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The Boots Motel, a historic U.S. Route 66 motor hotel in Carthage, Missouri, opened in 1939 as the Boots Court at 107 S. Garrison Avenue.. It served travellers at the "crossroads of America" (US 66 and U.S. Route 71, the major roads of that era) [3] and was built in streamline moderne and art deco architectural style, its roofline and walls accented in black Carrara glass and green neon. [4]
The Courthouse is built on the site of the original Jasper County Courthouse which was burned in the Battle of Carthage during the American Civil War. Built from 1894 - 1895, the Jasper County Courthouse was designed by architect Max A. Orlopp Jr. in the Romanesque Revival-style and built using local Carthage marble, it is the second most ...
Carthage is located south of the Spring River along US Route 71. Joplin is approximately twelve miles to the southwest and Neosho is about 17 miles to the south. [15]According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 11.69 square miles (30.28 km 2), of which 11.65 square miles (30.17 km 2) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km 2) is water.
Oct. 9—CARTHAGE, Mo. — The Carthage City Council will meet at a new location on Tuesday because of large crowds seen at recent meetings voicing opinions about an ongoing dispute between the ...
Carthage South Historic District is a national historic district located at Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri. The district encompasses 491 contributing buildings in ...
Other notable buildings include the Bank of Carthage, Ben Franklin Store (1920s), Farmers and Drovers Bank / Miller Clothing Company (1875, 1908), Belk-Simpson Building (pre-1884), Carthage Water & Electric Co. (pre-1884), Snyder Building (1901), Drake Hotel (1920), Fire Department (1883), Leggett and Platt (1920), McNerney Block (1905), and ...
Pages in category "People from Carthage, Missouri" The following 39 pages are in this category, out of 39 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
In 2001, the Dover Port Mortuary became the sole port mortuary in the continental U.S. after the mortuary at Travis Air Force Base in California closed. In 2003, the new Charles C. Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs replaced the 48-year-old facility that had been in use since 1955 to identify and process the remains of over 50,000 service members.