Annotation
Use to separate deep site history from later distillery history.
Challenges Claims
Context
The opening chapter treats the land as a historical actor rather than beginning with a corporate founding.
Excerpt ID
1861
Excerpt Text
The site history begins with animal migration routes, mineral licks, water, and Indigenous use of the Kentucky River landscape long before a distillery existed.
Literature Notes
Locator End
PDF sheet 29
Locator Start
PDF sheet 19
Locator Type
Other
Originating Working Notes
Page (text)
Source
No access
Source Section
Chapter 1 — The Kentucky River site
Supports Claims
Verification Notes
Fresh full-copy audit, 2026-09-29. PDF19–32: landscape narrative is not archaeological proof of distillation. Indigenous nations and periods must remain distinct; bison-crossing continuity does not establish company continuity.
Verification Status
Verified