Daniel Pinard, cultural and economic development director for Rocky Mount, describes the newly unveiled Mountain Spirit Trail and the new Moonshine Explosion Museum in Rocky Mount expected to be a stop along the trail.
ROCKY MOUNT — Moonshine has a long, rich history in much of Southwest Virginia that has become an increasingly popular draw for tourists. Efforts are now underway to create a trail highlighting heritage sites, museums, music venues and distilleries to showcase that history.
The iconic Virginia Is For Lovers brand adds the word moonshine as promotion of Franklin, Floyd and Patrick Counties history of producing and selling the illegal liquor. The proposed Mountain Spirit Trail will help highlight the regions history of moonshining.
Blue Ridge Institute and Museum executive director Bethany Worley stands beside a few of the moonshine artifacts the museum has. The museum is one of the proposed Mountain Spirit Trail stops.
Blue Ridge Institute and Museum Executive Director Bethany Worley holds a flask autographed by noted moonshiner and now-legal distiller Henry Lee Law. The flask and other items for sale in the museum’s gift shop reflect the region’s illegal liquor heritage.
Twin Creeks Distillery manager Anna Prillaman Robertson holds her 2-month-old son, Ford, inside the distillery’s new home in Rocky Mount. Her family, which owns the distillery, has a long history producing moonshine. Twin Creeks will be a stop on the proposed Mountain Spirit Trail which will highlight the history of moonshine in Franklin, Floyd, and Patrick counties.
Elizabeth Graham, co-owner of Olde Town Social House, shows the wreckage from 1930 fire walled away in the building for 85 years now on display. It will be one of the stops on Virginia’s Mountain Spirit Trail currently under development.
Blue Ridge Institute and Museum Executive Director Bethany Worley holds a flask autographed by noted moonshiner and now-legal distiller Henry Lee Law. The flask and other items for sale in the museum’s gift shop reflect the region’s illegal liquor heritage.
Elizabeth Graham, co-owner of Olde Town Social House, shows the wreckage from 1930 fire walled away in the building for 85 years now on display. It will be one of the stops on Virginia’s Mountain Spirit Trail currently under development.
Blue Ridge Institute and Museum executive director Bethany Worley stands beside a few of the moonshine artifacts the museum has. The museum is one of the proposed Mountain Spirit Trail stops.
Twin Creeks Distillery manager Anna Prillaman Robertson holds her 2-month-old son, Ford, inside the distillery’s new home in Rocky Mount. Her family, which owns the distillery, has a long history producing moonshine. Twin Creeks will be a stop on the proposed Mountain Spirit Trail which will highlight the history of moonshine in Franklin, Floyd, and Patrick counties.
The iconic Virginia Is For Lovers brand adds the word moonshine as promotion of Franklin, Floyd and Patrick Counties history of producing and selling the illegal liquor. The proposed Mountain Spirit Trail will help highlight the regions history of moonshining.
