Charles Warren Bennett interview, May 21, 1989.

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Charles Warren Bennett interview, May 21, 1989.

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These interviews focus on industry and community reaction to the closing of distilleries during Prohibition. Industry workers and executives, their relatives, local historians, and other residents discuss the economic consequences of Prohibition: the impact on other businesses, unemployment, and the loss of billions of dollars to the federal government in taxes. Although there was decline in living standards most distillers had farms to fall back on, and few faced great hardship. Other topics include bootlegging, the tolerant and protective attitudes of the community, the police, judges, and religious leaders; and temperance groups, which were not very active in the area.

1 sound cassette.

Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library

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Kentucky Historical Society

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These cards were created by staff of the Kentucky Historical Society. From the description of Kentucky General Assembly biography cards, 1792-1960s. (Kentucky Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 671373485 ...

Kentucky Oral History Commission

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Acquisitions policy: Under KRS 153.380, the Commission is authorized to coordinate, promote, and develop oral history programs around the state and to maintain a repository for oral history collections. From the description of Repository description, 1900-1988. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 191915461 ...

Hite, Mary

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Resident of Shenandoah, Va.; she was in Macon, Ga., when Confederate troops opened fire upon Fort Sumter. From the description of Civil War letter of Mary Hite, 1861 Apr. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71129329 ...

Bennett, Charles Warren,

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Mr. Bennett speaks of the Lilly - Bennett Family: tells story of Judge Thad Cheatham waylaying a shipment of whiskey on the Salt River Bridge, putting it in the court house at Taylorsville, the loss of the whiskey: recalls two shooting incidents and the men involved: remembers selling a propane tank and propane to a person at night, frequent sales of gas after that, thought was for making moonshine, other similar incidents with propane: talks about a place to dance and drink (saloon ?) called "H...