rj32 | Abandoned prison farm on Eagle Island explored! @rj32 | Uploaded June 2018 | Updated October 2024, 46 minutes ago.
Abandoned prison farm all boarded up on Eagle Island. What happened here? Why did it get abandoned? Come explore with me and my dog as we walk the grounds of this old place.
Special thanks to JGemplerPhotography for this great info on this location.
Eagle Island State Prison Farm
History of this farm:
1929 – State Board of Prisons purchases Eagle Island property for use as a prison honor farm.
1930 – Eagle Island Prison Farm begins operations with 40 trustees. Dairy barns and milking parlor built. Original bunkhouse and dining hall/kitchen is completed.
1949- Dormitory built by prison labor.
1965 – Idaho State Legislature enacted enabling legislation creating the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation (IDPR). Slaughter house is built at Eagle Island Prison Farm.
1977 – Idaho Department of Corrections discontinues operation of Eagle Island Honor Farm and turns over the property to the Idaho Department of Lands. Idaho Department of Lands Board votes to set aside Eagle Island property for development as a State Park.
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Abandoned prison farm all boarded up on Eagle Island. What happened here? Why did it get abandoned? Come explore with me and my dog as we walk the grounds of this old place.
Special thanks to JGemplerPhotography for this great info on this location.
Eagle Island State Prison Farm
History of this farm:
1929 – State Board of Prisons purchases Eagle Island property for use as a prison honor farm.
1930 – Eagle Island Prison Farm begins operations with 40 trustees. Dairy barns and milking parlor built. Original bunkhouse and dining hall/kitchen is completed.
1949- Dormitory built by prison labor.
1965 – Idaho State Legislature enacted enabling legislation creating the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation (IDPR). Slaughter house is built at Eagle Island Prison Farm.
1977 – Idaho Department of Corrections discontinues operation of Eagle Island Honor Farm and turns over the property to the Idaho Department of Lands. Idaho Department of Lands Board votes to set aside Eagle Island property for development as a State Park.
Thanks so much for watching, Please share this video with your friends and make sure to subscribe, I will be doing some live streams and contests soon.
Check out some of my other videos and let me know what you think!
www,youtube.com/rj32
Instagram @rjofficial
Music- ES Reverse by Patric Almkyish
