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    Carthage is a city in and the county seat of Hancock County, Illinois, United States. Its population was 2,490 as of the 2020 census. Carthage is best...
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  • Grant Consortium. Carthage College was founded in Hillsboro, Illinois, by Lutheran pioneers in education, and chartered by the Illinois General Assembly...
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  • Arkansas Carthage, California, a.k.a. Cartago, California Carthage, Illinois Carthage, Indiana Carthage, Maine Carthage, Mississippi Carthage, Missouri...
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    county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 17,620. Its county seat is Carthage, and its largest city is Hamilton...
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  • in Carthage, Illinois as a two-year college, buying the former campus of Carthage College for $1.1 million after Carthage College had left Illinois for...
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    Carthage Jail is a historic building in Carthage, Illinois, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). It was built in 1839 and is best...
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    Joseph Smith (category Religious leaders from Illinois)
    anti-Mormon sentiment. Fearing an invasion of Nauvoo, Smith rode to Carthage, Illinois, to stand trial, but was shot and killed by a mob that stormed the...
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    The Carthage Courthouse Square Historic District is a historic district encompassing the courthouse square of Carthage, Hancock County, Illinois. The district...
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    Killing of Joseph Smith (category Lynching deaths in Illinois)
    a mob in Carthage, Illinois, United States, on June 27, 1844, while awaiting trial in the town jail. As mayor of the city of Nauvoo, Illinois, Joseph Smith...
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    Virginia Cherrill (category People from Carthage, Illinois)
    City Lights (1931). Virginia Cherrill was born on a farm in rural Carthage, Illinois to James E. and Blanche (née Wilcox) Cherrill. She attended schools...
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    was scheduled for November 1 to December 4, but Smith was killed in Carthage, Illinois, on June 27. Smith was the first Latter Day Saint to seek the presidency...
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  • changed its name to Illinois State University. It ceased operations in 1868, but reopened as Carthage College in Carthage, Illinois, in 1870. In 1835,...
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    movement, died after being shot and pushed out a window of the Carthage Jail in Carthage, Illinois while attempting to escape a mob. On June 11, 1903, a group...
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    the states of New York, Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois. In 1844, Smith was killed by a mob in Carthage, Illinois, while in jail awaiting trial on charges of...
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    Conference of Illinois (CCI). Charter members included Augustana College of Illinois, Carthage College, Elmhurst College, Illinois College, Illinois Wesleyan...
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  • Carthage Courthouse Square Historic District may refer to: Carthage Courthouse Square Historic District (Carthage, Illinois), listed on the NRHP in Illinois...
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    from the eighth grade, students attend high school at Illini West in Carthage, Illinois. "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved...
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  • Missouri, and Illinois. Notably, the founder of Mormonism, Joseph Smith, was shot and killed alongside his brother, Hyrum Smith, in Carthage, Illinois in 1844...
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  • Illini West High School (category Public high schools in Illinois)
    Illini West High School (IWHS) is a public high school in Carthage, Illinois, United States. IWHS serves a mostly rural area that includes most of northeastern...
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  • Carthage High School may refer to: Carthage High School (Arkansas) — Carthage, Arkansas Carthage High School (Illinois) (now Illini West High School) —...
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  • 26 Los Angeles, California Telecom Consultant Nick Benvenutti 33 Carthage, Illinois Electrical Engineer Brandon Howell 28 Marysville, Washington Hipster...
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    "anti-Mormons" in Illinois and Missouri. Smith was arrested, and on June 27, 1844, he and his brother Hyrum were killed by a mob in Carthage, Illinois. Because...
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  • of moving its campus from Carthage, Illinois, to Kenosha, Wisconsin. The team played its first three home games in Carthage and played its final home...
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    " The campaign ended when Smith was killed by a mob while in the Carthage, Illinois, jail on June 27, 1844. After severe persecution, the Mormons left...
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  • (1852–1870), moved to Carthage in 1870 and became Carthage College Illinois Institute of Art – Chicago (1916–2018, Chicago) Illinois Institute of Art – Schaumburg...
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    Nauvoo Legion (category 1840 establishments in Illinois)
    Illinois fears to deliver up Jo Smith, there will be something serious between the two states." In September 1843, a conference in Carthage, Illinois...
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  • (1510 kHz) is a farm/country formatted AM radio station, licensed to Carthage, Illinois. Because the station shares the same frequency as clear-channel station...
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  • School (Carthage, New York) Carthage High School (Carthage, Texas) Carthage High School (Carthage, Illinois) - now deactivated and a component of the consolidated...
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    Assistant President of the Church, were both killed by a mob while in a Carthage, Illinois jail, and several individuals within the church claimed to be the...
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  • Harmony Township in Hancock County in the U.S. state of Illinois, about eight miles south of Carthage and about 30 miles northeast of Quincy. Denver was laid...
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