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Old Hanging Tree

Hallettsville · Lavaca County · placed 1967 · Recorded Texas Historic Landmark

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Gallows used Sept. 12, 1879, at public hanging of "Pocket", an Indian, killer of Englishman Leonard Hyde. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1967

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