Transporting prisoners in these early days proved problematic, with few roads, and those quite primitive. Most were simply rutted wagon tracks through the forest and marshes. County business often involved the sheriff transporting prisoners to the state penitentiary in Walla Walla or the State Insane Asylum in Steilacoom. One prisoner, Manuel Gates, required several trips between South Bend and Walla Walla via train and water transport. He had been booked on a charge of manslaughter, later upgraded to first degree murder, after skillful work from one of Portland's best detectives. His sentence was eventually reduced to second degree murder and held on appeal, where he wept at his sentencing before being returned to Walla Walla to serve his time.
Do not enter private property! Cache is at the end of the ivy groundcover, next to the breakwater of boulders and access to the beach.
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.