Carry Nation

This is a true story about a lady who came to my home town Holly, back in 1908.

Carry Nation

She was a famous, prohibitionist,whom visited the little town called Holly,MI.

One of the first towns in MI to get railroad tracks through it. It was thriving 100 to 120 trains passing through each day.

Lumberjacks mingled in. There were over 18 bars in Holly. Which overflowed with customers.

The streets of Holly,was often filled with drunk,batteling,brawling men.

When Carry Nation had entered the public, to protest the subtance abuse, and the laws of the land, her husband had a drinking problem, whom she ended up divorcing.

This set up events for the rest of her life. In, Kansas City wemon arrived by train in August 1908.

After talk, she and the wemon got a large group together to stop these bars, and ban them all together.

She walked around carrying her pistol and wore her black cape.

Holding her umbrella high, she marched into bars and swept her parasol from one bar to the next. Many thought of her as the Joan Of Arc in her time.

For over 40 years,Holly celebrates Carry Nation Festival in honor of this brave women.

Reviews

[Rain]

Carry Nation was a "tyrant." You can't legislate morality, which she soon found out. I loved this piece. I love reading about real history, and Carry WAS a force. God love her. She did and stood for what she believed right, but the market place determines who wins. If no-one wanted beer, there would be none. Excess of anything is bad. Thanks for an interesting piece. Rain..

[Confessions Of An Angry..]

We should go to the festival this summer! I won't ride the rollar costars though!

[~*The Writer In Me*~]

Good historical story.

[scotty]

wow, you have caught my interest in learning about this person now, she sounds kick but. If you have any link on her do you think I could have them.

[Emily Burns]

Carry Nation went to a girls school in Perryville, Kentucky. Taverns in that area were among the first that she 'visited'. The Temperance Movement is an interesting sidebar to our Civil War History.

A fantastic reason to hold a festival!