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The frustrated reformer turned to the hatchet.
The frustrated reformer turned to the hatchet.
While living in Medicine Lodge, Kan., she received a vision to attack saloons. She traveled to Kiowa, Kan. (1)
While living in Medicine Lodge, Kan., she received a vision to attack saloons. (1)
She traveled to Kiowa, Kan. At Dobson Saloon she announced, "Men, I have come to save you from a drunkard's fate."
She then attacked two other saloons in Kiowa. Shortly later, a tornado heavily damaged the town.
As astonished bartenders and patrons watched, she destroyed the saloon's bottles with rocks. She later wrote in her autobiography, "The first smashing was like the opening of a battle. The crashing glass sent a thrill through the community and resounded o'er the land a talisman of destruction to the liquor traffic. It set everybody to talking, even the public school children and students in all the higher institutions were profoundly interested. The press and the pulpit broke their silence and from all over the state came the echo. It was the firing of the signal guns." (2)
She then attacked two other saloons in Kiowa. Shortly later, a tornado heavily damaged the town, which Nation interpreted as a divine judgement on the community.
Two online exhibits have been developed by the Kansas Museum of History:
Two online exhibits have been developed by the Kansas Museum of History:
She retired to Eureka Springs, Ark. Her home became known as “Hatchet Hall.” Across the street from the house is a spring named for her.
She retired to Eureka Springs, Ark. Her home became known as “Hatchet Hall.” Across the street from the house is a spring named for her.
Nation collapsed during a speech in an Eureka Springs park and was taken to a Leavenworth, Kansas hospital, where she died June 9, 1911. (2)
Nation collapsed during a speech in an Eureka Springs park and was taken to a Evergreen Place Hospital in Leavenworth, Kan. She remained there in poor health until her death on June 2, 1911.died there on June 9, 1911. (2)
She is buried in Belton Cemetery, Belton, Mo. (Cass County), south of Kansas City. Her grave was unmarked for many years until the WCTU erected a gravestone with her name and the quote: “Faithful to the Cause, She Hath Done What She Could.”
A fountain was built in her honor in Wichita, Kan., not far from the site of one of her first acts against alcohol. The fountain was destroyed a few years later when the driver of a beer truck lost control and ran into it. (4)
2. "The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation," 1905 revised edition, Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1485/pg1485.html
2. "The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation," 1905 revised edition, Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1485/pg1485.html
3. Arkansas Department of Heritage
3. Arkansas Department of Heritage
4. The Arkansas Encyclopedia