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Origins of the McKenna Mill and Distillery Origins of the McKenna Mill and Distillery
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The Granger The Granger
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The McKenna Business The McKenna Business
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Evolution of the McKenna Distillery Evolution of the McKenna Distillery
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Operations Operations
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Logistics Logistics
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Turnpikes Turnpikes
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Horses Horses
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Teamsters Teamsters
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The Railroad Connection The Railroad Connection
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Employees’ and Customers’ Accounts Employees’ and Customers’ Accounts
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The Distiller The Distiller
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The Coopers The Coopers
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Laborers—Long and Short Term Laborers—Long and Short Term
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Community Account Holders Community Account Holders
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African Americans African Americans
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Farmers Farmers
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Artisans Artisans
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Physicians Physicians
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Merchants Merchants
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Saloon Keepers Saloon Keepers
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Wholesalers Wholesalers
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Boardinghouses, Hotels, and Schools Boardinghouses, Hotels, and Schools
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The Community’s “Banker” The Community’s “Banker”
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Recognizing His Irish Roots Recognizing His Irish Roots
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14 Making and Selling Whiskey at the Henry McKenna Distillery
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Published:February 2020
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Abstract
Irish immigrant Henry McKenna established a mill and distillery at Fairfield in Nelson County in the early 1850s. In 1860 McKenna’s household included three Irish boarders, one of whom, Patrick Sweeney, became the distiller. McKenna began acquiring farmland in the 1850s and accumulated more than 1,000 acres, becoming a “strong farmer,” in the idiom of Ireland. McKenna milled grain and sold flour to local patrons as well as retailers in Bardstown and Louisville. His low-production distillery served a similar clientele. He maintained more than 350 customer accounts, selling flour, meal, and whiskey on credit. He bought farmers’ grains, wood, wool, and garden produce, crediting their accounts. Although his first still was handmade of poplar logs, McKenna improved and expanded his works, which by 1878 was mashing 200 bushels of grain per day. Some of his Irish employees, earning only a modest wage, supported the Fenian Brotherhood and sent donations to the “poor of Ireland.”
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