The Buncombe Bastille Breakout

episode 9-7

Jail facilities and the ways of incarcerating people have steadily changed over the years in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Western North Carolina is no exception. From stocks in the town square of Asheville (“Morristown”) To more modern facilities that were, at the time, the best that money could build.

The Buncombe co. In its many constructions, Jail has, at times, been full of criminals, both State and federal, some of whom were men of means and Influence. Men who could afford outside help to make their escape. Or at least make it a matter of more than a mere possibility.

This shade of blue story is about a forgotten 1886 escape from one of the previous jails in Buncombe County.