After a long search and talking to to a few of the older people in the area I'm sure I found the site of my grandpa's still. Not sure but I think I found the worm box. It has man made holes one at the top side and one on the bottom side. It was in the correct location from the directions of the elders that knew where it was. The information I got was the still was in a big dry ditch next to this creek where it meets the river in this location. My grandmother told me the law chopped it up with axes.The event matches the condition of what I found. The law chopped up the still, 50 gal copper boiler and everything with an ax. There are 4 ax marks on it which two went all the way through.
I expect the copper was taken years ago. The still was distroyed around 1935 and my Grandfather was sent to prison for a year and one day. My Grandpa was born in 1889. The officers who arested him were Elmo McCallister and Buck Right.
My Grandpa's picture is below with "Dad" written above him.
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Another thing I was told "There were so many stills in the area the moonshiners would wear a cloth star on their bibs so they didn't try to sell liquor to each other" I doubt it is true but still funny.
Man that's cool to be able to find a piece of history like that, and to have confirmation from the elders too. I know life was much harder back in those days, but I always wish I had lived in the days of past when things were so much simpler. Your worked hard to provide for your family and you didn't have to worry about all the techno crap that we do nowadays.
Rivver wrote:Man that's cool to be able to find a piece of history like that, and to have confirmation from the elders too. I know life was much harder back in those days, but I always wish I had lived in the days of past when things were so much simpler. Your worked hard to provide for your family and you didn't have to worry about all the techno crap that we do nowadays.
Would not want to live in that time period but sure would like to time travel. Also love seeing the history and pics, that is why I chose a picture of my grandfather in my avatar.
Rivver wrote:Man that's cool to be able to find a piece of history like that, and to have confirmation from the elders too. I know life was much harder back in those days, but I always wish I had lived in the days of past when things were so much simpler. Your worked hard to provide for your family and you didn't have to worry about all the techno crap that we do nowadays.
Would not want to live in that time period but sure would like to time travel. Also love seeing the history and pics, that is why I chose a picture of my grandfather in my avatar.
Well even though I'm not all that old, we lived pretty damn rough when I was younger. My brothers and I usually killed or caught dinner earlier in the day to help take some of the load off my mom. She was a single mother raising 3 boys and we didn't have much. It's funny, we always thought we relied on her, but I guess she relied on us too, to help keep the homestead going. She worked long hours to keep the bills paid, which left us with enough time to get into plenty of trouble too.
It's asham a man has to risk going to jail to provide for his family! I guess you just have to do what you need to in order to get by and feed your family. That is some proud family history that you have there and should be told to your grandkids for many years!
Love reading or listening to stories about the events of the past... having photos to back up those stories are the icing on the cake....Great find!
What part of the world is is in- if you don't mind me asking...?
They say, "you are what you eat"... Then I'm fast, easy and cheap!
