Monument Park

In our class we are learning about the fire and it is fun to learn about it. On October 20 (the anniversary of the fire), we went on a fire walk. That means we walked the boundary of the fire. On our walk, we stopped at Monument Park. We all remembered the fire and the place it happened.

The graveyard here is special and I hope it will be remembered as time passes as the (northernmost) boundary of the fire that Carthage faced in 1884. The fire was one of the biggest disasters in Carthage's history. I hope when people pass by the cemetery today they will remember the fire.

Derek

The graveyard is one of the boundaries of the fire which was in 1884.

People call it the Great Carthage Fire. The fire burned 200 homes, 4 churches and a lot of buildings. The other boundaries were Chuckie's house and State Street.

The graveyard stopped the fire because there was nothing to burn there. The head stones got black from the fire, but they did not burn. After the fire was out, the graveyard was one of the only places left.

Today people still visit the area where the Great Carthage Fire was. The grave yard reminds people of the boundaries of the fire and to be thankful that no one died in the fire. Josh

Monument Park

In 1884, a great fire sprang up. It covered over one mile of distance and burned houses, trees, stores and churches. It lasted over six hours, but it finally died down.

One of the boundaries was the cemetery at Monument Park. Some of the reasons it made the fire stop are: just about everything was marble and stone. there was nothing to burn and with all the water (pumped from the Black River), the fire burned out.

There were no deaths but major injuries. Also, thanks to Monument Park, other towns were saved.

Dustin

The Graveyard

The graveyard was the boundary of the fire. The graveyard stopped the fire that would have burned everything. The graveyard was all black, but there was nothing there to burn so it stopped the fire.

Travis

Saved by a Graveyard

One day a fire started on the banks of the Black River and it would not stop. It burned everything in its path. It jumped from island to island. As the fire hit Carthage, NOTHING could stop it. Chuckie Brownell and Mr. Brownell waited and watched the fire burn.

The graveyard on State Street and North Clinton Streets helped stop the Great Carthage Fire. There was nothing to burn at the cemetery. The trees and shrubs only took about two minutes to burn.

After the fire, people became homeless, but everything grew back and Carthage was better than ever.

Erin

Monument Park

The Monument is next to the graveyard. The fire stopped at the Monument because there wasn't anything there to burn except the leaves and grass. The monument is on State Street and has a sailor on top of it.

Today the park has been changed so people can go to this place. Monument Park has benches and pretty flowers around it. At Christmas time the monument is decorated with a lot of lights. The monument will always be a place to go to remember the Great Carthage Fire.

Jessica

The Graveyard

The graveyard was one of the fire boundaries. It helped save Carthage.

There was grass that burned, there were trees, but the fire could not reach them.

Headstones were black, but not cracked. One hundred acres of Carthage were burned, but the graveyard saved Carthage from burning all up.

Doug