The Voice of the Frontier: John Bradford's Notes on KentuckyUniversity Press of Kentucky - History Homemade liquor has played a prominent role in the Appalachian economy for nearly two centuries. The region endured profound transformations during the extreme prohibition movements of the nineteenth century, when the manufacturing and sale of alcohol -- an integral part of daily life for many Appalachians -- was banned. In Moonshiners and Prohibitionists: The Battle over Alcohol in Southern Appalachia, Bruce E. Stewart chronicles the social tensions that accompanied the region's early transition from a rural to an urban-industrial economy. Stewart analyzes the dynamic relationship of the bootleggers and opponents of liquor sales in western North Carolina, as well as conflict driven by social and economic development that manifested in political discord. Stewart also explores the life of the moonshiner and the many myths that developed around hillbilly stereotypes. A welcome addition to the New Directions in Southern History series, Moonshiners and Prohibitionists addresses major economic, social, and cultural questions that are essential to the understanding of Appalachian history. |
Contents
Opening the Way West | 3 |
The Long Hunters | 4 |
The Beckoning Land | 8 |
Opening the Great Western Road | 11 |
A Wilderness Ordeal | 16 |
Clark of the Ohio | 21 |
Raiding the Chillicothe Villages | 26 |
Claiming the Land Safeguarding the Frontier | 30 |
The Western Defense Council | 149 |
Wilkinsons Drive against the Oubache | 153 |
St Clairs Dreary March to Defeat | 156 |
A New State a New Governor a New Beginning | 163 |
To Gentlemen of the Senate and House | 169 |
HH Brackenridge on the Indian Problem | 177 |
Defense of the Western Attitude | 181 |
A Sounding Horn and Hallooing Indians | 186 |
The Horrors at Ruddles and Hinkstons Forts | 35 |
Clarks Raid against the Piqua Towns | 39 |
Bravery under Siege | 42 |
Death on the Elkhorn | 46 |
Bryans Station | 49 |
Tragedy at the Blue Licks | 54 |
Retaliation and a Step toward Statehood | 58 |
The Resolution to Achieve Statehood | 62 |
To the Honorable General Assembly of Virginia | 68 |
Resisting a Persistent Enemy | 72 |
Converting the District to Statehood | 74 |
The Obstinate Inattention of Congress | 78 |
The Downing Caper | 81 |
The Infamous Jay Treaty | 86 |
Robert Pattersons Memoir | 91 |
Founding of the Kentucky Gazette | 97 |
A Melancholy Experience at Statemaking | 102 |
The Enemy at the Door | 105 |
Horse Stealing | 109 |
Sinister Political Design at Work? | 112 |
A Quest in New Orleans | 116 |
The Lurking Enemy | 121 |
The Fine Hand of James Wilkinson | 125 |
The Bloody Ordeal of the Kentucky Frontier | 128 |
Governor Randolphs Message | 132 |
The Stalking Enemy along Road and River | 136 |
The Hubble Expedition | 139 |
Setting the Date for Statehood | 145 |
Horse Thieves Raiders and the Infernal Excise Duty | 190 |
The Democratic Society | 197 |
The Last Stand of the Ohio Tribes | 202 |
Harassed Kentuckians | 208 |
To the Inhabitants of Western America | 213 |
Resolving the Western Problems | 220 |
The Grand French Design | 224 |
The Founding of Transylvania University | 230 |
The Seeds of Controversy | 235 |
Transylvania Tends to Business | 240 |
The Holley Years at Transylvania | 245 |
The Age of the Bigots | 250 |
The Holley Legacy | 256 |
A Numerous Meeting of Respectable People | 262 |
British Encroachment in the Northwest | 267 |
The French Conspiracy | 273 |
The WayneCampbell Exchanges | 281 |
Whitley Blount and the Southern Tribes | 288 |
Choctaw Creek Cherokee and Chickasaw | 297 |
A Young Nation Asserts Its Rights | 302 |
Ending Kentuckys Indian Menace | 318 |
The Treaty of Greenville | 325 |
Reactions to the Jay and Pinckney Treaties | 331 |
Open the Great Mississippi | 340 |
Notes | 349 |
Bibliography | 369 |
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