James Earl Ray escaped from the Brushy Mountain State Penetentiary located here on June 10, 1977. He remained free for only 50 hours. The prison closed in 2009.
Pages 387-396 - Sides, Hampton, 2010, Hellhound on his Trail: The Electrifying Account of the Largest Manhunt in American History: First Anchor Books, New York, 483p.
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