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    • Road to Carthage

    • Road to Carthage

    • Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Assassination; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Homes and haunts;

    • Early in the evening of June 24, 1844, Joseph Smith and his party started for Carthage on horseback. THe road led by the Prophet's farm on the outskirts of Nauvoo. He reined in his horse and sat silent, looking at the farm for several minutes. As...
    • Carthage Jail, exterior

    • Carthage Jail, exterior

    • Old Carthage Jail; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Death and burial; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Assassination; Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844--Assassination;

    • On June 27, 1844 a mob stormed the Carthage Jail, killing Joseph and Hyrum Smith. The rear of the Carthage jail and in the foreground is the Visitor Center.
    • Carthage Jail, exterior

    • Carthage Jail, exterior

    • Old Carthage Jail; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Death and burial; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Assassination; Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844--Assassination;

    • On June 27, 1844 a mob stormed the Carthage Jail, killing Joseph and Hyrum Smith. Statues of Joseph and Hyrum Smith on the walkway to the Visitor Center. The jail is in the background.
    • Carthage Jail, exterior

    • Carthage Jail, exterior

    • Old Carthage Jail; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Death and burial; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Assassination; Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844--Assassination;

    • On June 27, 1844 a mob stormed the Carthage Jail, killing Joseph and Hyrum Smith. This is a front view of the Carthage jail. The martyrdom room is on the second floor below the attic on the right. The left window on the second floor opens up to...
    • Carthage Jail, exterior

    • Carthage Jail, exterior

    • Old Carthage Jail; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Death and burial; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Assassination; Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844--Assassination;

    • On June 27, 1844 a mob stormed the Carthage Jail, killing Joseph and Hyrum Smith. A view of the south wall of the Carthage Jail . On June 27, 1884 a mob stormed the Jail killing Joseph Smith ad his Brother Hyrum.
    • Carthage Jail, interior

    • Carthage Jail, interior

    • Old Carthage Jail; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Death and burial; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Assassination; Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844--Assassination;

    • On June 27, 1844 a mob stormed the Carthage Jail, killing Joseph and Hyrum Smith. This is the martyrdom room looking from the doorway where the mob entered. The window in the center is the one Joseph Smith attempted to jump from thinking to save...
    • Carthage Jail, interior

    • Carthage Jail, interior

    • Old Carthage Jail; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Death and burial; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Assassination; Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844--Assassination;

    • On June 27, 1844 a mob stormed the Carthage Jail, killing Joseph and Hyrum Smith. This is the door the mob broke through. The bullet hole in the left panel was the one that killed Hyrum Smith. There is another bullet hole where the lock was on...
    • Carthage Jail, interior

    • Carthage Jail, interior

    • Old Carthage Jail; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Death and burial; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Assassination; Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844--Assassination;

    • On June 27, 1844 a mob stormed the Carthage Jail, killing Joseph and Hyrum Smith. This is approximately the place on the floor where Hyrum Smith fell upon being shot in the head, the bullet entering just to the left of his nose. He fell to the...
    • Carthage Jail, interior

    • Carthage Jail, interior

    • Old Carthage Jail; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Death and burial; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Assassination; Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844--Assassination;

    • On June 27, 1844 a mob stormed the Carthage Jail, killing Joseph and Hyrum Smith. View from the window from which Joseph Smith was attempting to jump when he was shot.
    • Carthage Jail, exterior

    • Carthage Jail, exterior

    • Old Carthage Jail; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Death and burial; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Assassination; Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844--Assassination;

    • On June 27, 1844 a mob stormed the Carthage Jail, killing Joseph and Hyrum Smith. To the right of the jail is the well underneath the window from which Joseph Smith fell.
    • Joseph and Hyrum Statue, Carthage, Illinois

    • Joseph and Hyrum Statue, Carthage, Illinois

    • Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Assassination; Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844--Assassination;

