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The frustrated reformer turned to destruction of the illegal substance. Initially, she smashed bottles with bricks and rocks, and later starting using her famed hatchet.

The frustrated reformer turned to destruction of the illegal substance. Initially, she smashed bottles with bricks and rocks, and later starting using her famed hatchet.

While living in Medicine Lodge, Kan., she received a vision to attack saloons. (2) (Medicine Lodge is the county seat of Barber County, just north of Oklahoma.)

While living in [[Medicine Lodge]], Kan., she received a vision to attack saloons. (2) (Medicine Lodge is the county seat of Barber County, just north of Oklahoma.)

After gathering broken bricks, and wrapping them in paper, she traveled in her horse-drawn buggy to the small Barber County town of Kiowa, Kan. on June 6, 1900.  

After gathering broken bricks, and wrapping them in paper, she traveled in her horse-drawn buggy to the small Barber County town of [[Kiowa]], Kan. on June 6, 1900.  

Early on June 7 she first went to Dobson Saloon. "I said: 'Mr. Dobson, I told you last spring, when I held my county convention here, (I was W.C.T.U. president of Barber County,) to close this place, and you didn't do it. Now I have come with another remonstrance. Get out of the way. I don't want to strike you, but I am going to break up this den of vice.'" (2)

Early on June 7 she first went to Dobson Saloon. "I said: 'Mr. Dobson, I told you last spring, when I held my county convention here, (I was W.C.T.U. president of Barber County,) to close this place, and you didn't do it. Now I have come with another remonstrance. Get out of the way. I don't want to strike you, but I am going to break up this den of vice.'" (2)

Two online exhibits have been developed by the Kansas Museum of History: "Carry A. Nation: The Famous and Original Bar Room Smasher" addresses the reformer's life and times. It is a companion piece to "Sinners and Saints: Vice and Reform in Kansas." (1)

Two online exhibits have been developed by the Kansas Museum of History: "Carry A. Nation: The Famous and Original Bar Room Smasher" addresses the reformer's life and times. It is a companion piece to "Sinners and Saints: Vice and Reform in Kansas." (1)

She retired to Eureka Springs, Ark. (Carroll County.) Her home was a boardinghouse for women known as “Hatchet Hall.” Across the street from the house is a spring named for her.

She retired to [[Eureka Springs]], Ark. (Carroll County.) Her home was a boardinghouse for women 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 and 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.” (4)

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 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)

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 Old Cowtown Museum. In the late 1980s, it was moved to Wichita's downtown Naftzger Park, at the corner of Douglas and St. Francis streets. (6)

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 Wichita's downtown Naftzger Park, at the corner of Douglas and St. Francis streets. (6)

1. Kansas Historical Society, http://www.kshs.org/exhibits/carry/carry1.htm 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 4. The Arkansas Encyclopedia 5. Roadside America http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/15471 6. http://www.kansastravel.org/douglasavenuesculptures.htm

1. Kansas Historical Society, http://www.kshs.org/exhibits/carry/carry1.htm 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 4. The Arkansas Encyclopedia 5. Roadside America http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/15471 6. http://www.kansastravel.org/douglasavenuesculptures.htm