Dixie Hibbs: 2 books
Prohibition in Bardstown
Bourbon, Bootlegging & Saloons
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
Some Bardstown, Kentucky residents argued for an alcohol ban as early as the mid-1800s despite the fact that whiskey and bourbon were local staples. When Prohibition finally arrived, independent and inventive residents secretly kept the city wet. A deacon once stored whiskey in a baptismal pool. Seventy-year-old...
Nelson County
A Portrait of the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 1999
The occupation of Bardstown and Nelson County, Kentucky, by Union troops began in September of 1861 and ended in September of 1865�a turbulent time in the �neutral� county, and a piece of history rarely explored by Kentuckians. In this unprecedented visualjourney, discover the unique role that...