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More About the Old Crow Fire
Two of the 150-year-old warehouses destroyed in yesterday's fire. (Photo taken in 1991-92.) Unlike distillery fires in the past, there was no bourbon involved in this one. The warehouses were empty. That made the fire relatively easy to contain. As Woodford County officia…
Fire Destroys Several Historic Buildings at the former Old Crow Distillery
A fire today at Glenns Creek Distilling, formerly Old Crow, destroyed at least three historic buildings. Today’s fire at Glenns Creek Distilling destroyed several historic buildings from the site’s previous life as the home of Old Crow. Old Crow began at what is now Woodf…
Tiny Athertonville, Kentucky Is Still in the Whiskey Business (Part Two)
ZAK Cooperage, formerly Seagrams Distillery, DSP-KY-20. In 1899, John and Peter Atherton sold their distilleries in Athertonville to the Whiskey Trust, which operated them until Prohibition. After Prohibition, the property was acquired by members of the Cummins fami…
Tiny Athertonville, Kentucky Is Still in the Whiskey Business (Part One)
Atherton High School, 3000 Dundee Road, Louisville, KY, is not in the whiskey business, but was named for a prominent distiller. Atherton High is a public high school in Louisville, Kentucky. It serves about 1,400 students. It was named after John Atherton; a prominent Lo…