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Kenneth Burk

Rare Find; old sour mash yellow whiskey jug

Kenneth Burk dug up a large, yellow whiskey jug on his farm East of Hawesville recently. The writing on it reads: C.F. Breidenbach, Distiller of sour mash, handmade liquor. C.F. Breidenbach’s family and friends called him Charlie. He ran a riverboat out of Hawesville and had a distillery under the river bank, in a cave.…

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Grave Stones from the 1800s found near Little Tar Springs Road

Six miles East of Hawesville on Old Hwy 60, Kenneth Burk was recently bush hogging and uncovered grave stones from a very old cemetery, near what was once Little Tar Springs Road. The property was previously the Henning Farm until Kenneth’s son, Matthew Burk, purchased it. Matthew and Kenneth bush hog every year. “This year,…

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