June 7, 2011

June 7: Carrie Nation Destroys Her First Saloon, 1899

She didn't use hatchets when she started out. First, it was rocks.

Today is the anniversary of the day that Carrie Nation destroyed her first saloon. Read article here.

Pictured: Carrie Nation. Photograph by Philipp Kester, before 1911.

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