    • This statue is located at Carthage Jail, where Joseph and Joseph and Hyrum Smith were martyred on June 27, 1844. The wreath shown in the picture is part of a commemoration in 2002 of Joseph and Hyrum's martyrdom, as well as the Saints'...
    • Carthage Jail, exterior

    • Carthage Jail, exterior

    • Old Carthage Jail; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Death and burial; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Assassination; Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844--Assassination;

    • On June 27, 1844 a mob stormed the Carthage Jail, killing Joseph and Hyrum Smith. Carthage jail and statures of Joseph and Hyrum Smith.
    • Carthage Jail, exterior

    • Carthage Jail, exterior

    • Old Carthage Jail; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Death and burial; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Assassination; Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844--Assassination;

    • On June 27, 1844 a mob stormed the Carthage Jail, killing Joseph and Hyrum Smith. Pathway leading to the Visitor Center and to the jail from the parking lot.
    • Carthage Jail, exterior

    • Carthage Jail, exterior

    • Old Carthage Jail; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Death and burial; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Assassination; Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844--Assassination;

    • On June 27, 1844 a mob stormed the Carthage Jail, killing Joseph and Hyrum Smith. Close-up view of the Carthage jail and the well.
    • Carthage visitor's center

    • Carthage visitor's center

    • Mormon Church--Visitors' centers; Old Carthage Jail; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Death and burial; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Assassination; Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844--Assassination;

    • On June 27, 1844 a mob stormed the Carthage Jail, killing Joseph and Hyrum Smith. Front view of the Visitor Center. The entrance is in the year
    • Carthage Jail, south wall

    • Carthage Jail, south wall

    • Carthage Jail (Ill.); Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Assassination; Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844; Taylor, John, 1808-1887; Richards, Willard, 1804-1854;

    • The Hancock County jail in Carthage, Illinois where the Prophet Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum, were killed by a mob on 27 June 1844. President Joseph F. Smith, the son of Hyrum Smith, directed that the Church purchase the structure in 1903....
    • Monument to Joseph and Hyrum Smith at Carthage, Illinois

    • Monument to Joseph and Hyrum Smith at Carthage, Illinois

    • Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Assassination; Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844; Taylor, John, 1808-1887; Richards, Willard, 1804-1854;

    • This monument to Joseph and Hyrum Smith, the Prophet and the Patriarch, is located in Carthage, Illinois, just outside the jail where they were both killed on 27 June 1844. On that occasion, Elder John Taylor was seriously wounded; Elder Willard...
    • Carthage Jail graphic

    • Carthage Jail graphic

    • Carthage Jail (Ill.); Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Assassination; Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844; Taylor, John, 1808-1887; Richards, Willard, 1804-1854;

    • This graphic shows the floorplan of the Carthage Jail where Joseph and Hyrum Smith were killed on 27 June 1844. The cutaway shows the jailor's bedroom where Hyrum was first shot and killed (2). The Prophet was then mortally wounded and fell from...
    • Statue of Joseph and Hyrum Smith

    • Statue of Joseph and Hyrum Smith

    • Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Assassination; Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844; Taylor, John, 1808-1887; Richards, Willard, 1804-1854;

    • This monument to Joseph and Hyrum Smith, the Prophet and the Patriarch, is located in Carthage, Illinois, just outside the jail where they were both killed on 27 June 1844. On that occasion, Elder John Taylor was seriously wounded; Elder Willard...
    • Brigham Young Letter

    • Brigham Young Letter

    • Young, Brigham, 1801-1877; Young, Mary Ann Angell, 1803-1882; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844; Smith, Joseph, 1805-1844--Assassination; Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844; Smith, Hyrum, 1800-1844--Assassination; Young, Brigham, 1801-1877; Brigham Young Home (Nauvoo,...

    • This is a letter from Mary Ann Young to Brigham Young, notifying him of the deaths of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. This letter can be seen at the Brigham Young Home, in Nauvoo. At the time of the prophet's death, Brigham Young was in Boston and was...

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