Monday, June 17, 2019

Carthage Jail- Family summer trip 2019

After our last day in Nauvoo we headed for Carthage, only about 30 minutes away.


A statue of Joseph and Hyrum whom were both martyred at Carthage Jail.


Carthage Jail

The upstairs window is where Joseph Smith fell out of as he was being
shot to death from both inside and outside of the jail.
The bullet hole still remains from the day that a bullet passed through the door to kill Hyrum.

The bedroom that the 4 men (Joseph, Hyrum, John Taylor and Willard Richards)
stayed in the night they were attacked.



John Taylor was badly wounded and was hidden inside this cell (by Willard Richards) after the attacks.

It has been a full day. Now we are on to St. Louis, MO!

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