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The Great Moonshine Conspiracy Trial of 1935 resulted in the indictment of 80 people involved in the illegal production and distribution of moonshine whisky in Virginia. At the time, Franklin County was believed to produce the highest volume of illegal liquor in the U.S., colloquially referred to as "the moonshine capital of the world."
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Location of Franklin County in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Franklin County, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Franklin County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties ...
History of Harpers Ferry. Part of a series of presentations from Harpers Ferry National Historical Park’s cultural resource specialist and archaeologist, Darlene Hassler . Call 304-535-6029 or ...
Franklin County is a county located in the Blue Ridge foothills of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 54,477. [1] Its county seat is Rocky Mount. [2] Franklin County is part of the Roanoke metropolitan area and is located in the Roanoke Region of Virginia. [3]
Rocky Mount Historic District is a national historic district located at Rocky Mount, Franklin County, Virginia.It encompasses 211 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites (Mary Elizabeth Park and High Street Cemetery), 1 contributing site, and 2 contributing objects in the central business district and surround residential areas of Rocky Mount, county seat of Franklin County.
The book tells of the trio during the Depression and Prohibition in rural Virginia, who made a living bootlegging moonshine. The novel is told from both the perspectives of the three Bondurant brothers, mainly focusing on the youngest, Jack, and of the writer Sherwood Anderson , who described Franklin County in that period as the "wettest ...
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