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Kate,
 
Just because you found a still site doesn't mean it's "Prohibition Era." =
Do the associated artifacts (and the still itself) date from the =
Volstead Act period (1919-1933)? I've read a lot of Phase I reports =
where stills have been encountered and automatically ascribed to the =
Prohibition Period just because they've been busted up by "Revenuers."
 
Folk distilling, i.e., moonshining, has been a component of American =
life since the 17th century.  Spirits distilled at home/on the farm/in =
the woods have eroded into the tax base since the early Federal Period. =
Perhapds the earliest, most explosive case of the "revenuer's ire" =
occurred in the backlash of the Whiskey Rebellion in Southwestern =
Pennsylvania.
 
For the Mon-Fayette Expressway Project, between Pittsburgh and =
Morgantown, WV, I wrote parts of the historic context that covered folk =
distilling.  T deal with potential NRHP Significance, I cited cases =
where other distilling sites had been investigated archaeologically.  I =
don't have any copies of the report, but you can get them from:
 
Ken Basalik
Cultural Heritage Research Services, Inc.
403 E. Walnut St.
North Wales, PA 19454
 
(215) 699-8006
 
Just ask for a copy of the Mon-Fayette Historic Context chapter of Folk =
Crafts/ Distilling.
 
David S. Rotenstein
Historical Solutions
EMAIL: [log in to unmask]
WWW: http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~drotenst/
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