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Carthage in the 1860s & 1870s
Displayed in honor of May 2000's Civil War Reenactment event, the Powers Museum lobby featured a sampling of "Streets of History" window cards created for previous reenactment events. Information presented focused on pre- and post-Civil War businesses located on selected lots of the historic courthouse square.
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| Caffee's Drug Co., NW corner of square (now Bank of America/Jasper County Annex II site) |
Generally speaking, years represented on most of these cards included 1860, 1867, 1873 and some later dates as well.
The following excerpt from Miss Emily A. Belt's diary of 1867 gives an idea of what Carthage was like immediately after the Civil War. She wrote:
"Next came Carthage, that much-heard-of place to which everyone is coming. The town is very new but the rubbish left by the ravages of war gives it a much dilapidated appearance. By the remains of brick buildings here I should judge that there had been some nice brick buildings here."
Click here for more information on Carthage in 1868-69
Bank of Carthage Ledger Index, 1868-70
Click here for more information on Carthage in 1874
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| Center detail from Grace Episcopal Church 1895 quilt. Click here to see list of names around courthouse. |
Jasper Courthouse Quilts 1895 - 1995
Formerly displayed in the Powers Museum Meeting Room, quilts document
the construction and history of the Jasper County Courthouse. Both were
fundraising projects for the sponsoring organizations when created —
the ladies of Grace Episcopal Church in 1895 and the Powers Museum in
1995. Seven hundred ninety-one Jasper County names are represented on
the Grace quilt and approximately 700 individual and family names on the
museum quilt. Both were hand-stitched and hand-quilted by volunteers.
The older quilt was auctioned and presented to Lacie Caffee in whose family
it remained until donated to the museum in 1993 by the Elizabeth Wright
Estate.
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| Find names on the 1995 Jasper
County Courthouse Centennial Quilt photo courtesy John Woodward |
Click here for 2008 display/conservation schedule for Jasper County Courthouse Quilts
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