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The total acreage of Knob Creek Farm is 228 acres (92 ha), of which the Lincolns lived on 30 acres (12 ha). Lincoln's father, Thomas Lincoln, leased the land by the Old Cumberland Trail (now U.S. 31E) in hopes of regaining the Sinking Spring Farm, where Lincoln was born. [6] At the Knob Creek home, Lincoln's brother, Thomas, was born and died.
Knob Lick was settled in the 1790s as part of a tract of land granted to Austin Allen. The community was originally known as Antioch after the local church, which opened in 1838. A post office opened on June 10, 1848, under the name Knob Creek; the name was changed to Antioch in 1851, and the post office closed in 1857. The post office reopened ...
Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve: a 120 proof (60% ABV) single barrel bourbon, aged 9 years. [6] Knob Creek Single Barrel Select: a 120 proof (60% ABV) single barrel bourbon, part of Jim Beam's private barrel pick program for retailers. [6] Knob Creek Rye: a 100 proof (50% ABV) straight rye whiskey bearing the Knob Creek name was released in ...
Knob Creek can refer to: Several streams in the US, including: Knob Creek, in Izard County, Arkansas; Knob Creek, in Bullitt County, Kentucky;
Twice a year the Knob Creek Gun Range in West Point, Kentucky, holds the largest machine gun shoot and gun convention in the world. Gun dealers, collectors, and enthusiasts from all over the ...
The Knob arc has a length of 230 miles (370 km). [1] Many of the hills are conical and up to several hundred feet high, some with capstones that form cliffs. The monadnocks formed from the eroding margins of the Pennyroyal Plateau to the south and the Cumberland Plateau to the east.
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He built the first distillery in the area of Knob Creek in LaRue County. [1] Historians agree that Boone was one of the first to be documented producing Bourbon whiskey in Kentucky in 1776. [2] According to local folklore the father of Abraham Lincoln, Thomas accepted a job at the Boone Distillery in 1814. [3] Boone was a pioneer to the area. [4]