Use as evidence that regional whiskey development depended on a surrounding production and trade ecosystem. The 1801 count remains source-bounded until the underlying record is opened.
The passage follows the shift from converting surplus grain to operating distilling-centered enterprises serving export markets.
Hannush describes Robertson County as a creek-centered cluster of farms, mills, stills, specialist distillers, coopers, copper workers, equipment sellers, livestock feeding, salted-meat production, wholesalers, and transport. By 1801 the county recorded twenty-two whisky and brandy distilleries.
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PDF sheet 104; displayed ebook page 88
Robertson County's transition from farm to industry
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