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It was named for William A. Graham, [4] United States Senator from North Carolina (1840–1843) and Governor of North Carolina (1845–1849). The first Graham County Courthouse was constructed in Robbinsville in 1874, but its floor collapsed two decades later while the building was packed during a murder trial.
Moonshine’s alcohol content can be as high as 160-proof.
Wilkes County was once known as the "Moonshine Capital of the World", and was a leading producer of illegal homemade liquor. From the 1920s to the 1950s some young Wilkes County males made their living by delivering moonshine to North Carolina's larger towns and cities.
A possible moonshine cave has been discovered under the grandstands of a legendary NASCAR track in North Carolina.. The discovery was made during a routine cleaning and inspection at North ...
The Graham County Courthouse was constructed in Robbinsville in 1874 but its floor collapsed two decades later while the building was packed during a murder trial. A replacement built in 1895 was the last wooden courthouse built in North Carolina. The third and current building was completed in 1942. [5] [6] North Main Street in Robbinsville
Cale Yarborough, a driver from 1973 through 1980, won Cup Series championships in 1976, ’77 and ’78 in Johnson’s Chevrolets. Yarborough collected five of his 83-career victories at North ...
Joshua Percy Flowers (1903–1982) [1] was an American businessman and moonshiner.Flowers began purchasing land in the early years of the Great Depression to farm cotton and tobacco, and it produced crops until the 1970s.
Amos Owens (ca. 1822 – 1906), [1] aka The Cherry Bounce King, was a nineteenth and early twentieth century moonshine producer who lived in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Of Irish descent, his grandfather fought in the Battle of King's Mountain in the Revolutionary War. He was renowned for the mixture of whiskey, honey and cherries and "[p ...