Record #:

14230

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

This article is a brief story about a moonshining raid in Transylvania County. In this instance, moonshiners hid their illicit substance underground. A large cave was used to hide the still and accessed through a 221-foot long tunnel. The still was ingeniously hidden in plain sight, not more than \"200 yards of a well-traveled road, within 3 miles of a populous town, and within a maintained cornfield.\"

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 16 Issue 13, Aug 1948, p10, il

Subject(s):

Distilling, Illicit

Record #:

21694

Author(s):

Stewart, Bruce E.

Abstract:

In the years prior to the American Civil War, the act of creating moonshine whiskey was an important economic activity in the western mountains of North Carolina. It was often more financially profitable for famers to turn their corn or fruit crops into liquor. Temperance movements of the mid-19th century labeled these people as criminals but only marginally affected the distillation and consumption of said liquor.

Source:

North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 83 Issue 4, Oct 2006, p447-478 , il, por, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Distilling, Illicit