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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 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)

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 and 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.”

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.” (4)

A drinking fountain was built in her honor in front of Union Station in Wichita, Kan., across the street from the old Eaton Hotel, site  of one of her first acts against alcohol. A story that "the fountain was destroyed a few years later when the driver of a beer truck lost control and ran into it" seems to have no substance, according to Jamie Tracy, curator of the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum. Tracy has researched the story and has been unable to locate any info on it.  

A drinking fountain was built in her honor in 1918 by the WCTU of Kansas. It was originally in front of Union Station in Wichita, Kan., across the street from the old Eaton Hotel, site  of one of her first acts against alcohol. A story that "the fountain was destroyed a few years later when the driver of a beer truck lost control and ran into it" seems to have no substance, according to Jamie Tracy, curator of the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum. Tracy researched the story and was unable to locate any info on it. (5)

Actually, when the train station closed, the drinking fountain was abandoned, and it gathered dust in a warehouse until it was moved to  the small Naftzger Park, at the corner of Douglas and St. Francis streets.(4)

Actually, when the train station closed, the drinking fountain was abandoned, and it gathered dust in a warehouse until it was moved to  the Old Cowtown Museum. In the late 1980s, it was moved to the downtown's Naftzger Park, at the corner of Douglas and St. Francis streets. (6)

3. Arkansas Department of Heritage

3. Arkansas Department of Heritage

4. The Arkansas Encyclopedia

4. The Arkansas Encyclopedia