Known as the ‘Hatchet House,’ temperance advocate Carrie Nation lived her last years in Eureka Springs Notorious temperance advocate Carrie Nation bought her last home in Eureka Springs May 10 ...

What happened when hatchet-wielding temperance leader Carrie Nation visited Elmira Famed temperance advocate Carrie Nation, known as "Hatchet Granny," visited Elmira twice in the early 20th century.

Like Mrs. Nation herself, her first biographers tended to take their subject overseriously, as a moral force whose famous hatchet splintered a national institution that was richly deserving of ...

Carrie Nation speaks to a boy in this undated photo. It was one of the few quiet moments in the life of the hatchet-wielding, anti-alcohol crusader. A Kansas resident, she traveled widely ...

Her own recollection of the adventures with Carrie Nation are chronicled in her 1928 book, “The Hatchet Crusade,” a copy of which is in the collection of the Upland library.

Carrie Nation, who is usually best remembered today for her high-profile hatchet attacks on public houses and for her speaking tours on the evils of what she called the “serpent drink”. Getty ...

Famed temperance advocate Carrie Nation, known as "Hatchet Granny," visited Elmira twice in the early 20th century.

Temperance leader Carrie Nation wields her hatchet and bible in 1910. Nation destroyed more than a few saloons with her hatchet. (AP Photo) ...