Meadville in the Making

2. Meadville Distilling: Whiskey Business


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Meadville Distilling: Another iconic Meadville company, the makers of Meadville Rye Whiskey. If you don't know: Pennsylvanian Rye Whiskey is kind of a BIG deal both in the past and present. This is their story.


References:

Bates, Samuel P. Our County and its People.Boston: W.A.Fergusson, 1899.

Evening Echo research courtesy newspapers.com 

Fields, Laura. History of the Meadville Distilling Company. Courtesy Delaware Valley Fields Foundation. 2015.

“Meadville Illustrated 1912” Meadville…Its Past and Present: Sesquicentennial Edition of the Tribune-Republican, May 12, 1938.

“Soundoff” courtesy https://www.meadvilletribune.com 

Stewart, Anne. "Race Street Lumber Profile" Exec Dir of CCHS, 1985.

Willoughby, Malcolm F. Commander USCSR (T). Rum Wars at Sea. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1964.

“Soundoff” courtesy https://www.meadvilletribune.com


Original music written and recorded by Jeff Rose of Gin & Sonic studio.



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Meadville in the MakingBy Mattocks Bookends, Allegheny College, Meadville Community Revitalization Corp