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Oct. 9—CARTHAGE, Mo. — The Carthage City Council will meet at a new location on Tuesday because of large crowds seen at recent meetings voicing opinions about an ongoing dispute between the ...
Apr. 10—CARTHAGE, Mo. — Newly elected members of the Carthage City Council immediately launched an effort Tuesday night to dismantle the city's administrative team, but they were preempted by ...
CARTHAGE, Mo. — Embattled Carthage City Council member Tiffany Cossey is charged with stealing campaign signs. Last Friday, an outspoken opponent of Cossey’s, Bill Scheerer, seen below in this ...
Carthage is located south of the Spring River along US Route 71. Joplin is approximately twelve miles to the southwest and Neosho is about 17 miles to the south. [15]According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.69 square miles (30.28 km 2), of which 11.65 square miles (30.17 km 2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km 2) is water.
The Courthouse is built on the site of the original Jasper County Courthouse which was burned in the Battle of Carthage during the American Civil War. Built from 1894 - 1895, the Jasper County Courthouse was designed by architect Max A. Orlopp Jr. in the Romanesque Revival-style and built using local Carthage marble, it is the second most ...
Other notable buildings include the Bank of Carthage, Ben Franklin Store (1920s), Farmers and Drovers Bank / Miller Clothing Company (1875, 1908), Belk-Simpson Building (pre-1884), Carthage Water & Electric Co. (pre-1884), Snyder Building (1901), Drake Hotel (1920), Fire Department (1883), Leggett and Platt (1920), McNerney Block (1905), and ...
Carthage South Historic District is a national historic district located at Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri. The district encompasses 491 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section Carthage.
Led by Governor Jackson, the Missouri State Guard fought a strong defensive campaign and stopped the Union advance at Carthage.. On June 10, 1861, Lyon met with Governor Jackson and Missouri State Guard Major-General Sterling Price at St. Louis' Planter's House hotel in a last attempt to solve conflicting claims for state and federal sovereignty.