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Carry A. Nation

Temperance Leader

 
 
Carry A. Nation Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 1, 2011
1. Carry A. Nation Marker
Inscription.
Smashed bar in this building
January 23, 1901
 
Erected 1993.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & CommerceWomen. A significant historical date for this entry is January 23, 1901.
 
Location. 38° 54.257′ N, 97° 7.05′ W. Marker is in Enterprise, Kansas, in Dickinson County. It is on Factory Street (State Highway 43) near 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1512 Factory Street, Enterprise KS 67441, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Kansas’ Smoky Hills. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, on the prairies, and on the Southern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Jacob B. Ehrsam (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Kansas' First Kindergarten (about 400 feet away); Abilene Parker Carousel (approx. 4.9 miles away); Honor Roll of Dickinson County Servicemen (approx. 4.9 miles away); Eisenhower Memorial (approx. 5 miles away); T.C. Henry Carriage House (approx. 5 miles away); Dwight David Eisenhower (approx. 5 miles away); Dedicated to All WWII Veterans / Battle of the Bulge (approx. 5.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Enterprise.
 
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker.
 
Also see . . .
1. Carry A. Nation. Online Exhibits
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at Kansas Historical Society (Submitted on November 18, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.) 

2. Enterprise, Kansas. Town website (Submitted on November 18, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.) 
 
Additional keywords. Temperence
 
Carry A. Nation Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 1, 2011
2. Carry A. Nation Marker
Above door to right of Masonic Lodge
Carry Nation image. Click for full size.
via Mother Jones, unknown
3. Carry Nation
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 9, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 18, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 712 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on November 18, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.   3. submitted on January 10, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
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