Short Mountain has a long history in the production of some of the finest moonshine in the country. After the Civil War there were 18 legal distilleries in Cannon County. Distilleries were the pinnacle of the local agricultural framework, providing added value to surplus crops.

In 1909 prohibition shut down the relationship between farming and distilleries, but the heritage of whiskey making lived on. During this time famous Moonshiners like Cooper Melton used our farm’s cave spring to make moonshine that is said to have supplied Al Capone’s speakeasies throughout the North East.