Carry Nation

ID: 3321
This file appears in: Birthplace of Carry A. Nation

Carry Nation used the hatchet as her trademarked weapon to destroy saloons around the Midwest. She was often photographed holding both her hatchet and Bible.
Courtesy of Kansas Historical Society

This file appears in: Birthplace of Carry A. Nation

By Ashlee Chilton
Historical Marker # 1733 is located about four miles from the prohibition advocate’s birthplace on Carry Nation Road in Lancaster, Kentucky. Nation was born in Garrard County on November 25, 1846 as…