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Historian, Virginia native to lead program

July 21, 2023
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Featured is the cover of Phillip Andrew Gibbs’ book, “Murder and Mountain Justice in the Moonshine Capital of the World.” The book is available on Amazon.

A story of hard spirits and defiant souls, Franklin County, Virginia has long been known as the Moonshine Capital of the World. That history can seem romantic, but the county has a dark and violent past. The descendants of the Scots-Irish who settled its rugged mountains openly defied the law and employed their own notions of justice to defend their traditions and livelihood. During Prohibition, the production of moonshine skyrocketed, but the liquor didn’t stop flowing from the mountains when the eighteenth amendment was repealed. County and state officials struggled to maintain order in a region where unsolved murders, strange disappearances, and senseless killings were a way of life. The peak came in 1978, with nine murders linked to moonshine and drugs in the county.

On Tuesday, August 1, at 10:30 a.m. at the Bassett Historical Center, come and hear historian and Virginia native, Phillip Andrew Gibbs, tell the story of that horrific year and the history behind it in his book, “Murder and Mountain Justice in the Moonshine Capital of the World.”

The program is free and open to the public. It will be held in the Susan L. Adkins Memorial Meeting Room.

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