MASSILLON − MayorJamie Slutz and his wife Christie dressed in 18th century clothing ... "We look back to the past and we're proud of our founding fathers and where we've come from and we're looking forward to where we're going," Jamie Slutz said.
At the conclusion of the Civil War, Jasper County was devastated. Carthage was in ruins. Sarcoxie was the only existing town. Yet within a decade of that war’s end, towns were springing up all across the county. Mining camps bloomed ... .