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Carthage, MO
July 5, 1861
 
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Carthage, MO
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Creek coming out of the ground in Carthage, MO.
 
 
 
There isn't a visitors center, just a display at the parking lot.
 
 
Coming into the park from the parking lot the first thing you notice is the rock outcropping on the right.
 
 
On the left the park is bounded by a railroad track.
 
 
The rocks contain caves. The caves are off limits but the is a process for getting permission to enter them. These caves were explored by the soldiers before the battle but otherwise didn't play any real part in the events.
 
The battle paralleled the creek.
 

Of course there was firing from the rock and some maneuvering along the top.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
There had been floods not long before my visit that took out the bridge over the creek.
 
I didn't feel like getting wet so I didn't go any further.
 
 
It was an out and back affair following that strip of grass.
  
 
 
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