Friday morning we went to Carthage. First, we watched a film about Joseph and some of the history of The Church.
They have a new visitors center and it is really nice. The jail was getting a new roof so there was work going on. This is the back of the jail and the addition on the left is part of the living quarters of the couple who ran the jail. The man was friendly to the saints and he and his wife took good care of the prophet and those who were jailed with him.
When you enter the back door this is the room you go into, like their living area.
This is the next room, their dining area. We were told that the jailers wife would cook for the prisoners and fed them well.
This is where much of the cooking took place. I found it interesting that there was a bed in this room.
The jailer and his wife had two little girls and they would play on the bed when mom was cooking and working in the kitchen. The day the mob came there were a couple of shots that were fired into this area and just missed the girls on the bed.
This is the dungeon part of the jail where the prisoners were held. It's a dark room, You can see in the second picture where they would be chained.
The room was heated by this wood stove.
The day the mob came the jailer had been sent away. There were town leaders that knew if he were there he would be killed trying to protect his prisoners. He actually moved them out of the jail area into his bedroom, which was next door.
This is the window Joseph fell out off. The walls of the jail are very thick, as you can see by the window sill.
There was no lock on the door and when Hyrum and others tried to hold the door shut this is the bullet hole that killed Hyrum. There's also a hole on the side of the door just above the door knob. This is the original door. The holes had been covered with wood at one time but when it was removed the original holes were revealed.
This is the front of the jail.
There are rods that go through the walls and floor joices then have a large nut on each end. These nuts can be tightened up to keep the walls straight and snug. You can see the stars on the picture above. The rods go both ways on the building.
After we got home from Carthage we babysat so Brian & Amy could go to the temple.
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