"Takin' Twenty" with the Virginian Brethren by Skip Salmon

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Moneta and Huddleston are actually in Bedford County and Leesville is in
Campbell.  Not sure about Stone Mountain the stop, but I believe the peak is
in Greene County.

 

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The talk of the night was about a new film that will have its premier in
Rocky Mount, VA this week, "Lawless" starring Gary Oldman. This movie is
about nearby Franklin County's untaxed liquor "industry" and is based on
Matt Bondurant's book "The Wettest County in the World". Each April you can
attend the annual Moonshine Express tour in Rocky Mount, Va and visit
locations where the "industry" thrived. The ABC boys have allowed some
former craftsmen to set up an actual still and demonstrate this operation.
You can buy a T-Shirt with "Franklin County, VA-The Moonshine Capital of the
World" on it. The Brethren know of or have friends who took part in this
"industry". Towns listed in Virginian Railway timetables located in Franklin
County include, Moneta, Stone Mountain, Huddleston and Leesville.

Skip:

I can't speak to the stations of Moneta, Stone Mountain, Huddleston or
Leesville, but because there

were ten stations on the N&W in Franklin County (Where the "moon" comes over
the mountain in

fruit jars), the N&W's Auditor of Revenues was summoned to Rocky Mount in
1926 to show tonnages

for certain commodities received from Boone's Mill to a point near Henry.
Statistically, it showed

that Franklin County had terminated 90% more yeast than the city of
Richmond.  Harry Bundy 

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