Covers competing Bourbon County/Bourbon Street explanations and Elijah Craig fire/reuse legends; retain as attributed interpretations or lore. The discussion does not establish a universal earliest date. Specific dates and the horse-trading explanation for Kentucky thoroughbreds need independent corroboration.
Carlton, 2017, first edition. E-reader screen captures; not printed page numbers.
The opening quiz explicitly declines to identify one first bourbon maker, first date or certain name origin. The narrative covers frontier grain distilling, trade through Louisville and New Orleans, charred-casks stories and development of more controlled production attributed to James Crow. The 1826 barrel-charring letter and 1821 advertised bourbon are presented through secondary historical research, not original documents reproduced in full.
Original PDF screen 47
Original PDF screen 41
Chapter 1 — origins, river transport and naming
Paraphrase checked in full-source reading with visual review. Verified means fidelity to this supplied source, not independent confirmation. Covers competing Bourbon County/Bourbon Street explanations and Elijah Craig fire/reuse legends; retain as attributed interpretations or lore. The discussion does not establish a universal earliest date. Specific dates and the horse-trading explanation for Kentucky thoroughbreds need independent corroboration.
Evidence
The opening quiz explicitly declines to identify one first bourbon maker, first date or certain name origin. The narrative covers frontier grain distilling, trade through Louisville and New Orleans, charred-casks stories and development of more controlled production attributed to James Crow. The 1826 barrel-charring letter and 1821 advertised bourbon are presented through secondary historical research, not original documents reproduced in full.
Location and context
Chapter 1 — origins, river transport and naming. Original PDF screens 41–47; these are capture indices, not printed pagination. 
Annotation
Covers competing Bourbon County/Bourbon Street explanations and Elijah Craig fire/reuse legends; retain as attributed interpretations or lore. The discussion does not establish a universal earliest date. Specific dates and the horse-trading explanation for Kentucky thoroughbreds need independent corroboration.