THE SPIRITS
Retirement
“You can’t retire from who you are. This heart pumps Kentucke bourbon through these old veins; the Still will call my name until the Lord calls me home.”
MOONSHINERS CAPTURE CHIEF US MARSHALL..
The “moonshiners” of today serve to recall those of other days but more especially the character of Joseph Howard, a man not so well known but never-the -less one of Kentucky greatest men. No king ever ruled his domain more successfully than did Mr. Howard rule the Howards town section or more wisely or justly.
BLOOD IN THE HOLLERS..
The “moonshiners” of today serve to recall those of other days but more especially the character of Joseph Howard, a man not so well known but never-the -less one of Kentucky greatest men. No king ever ruled his domain more successfully than did Mr. Howard rule the Howards town section or more wisely or justly.
Why Do You Keep Calling My Whisky Bourbon?
He is my fourth great-grandfather. Joseph Edward Howard — Old Uncle Joe to the neighborhood — miller, town-founder, the man Howardstown was named for. Born on the Fork in 1799. Died at Howard’s Mill in 1879. Scotch-Irish to the bone. The house he came out of made whisky. That was the word on the creek, the word on the barrel head, the word a man used for what his people had been cooking since there was a name for the drink.