The Old Jail in Carthage, Illinois

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The Old Jail

Carthage, IL , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 40° 24' 58.68", -91° 8' 22.02"

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In the old Carthage Jail, which stands one block south of here, Joseph and Hyrum Smith, Prophet and patriarch of the Mormon Church, were killed by a mob on June 27, 1844. Two years later the Mormons withdrew from Illinois, where they had settled in 1839, to the Great Salt Lake.

Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00

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