Fences around the aging bourbon

Fences around the famous

Kentucky Bourbon.

Living in Nelson County Kentucky,
The Bourbon Capital of the world, this is an every day scene in any direction you travel.
Neat, well kept grounds, uniform fences surround these rick houses where that famous bourbon is aged.

 Bourbon is a huge industry in Kentucky.
Beautiful tours are a big part of our tourist industry now.

Not a big consumer of any kind of liquor but use it in cooking sometimes.

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9 to 5 in my town

So glad to be back for FSO.

Today's theme

9 to 5 in my town.

Very active small town I live in. 

Principal of Bethlehem High School doing his favorite job.
Handing out diplomas.

Education is a biggie in our town.
There are 4 high schools in the city limits and numerous schools in our county.
The professionals in these schools work all year.

One of the biggest employers in our town is the tourist industry.

Hostess at the Nazareth Campus Visitor's Center.
It is part of the Historic District Tour.

 Around the Town Carriage  makes regular trips to the many Hotels and Motels in town for a tour of the Bourbon Heritage Trail and all the other activities happening in our town.

Jonsie's entire family get in on the fun.
His daughters dress in Western attire, Disney attire or whatever the occasion calls for.

Dressing in White Fur and Red during the winter season they run all year long.

As part of the tourism industry, I have no idea how many fine restaurants are in our town, food industry is a big employer.

This is the summer scene at Circa, right in the town square.
All the fine restaurants have professional chefs.

Art is a biggie in our town also.

From Henna artists to tattoos.

One of the artists displaying her craft and her products at
FABS.
Fine Arts of Bardstown 

Daphne and
her clay jewelry. 
The art gallery is right in the center of town and 
contributes much to the festive look of the square with outside decorations all year long.

With 5 distilleries within 20 miles of our town
The Bourbon industry is next after tourism in importance to our economy.

Home Construction is on the rise again and you can find this scene everywhere.

Because of the tourism industry in our town street repair is a biggie for the city workers.
Things must always look good.

Cleaning up after a big fire in the middle of town.
Utilizes many city and police shifts who sometimes work around the clock.

Farming is also a big industry in our town.
These families don't just work 9 to 5, as anyone knows about farming.

Sorry such a long post but I am happy to be back.

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Sepia Saturday

Sepia Saturday Aug 8 2012

The Jim Beam family home in 1812

The same home today

Alan's prompt photo gives many options for a theme.

A group of three on the left, for instance.

My theme, however, this week is

Bourbon history, much like the Beam family bourbon dynasty, mirrors U.S. history. Rebellion. Progress. Heroes. Facts. Legends. It's why bourbon is, and will always be, America's Native Spirit—a spirit the Beam family has had a tremendous hand in helping to create, foster and grow, both in the U.S. and abroad, as key players in a great American story.

This complete week,in my town, is

Kentucky Bourbon Festival,
selected as one of the best festivals in the state of 
Kentucky.

Every possible room in this town is booked.
And surrounding towns are booked with 
shuttle buses running from those towns.

We have visitors from all over the world.

Jim Beam family and home in particular  

is pictured above.

This beautiful home today is still occupied by the 

descendents of the Jim Beam family.

Every nook and cranny of our town has activities scheduled for the week.

I did a post recently about our town and bourbon so I will not delve any further into this history. 

Come on down to Bardstown and have a good time.

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Sepia Saturday #95

Wow

Having blogger troubles again.

Lost all of my followers.
Can't even find my sign up button.

Sepia Saturday #95 and nearing 100.

Alan had a great photo featuring women and connected to the election of a woman to a high post in Denmark.

This photo was taken from my copy of Washington County Kentucky Bicentennial History 

1792-1992.

Photo taken by staff of the Springfield Sun.

This group from Washington County motored to The University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky in 1920 to study modern farm methods.
These folks were dressed for serious business.

Farmers had previously been pretty independent and unorganized but after the war, as many things, it became obvious that some organization was needed if Kentucky were to hang on to it's reputation as a huge tobacco market.

The gentleman in the third row with a circle drawn around his head is my paternal grandfather, Albert Rudd, one of the most profitable farmers in the area. 

It is very obvious there are three women in this group.
Why only three.
These couples were young marrieds and no children yet.
All the other women were home tending the homestead but these women were in there pitching for new ideas and plans to elevate the humble farmer and his livelihood.

The lady in the front row with the huge brimmed hat and black scarf is Miss Mable Williams.

She was the Washington County Extension Office Agent.
The leader of the women's place in the industry of farming for our state.

In 1920 farming was at a severe low in our area, as most, following WWII.

Farmers began to band together and The Farm Bureau of Kentucky was formed and my gf was one of the founders of that organization, still very strong in Kentucky to this day.

The other women were wives of  two of the most prominent farmers in our area and through those ladies the homemakers and organizations to support farm income and the farming lifestyle were formed.

 I remember as a young girl Miss Mable still in her position at the Extension office and never marrying.

My mom was employed at that office when she married my father John W. Rudd, who had the reputation of being " the best darn tobacco cutter in the county."
It's wonder he didn't loose a leg, as they cut tobacco with a huge machete, but he was fast and efficient. 

Sadly my dad and many of the hard workers were  huge consumers of the bourbon that Kentucky is so well know for now and that did not profit any of us.

The bootlegging back then was more dangerous than the tobacco cutting machete. 

I can remember my father and gf talking about how hard and how hot it was hanging the tobacco in the barn, especially for the fella on the top tier.

HH did his share of tobacco hanging too as a young boy.
It is still hanging around Ky. but in no way the industry it once was.

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