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Lincoln's Carthage Speech

Abraham Lincoln defended himself against political attacks during much of the speech he delivered here on the courthouse grounds on October 22, 1858. Stephen A. Douglas, who had spoken here eleven days earlier, had accused Lincoln of being too cozy ...

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Historic Carthage Jail

Alexander Sympson knew Lincoln when they were small boys in Kentucky. Like Lincoln, he moved to Illinois in the 1830's, and arrived in Carthage in early 1844, just as contention with the Mormons was peaking. In 1858 Sympson was the ...

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Carthagenia Lodge

No. 38

Prince Hall

Affiliated

(Founder of Black Masonry)

Established 1800's

Rebuilt 1975

Marker is at the intersection of Madison Street and Little Court, on the left when traveling south on Madison Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Battle of Carthage Memorial

In memory of

The Brave Men

who fell July 5, 1861,

in the Battle of Carthage.

C. S. M. A.

Mrs. Cindarilla F. Mealy, Pres.

Mrs. Lucinda Hampton, [?]

Marker is on Budlong Street near U.S. 71, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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Carthage-Tokay-Farley

In the 1860s, a coal field east of San Antonio was occasionally mined by soldiers for heating fuel and to fire their blacksmith ovens. In 1883, the Santa Fe railroad built a bridge across the Rio Grande at San Antonio ...

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Carthage

The beautiful city of Carthage was laid out, 1842, as the seat of Jasper County, organized, 1841, and named for Sgt. William Jasper, Revolutionary hero. Centered in a county of great mineral wealth and good farm land, Carthage grew into ...

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Battle of Carthage

In memory of the men in blue and gray who fought here on July 5, 1861.

Dedicated by the United Veterans of Carthage, who fought side by side in four foreign wars, on July 4, 1961.

Marker is on South Main Street, ...

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The Battle of Carthage

July 5, 1861

In early July, 1861 units of the Missouri State Guard under the command of Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson were en route to extreme southwest Missouri to there organize and train to resist Federal dominance of the state. On ...

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