We’ve been here (in the Hohenwald area) for over a week already. It’s been long enough for us to fill the gas tank of our car 3 times and only have half a tank left now, we’ve been on the road. One of our destinations was a drive to Lynchburg so that we could visit the Jack Daniel’s Distillery. Ole Jack, at the age of 13, was gave the distillery by an adult friend. His friend was a local pastor and a distiller in a dry county of Tennessee. His congregation gave him a choice…the distillery or them. He chose the congregation and Jack got the distillery. In 1866 Jack was able to license the distillery and become the first “licensed distillery” in the state of Tennessee. After finding that he (Jack) didn’t have a feel for numbers, he decided to bring his cousin Lem Motlow into the business. Lem had a head for numbers and soon was doing all the distillery’s bookkeeping. In 1907, due to Jacks failing health, he took over the day to day running of the “Jack Daniel’s Distillery”.
We’ve been here (in the Hohenwald area) for over a week already. It’s been long enough for us to fill the gas tank of our car 3 times and only have half a tank left now, we’ve been on the road. One of our destinations was a drive to Lynchburg so that we could visit the Jack Daniel’s Distillery. Ole Jack, at the age of 13, was gave the distillery by an adult friend. His friend was a local pastor and a distiller in a dry county of Tennessee. His congregation gave him a choice…the distillery or them. He chose the congregation and Jack got the distillery. In 1866 Jack was able to license the distillery and become the first “licensed distillery” in the state of Tennessee. After finding that he (Jack) didn’t have a feel for numbers, he decided to bring his cousin Lem Motlow into the business. Lem had a head for numbers and soon was doing all the distillery’s bookkeeping. In 1907, due to Jacks failing health, he took over the day to day running of the “Jack Daniel’s Distillery”. It was a great find… the tour we took started at the site where they stack and burn Sugar Maple 2”x2”x4’ stakes to make the charcoal that will be used to filter the pure “moonshine”. They have some fine restaurants, a great museum dedicated to the Tennessee Walking Horse, and lots of stores waiting to honor your visit. Louise and I didn’t know much about the Tennessee Walking Horse but after a short video and a tour through the museum we found ourselves looking forward to seeing and learning more of them.
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