Birthplace of Carry A. Nation / Lady with the Hatchet, Lancaster, Garrard County, Kentucky
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Birthplace & Life of Carry A. Nation.
Waymark Code: WMJTGV
Location: Kentucky, United States
Date Posted: 12/29/2013
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Birthplace of Carry A. Nation
With hatchet in hand, this famous Kentuckian harassed saloon owners across U.S. Four miles from here on Carry Nation Rd. is house where she was born, 1846; lived there five years and in other Ky. towns before moving west. After Kansas banned liquor, Carry began crusade there in 1899, smashing furniture, mirrors, bottles. Home on National Register of Historic Places.
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Lady with the Hatchet
Carry Nation gave direction to the antiliquor movement, which led to Prohibition, 1920-33. Driven by bitterness from first marriage to an alcoholic, she had "visions" which commanded militant pursuit of temperance. Carry's methods put her in jail some 30 times. She died in 1911 and was buried in Belton, Mo. The words, "She hath done what she could," engraved on her monument.
Marker Name: Birthplace of Carry A. Nation / Lady with the Hatchet
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Person
Marker Number (for official markers): 1733
Group(s) Responsible for placing Marker:
Kentucky Historical Society & Kentucky Department of Highways.
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