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===20th century=== On June 7, 1900, anti-saloon advocate [[Carrie Nation]] vandalized her first saloon in Kiowa.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carry A. Nation (1846 β 1911) |url=http://shs.umsystem.edu/historicmissourians/name/n/nation/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407101809/http://shs.umsystem.edu/historicmissourians/name/n/nation/ |archive-date=April 7, 2014 |access-date=April 6, 2014 |publisher=The State Historical Society of Missouri}}</ref> In 1910, Kiowa became a [[sundown town]], having a sign at each of four roads into the city that read, "Niggers Read and Run", and Black residents were given 24 hours to leave town.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 2, 1910 |title=Niggers Read and Run |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/171604644/ |work=The Chanute Times |location=[[Wichita, Kansas]] |page=2 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> In 1905, the [[Denver, Enid and Gulf Railroad]] was built from [[Enid, Oklahoma]], to Kiowa. In 1907, it was sold to the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe / Denver, Enid & Gulf / Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe / Kansas City, Mexico, & Orient / Oklahoma Central / San Francisco & San Joaquin Valley 2-6-0 "Mogul" Locomotives in the USA |url=https://www.steamlocomotive.com/locobase.php?country=USA&wheel=2-6-0&railroad=atsf#8979 |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=www.steamlocomotive.com}}</ref> In 1996, the line from Kiowa to [[Blanton, Oklahoma]], was abandoned.<ref>{{Cite web |last=The Surface Transportation Board |title=Docket Number: AB_480_0_X |url=http://www.stb.dot.gov/Decisions/readingroom.nsf/cf18e932d1c344f0852573c8000c96fc/694fa6cdb0dc0dbf8525654800783f1b?OpenDocument |access-date=June 23, 2016}}</ref>
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