| 1. |  | Ye May Day Fete at Carthage Graded School, May 21, 1914 | Rush County (Ind.); School children; Schools; Students | Carthage was settled by Quakers from Carthage, North Carolina. The new town was laid out by the Big Blue River in 1834. By 1885 the population was 500 and the town had water power, mills, a pump factory,... |