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Carthage Jail

It was at this jail that the Prophet Joseph Smith was martyred on 27 June, 1844

Statue of Hyrum and Joseph

 

      

   

Joseph Smith was in the upper room of the jail and was shot from within and without.  He fell from the upper window shown in the photographs below to ground near the well.

       

Downstairs quarters for the jailer

     

   

Up stairs jail cells

      

       

The room in which Joseph and Hyrum were martyred.

     

 

Bullet holes in the door to the jail cell.

   

Painting: Joseph and Hyrum on the way to Carthage