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〕 | prominence_imperial = | lat_d = 40 | lat_m = 24 | lat_s = 52 | lat_NS = N | long_d = 91 | long_m = 08 | long_s = 00 | long_EW = W | highest = | highest_location = | highest_region = | highest_state = | highest_elevation_imperial = | highest_lat_d = | highest_lat_m = | highest_lat_s = | highest_lat_NS = | highest_long_d = | highest_long_m = | highest_long_s = | highest_long_EW = | lowest = | lowest_location = | lowest_region = | lowest_state = | lowest_elevation_imperial = | lowest_lat_d = | lowest_lat_m = | lowest_lat_s = | lowest_lat_NS = | lowest_long_d = | lowest_long_m = | lowest_long_s = | lowest_long_EW = | area_imperial = 2.44 | area_land_imperial = 2.44 | area_water_imperial = 0.00 | population = 2,606 | population_date = 2010 | population_density_imperial = 1698.0 | established_type = Founded | established = 1837 | date = | government = | leader_type = Mayor | leader = Jim Nightingale | timezone = CST | utc_offset = -6 | timezone_DST = CDT | utc_offset_DST = -5 | postal_code = 62321 | area_code = 217 | map = Illinois Locator Map.PNG | map_caption = Location of Carthage within Illinois | map_background = | map_locator = Illinois | map1 = | map1_caption = | commons = Carthage, Illinois | website = (carthage-il.com ) | footnotes = }} Carthage is a city in Hancock County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,605 as of the 2010 Census, down from 2,725 in 2000. It is the county seat of Hancock County.〔(【引用サイトリンク】accessdate=2011-06-07 )〕 Carthage is most famous for being the site of the death of Joseph Smith in 1844. == History == Hancock County, and Carthage, saw its first settlers arrive sometime in the first few decades of the 19th century. By 1833, simple buildings had been erected in Carthage, and the town was platted in 1838. By this time Carthage had become the county seat of Hancock County. The only person legally hanged in Hancock County, Efram Fraim, was defended in his trial by roaming country attorney Abraham Lincoln. Fraim was found guilty of murder. Lincoln filed an appeal with the judge in the trial, which was as far as appeals in those days mostly went. Because at the time Carthage had no jail, Fraim was kept at the Courthouse,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hancockcountycourthouse.org/ )〕 which was next to the school. Fraim would converse with the children from his second-floor window. As a result of these conversations, most of the school children were present when their new friend, Efraim, was hanged. The hanging is believed to have taken place in the vicinity of the current city sewer plant east of town, where a natural amphitheater allowed for a crowd to view the spectacle. While incarcerated in the Carthage Jail in June 1844, Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, was killed along with his brother Hyrum Smith. On October 22, 1858, Abraham Lincoln gave a speech in Carthage while campaigning for the Senate. The speech spot is commemorated by a large stone on the south side of the Courthouse square. Over the years the jail had been modified and utilized for different purposes. For a period the jail was home to Carthage College. The jail has been restored to a close approximation of its appearance in 1844 and is now owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The site, a full city block, is operated as a historical visitor's center. Regionally noted botanist, philanthropist, and traveler Dr. Alice L. Kibbe called Carthage home. Along with Dr. Kibbe's personal collections, Carthage's Kibbe Hancock Heritage Museum houses a variety of exhibits celebrating local and regional history. Carthage is the only city in Illinois to have all of the jails that were ever used still in existence: The old jail, called the Mormon Jail; the jail next built which was also the Sheriff's residence and is on the south side of the Courthouse square; and the new jail, located on Highway 136 on the west side of the City. The Hancock County Courthouse in Carthage, built in 1908, is the third courthouse for the county.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hancockcountycourthouse.org/ )〕 It is at the center of the square in Carthage. The courthouse and shops shops surrounding the square have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1986.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url= )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carthage, Illinois」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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