Wichita, Kansas: Carry Nation Memorial Drinking Fountain (Gone)
100-year-old drinking fountain dedicated to a Kansas woman who smashed up bars (because that kind of drinking is bad for you). Moved into storage in 2018 and hasn't been seen since.
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In your section on hard and soft drinks, you briefly mentioned a drinking fountain dedicated to Carry Nation in Wichita. That fountain is now in a little pocket park, where drunks occasionally like to catch a nap. I always found that ironic. Also, the fountain was originally in front of Union Station, but it was moved after being knocked over by a beer truck. It seems that Carry Nation once smashed up the bar in the old Eaton Hotel, across from the pocket park where it once stood.
Farther down Douglas Ave., in Wichita, is another pocket park, where a Woolworth's once stood. One of the sculptures intended to be placed there is of a soda fountain with patrons seated at stools around it. It is intended to be a tribute to the soda fountain sit-ins of the 1960s.
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Carry Nation Memorial Drinking Fountain
Naftzger Park
- Directions:
- I-135 exit 5B. Downtown, on the south side of Douglas Ave., just west of St. Francis St., in small Naftzger Park. The Fountain is on the east side, near the parking lot.
- Status:
- Gone
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