As the early 20th century arrived, there was a distinct rise in both women and underage minors occupying space in the jail. Apparently in an attempt to screen women and youth from descriptions of their crimes in the Jail Book of Pacific County, judges often used euphemisms in an effort to maintain some sense of Victorian propriety. "Incorrigible" was the most common listing for teenaged girls, while young boys were more often described as committing crimes of forgery, burglary, and breaking parole. One jail clerk had no hesitation in describing a 13 year old Kenneth Downing, however, as "This is a bad boy. Always looks under his eyebrows. Has a mania for traveling and stealing."
This cache was placed as part of a series of locations, events and characters that shaped the early days of frontier justice in Pacific County. If you are interested in collecting trackable geocoins, you may pick up a copy of the official "Bounty Hunter's Roster" from the Long Beach Visitor Center, N 46° 19.892 W 124° 03.285 and find out how to claim a coin for your own collection by finding at least 20 of these geocaches, identified with "Behind Bars" in the title.
The names referenced in the cache titles and the outlaw photos are fictional and bear no relation to actual people, but the descriptive text for each cache relates factual information.
Reference Material on cache page from Jailhouse Stories from Early Pacific County by Sydney Stevens.