when the museum will be able to open. They hope for three, maybe four months?It will be at 353 Mobile Street.But the pieces to be displayed have waited this long; another few months is nothing to these artifacts.Smith, Grantham and Hopkins each asked those who have items to donate from Saltillo\u2019s history to please share. And if they don\u2019t, a dollar or more can also help spotlight Saltillo\u2019s story.Grantham said people can reach out to City Hall for more information on helping, or by calling his personal number: (662) 871-4021.Smith said people can contact them on their Facebook page, \u201cSaltillo Historical Society.\u201d They can also email saltillohistoricalsociety@shs1849.org.Copyright 2026 WTVA. All rights reserved."
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