What woman was credited with being the first woman to destroy a tavern with her hatchet before prohibition?

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What woman was credited with being the first woman to destroy a tavern with her hatchet before prohibition?

Sister Lucy Wilhoite ???

- Mr. anon

What woman was credited with being the first woman to destroy a tavern with her hatchet before prohibition?

Sister Lucy Wilhoite ???

- Mr. anon

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What woman was credited with being the first woman to destroy a tavern with her hatchet before prohibition?

Sister Lucy Wilhoite ???

- Mr. anon

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Carrie Nation



Hamilton County Ledger, 17 August, 24 August 1900.
The Tipton hatchet assault predated coverage of Carrie Nation's similar action in Kansas by nearly four months. A Hartford City, Indiana woman who attacked a saloon in 1903 would be labeled "a Carrie Nation" by the paper though. See Hamilton County Ledger, 1 January, 8 February, 15 February 1901, 1 May 1903.

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Where was the tavern that Carrie Nation destroyed and why?

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Where was the tavern that Carrie Nation destroyed and why?

Hotel Carey saloon in Wichita

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Where was the tavern that Carrie Nation destroyed and why?

"I'LL STAND BY YOU." The words, "Go to Kiowa," were spoken in a murmuring, musical tone, low and soft, but "I'll stand by you," was very clear, positive and emphatic. I was impressed with a great inspiration, the interpretation was very plain, it was this: "Take something in your hands, and throw at these places in Kiowa and smash them." I was very much relieved and overjoyed and was determined to be, "obedient to the heavenly vision" (Acts 26:19).
--The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation, Written by Herself, 1908.

Hotel Carey saloon in Wichita

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Where was the tavern that Carrie Nation destroyed and why?

"I'LL STAND BY YOU." The words, "Go to Kiowa," were spoken in a murmuring, musical tone, low and soft, but "I'll stand by you," was very clear, positive and emphatic. I was impressed with a great inspiration, the interpretation was very plain, it was this: "Take something in your hands, and throw at these places in Kiowa and smash them." I was very much relieved and overjoyed and was determined to be, "obedient to the heavenly vision" (Acts 26:19).
--The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation, Written by Herself, 1908.

Hotel Carey saloon in Wichita

The tavern was in Kiowa, Kansas, on that corner there is a bank where the tavern was and a memorial to Carrie Nation
She and her husband lived in Medicine Lodge, Kansas. He was an alcoholic and Medicine Lodge was dry, so he would go to Kiowa for his drinking. He would often drink until he was broke and leave his family hungry.
Another note about Kiowa is that it is where the last cattle drive to Kansas from Texas ended. The rail head had been extended from Wichita to Kiowa.

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She was a very big woman 6ft Tall 175 lbs....

I would not want to meet her in a Dark Alley....

I betcha she drove her first husband to drink!

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