Editing Daviess County, Kentucky (section)

===Distilling===
Daviess County has long had a reputation as the leading center of the production of [[distilled spirits]], chiefly Kentucky [[Bourbon whiskey|bourbon]]. Walter McFarland, who moved here from [[North Carolina]], began making whiskey and peach brandy in about 1804 on a {{convert|200|acre|km2|adj=on}} estate just south of Panther Creek, on today's [[U.S. Route 431 in Kentucky|U.S. 431]].<ref name="ReferenceA">"Medley Distillers eager to join Kentucky Bourbon Trail", by Keith Lawrence, Messenger-Inquirer, Monday, September 21, 2009</ref> Cornelius Westerfield also began distilling corn whiskey in the early 1800s on his farm {{convert|3|mi|km|spell=in}} southwest of [[Whitesville, Kentucky]], on Deserter Creek. It finally closed in 1872, after more than 60 years of production.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>

By the 1880s, 18 large distilleries operated in Daviess County at the same time. Today only three remain. One dates back to 1869, the former [[Glenmore Distillery Company]], which was originally the R. Monarch [[Distillery]]. In 1885, J.W. McCullough began the Green River Distillery which ran until Prohibition and was subsequently purchased thereafter by Charles Medley Distillers where it ran until the 1950s, changing ownership a number of times without producing anything until its eventual purchase by Trinidad-based Angostura Limited, who bought the Medley Distillery in 2007 with plans to make its entrance into the world's bourbon market, but the severe global recession in 2008 ended those plans.<ref name="visit">{{Cite web|url=https://visitowensboro.com/2022/02/medley-family-continues-to-play-role-in-local-bourbon-industry/|title=Medley family continues legacy in local bourbon industry|first=Katelyn|last=Weaver|date=February 8, 2022|website=Visit Owensboro, KY}}</ref> The distillery was sold to the Terressentia Corporation in 2014.<ref name="visit"/> In 2020, the distillery was renamed as Green River Distilling  Co, restoring the Green River name that was used at the facility under McCulloch's original ownership.<ref name="visit"/>

The following is list of distilleries operating in 1883<ref>History of Daviess County, Ky., pgs 341–345, Interstate Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill.</ref>
* Owensboro Distilling Company, founded 1880
* Sour-Mash Distilling Company, founded 1868
* Hill, Perkins and Company, founded 1880
* Rock Spring Distillery, founded 1881
* Hill and Perkins Distillery, founded 1866
* R. Monarch Distillery, founded 1869, acquired and renamed in 1901 Glenmore Distillery Company
* E.P. Millet and Company, founded 1880
* John Thixton Distillery Company
* John Hanning Distillery Company, founded 1869
* Eagle Distillery Company, founded 1869
* Daviess county Distilling Company, founded April 16, 1874<ref>Daviess County Distilling Company records, 1850–1964, 1850–1940 (bulk dates) full text File Size: 5 K bytes |14 reels of microfilm (50 vols.)Call number: 1F67M-621 University of Kentucky Special Collections and Digital Programs
Lexington, Kentucky 40506</ref>
* M.P. Mattingly's Distyillery, founded 1855
* Daviess County Club Distillery, founded 1880
* J.W.M. Field Distillery, founded February 3, 1873
* J.T. Welch Distilling Company, founded March 1, 1881
* Boulware and Wilhoute's Distillery, founded 1880
* [[C.L. Appelgate and Company]] distillery, founded 1879 at [[Yelvington, Kentucky]]