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unusual facts about Carthage, South Dakota


These Happy Golden Years

There is today a small town called Carthage, South Dakota, located where Laura placed the Brewster settlement, although it is unclear if Carthage grew out of the original Bouchie (Brewster) Settlement.


183 BC

Hannibal, Carthaginian statesman, military commander and tactician, one of history's great military leaders, who has commanded the Carthaginian forces against Rome in the Second Punic War (b. 247 BC)

African bush elephant

The North African elephant (L. a. pharaohensis), also known as the Carthaginian elephant or Atlas elephant, was the animal famously used as a war elephant by Carthage in its long struggle against Rome.

Barcid

Note for example Mahón and Qart Hadast (more famous under the Latin translation of its name: "Carthago Nova: - New Carthage) which currently bears the name of Cartagena in modern-day Spain.

Battle of Dertosa

Leaving Hanno the Elder in command of this army in Bruttium, Mago sailed to Carthage to obtain reinforcements.

Battle of Panormus

Towards the end of 252 BC or early 251 BC, Carthage had put down a Libyan revolt in Africa and sent an army under the command of Hasdrubal, son of Hanno the Great, to Sicily.

Cartago, California

Located near the now abandoned settlement of Carthage, Cartago took its name from the Spanish name for ancient Carthage.

Carthage, South Dakota

Carthage gained a small amount of attention when it was featured in the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer.

Edward Coke Crow

Census Place Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, Family History Library Film 1254694, NA Film Number T9-0694,Page Number 443D

Eugenius of Carthage

Gunthamund, who succeeded Huneric as Vandal king, allowed Eugenius to return to Carthage and permitted him to reopen the churches.

Henri Antoine Jacques

Other varieties which remained popular were the 1828 ‘Félicité-Perpétue’ - Perpetua and Felicity were two Christian women martyred for their faith in Carthage in AD203.

Himera

Thus, in 314 BCE, Diodorus tells us that, by the treaty between Agathocles and the Carthaginians, it was stipulated that Heracleia, Selinus and Himera should continue subject to Carthage as they had been before.

Hybla Gereatis

During the Second Punic War, Livy mentions Hybla as one of the towns that were induced to revolt to the Carthaginians in 211 BCE, but were quickly recovered by the Roman praetor M. Cornelius.

Illini West High School

Illini West High School, or IWHS, is a public four-year high school located at 600 Miller Street in Carthage, Illinois, a small city in Hancock County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States.

Jack Sepkoski

His Ph.D. was on the field geology and paleontology of the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Jayville, New York

Black River and St. Lawrence Railway:The company was reorganized as the Carthage and Adirondack Railway in the spring of 1883 after a mine owner in Jayville acquired the Black River and St. Lawrence Railway.

KCAH

KCAH-LP, a low-power radio station (107.9 FM) licensed to Carthage, Missouri, United States

KGAS

KGAS-FM, a radio station (104.3 FM) in Carthage, Texas, United States

Lake Harney

There are several landmarks that are named after him in his honor; such as Harney Peak in South Dakota as well as Camp Harney in Zapata, Texas.

Liberty Township, Brown County, South Dakota

Liberty Township is a civil township in Brown County, South Dakota, United States.

Loaf 'N Jug

As of 2008, there were 175 Loaf 'N Jug stores, primarily in Colorado and Wyoming with additional stores in Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Yorkton, Saskatchewan.

Middle East

These were followed by the Hittite, Greek and Urartian civilisations of Asia Minor, Elam in pre-Iranian Persia, as well as the civilizations of the Levant (such as Ebla, Ugarit, Canaan, Aramea, Phoenicia and Israel), Persian and Median civilizations in Iran, North Africa (Carthage/Phoenicia) and the Arabian Peninsula (Magan, Sheba, Ubar).

Military of ancient Carthage

Beginning with the reign of King Hanno the Navigator in 480 BC, Carthage began regularly employing Iberian infantry and Balearic slingers to support Carthaginian spearmen in Sicily, a practice which would continue until the destruction of Carthage in 146 BC.

Minnesota State Highway 117

Minnesota State Highway 117 is a short highway in west central Minnesota, which runs from Roberts County Road 19 at the South Dakota state line and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 27 near Wheaton.

North Dakota Highway 1804

Highway 1804 begins at the border between North Dakota and South Dakota near Pollock, South Dakota, and continues uninterrupted along the north east side of the Missouri River through Emmons, Burleigh, McLean, Mountrail, and Williams counties.

Northwestern Bell

In 1976, Northwestern Bell sold access lines in the Midland, Philip, Martin, White River, Milesville, and Hayes exchanges to Golden West Telephone, a small telephone cooperative in South Dakota.

Robert H. Johnson

In 1972, he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach, Florida, which nominated the U.S. Senator George S. McGovern of South Dakota for the U.S. presidency.

Ruse of war

The use of the American flag flown on the RMS Lusitania while crossing through the Irish Sea to avoid attack by German submarines during the First World War was criticized in debate in the United States House of Representatives by Republican Eben Martin of South Dakota, who stated that "the United States cannot be made a party to a ruse of war where the national colors are involved".

Saint-Émile

Saint Emile was martyred in Carthage in the mid-third century and his feast day is May 22.

Saleem Bakkoush

In 2010, he was forced to cancel an appearance at the Carthage Festival concert after protests following the posting of footage showing him performing at the El Ghriba synagogue, the country's oldest Jewish house of worship.

Salix serissima

These include four in the Black Hills of South Dakota (two on the Black Hills National Forest); one in the Sherman Mountains of Albany County, Wyoming (on the Medicine Bow National Forest); seven in north-central Colorado (one on the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest); and one in southwestern Colorado (potentially on the San Juan National Forest).

Sheila Sondergard

Sheila Sondergard (born April 24, 1980) is a singer-songwriter, born in Seoul, South Korea and raised in Maui, Hawaii, the Black Hills of South Dakota, and Central America.

Siege of Lilybaeum

The city of Lilybaeum (modern Marsala), lying on the western end of Sicily, connected the island with Africa and provided Carthage with an advanced harbor on the route to Sardinia.

Silver carp

By August 2009, they had become abundant in the Mississippi River watershed from Louisiana to South Dakota and Illinois, and had grown close to invading the Great Lakes via the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Sparks of Ancient Light

Hanno the Navigator is a reference to Hanno the Navigator, a 5th-century BCE Carthaginian explorer best known for his naval exploration of the African coast.

Statewide opinion polling for the Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012

Haley Barbour of Mississippi, Jeb Bush of Florida, Chris Christie of New Jersey, Jim DeMint of South Carolina, Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota, Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and John Thune of South Dakota all succeeded in leading polls in their home states at some point in 2011, although only Pawlenty actually launched a campaign.

The Caribou Show

The show also lampooned local political figures, including Dave Munson and Vernon Brown.

Titus Quinctius Flamininus

In 183 BC he was sent to negotiate with Prusias I of Bithynia in an attempt to capture Hannibal, who had been exiled there from Carthage, but Hannibal committed suicide to avoid being taken prisoner.

Treaties between Rome and Carthage

Syracuse remained at war with Carthage and, after the death of Agathocles, was further embroiled in a civil war.

Tubunae in Mauretania

Another bishop was Cresconius, who usurped the see after quitting the Bulla Regia, and assisted at the Council of Carthage in 411, where his rival was the Donatist Protasius.

United States presidential election in South Dakota, 2004

SD is allocated 3 electors because it has 1 congressional districts and 2 senators.


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