Meet the man that was nearly forgotten to time.  The man who trained a world famous whiskey maker, the man who is a legend in his own right, Uncle Nearest Green.

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About Nearest Green. Nearest Green. (2020, October 3). http://nearestgreen.org/about-nearest-green/. 

Ernest Holmes and the First Tow Truck: Mobile Maintenance and Towing LLC. Tow Service in Tucson AZ from Mobile Maintenance and Towing LLC. (n.d.). https://www.mmandt.net/blog/ernest-holmes-and-the-first-tow-truck/. 

How Jack Daniel Came to Make Whiskey. Jack Daniel's. (n.d.). https://www.jackdaniels.com/en-us/vault/how-jack-daniel-came-make-whiskey. 

Risen, C. (2017, August 15). When Jack Daniel's Failed to Honor a Slave, an Author Rewrote History. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/15/dining/jack-daniels-whiskey-slave-nearest-green.html. 

Wikimedia Foundation. (2021, May 8). Nathan "Nearest" Green. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_%22Nearest%22_Green. 

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