With Kentucky the main producer of the world’s bourbon, and the city of Bardstown surrounded by more than 10 bourbon distilleries, this town in north-central Kentucky has branded its self as the bourbon capital of the world. Bourbon, which has been brewed in Kentucky since at least 1795, when Jim Beam introduced “Old Jake Beam Sour Mash”, is a corn-based whiskey that is aged in charred oak barrels. The rickhouses where bourbon is stored are a common site in different parts of Kentucky, and especially near Bardstown.
Utah Lake as it appears from Utah Lake State Park in Provo. In the distance one can see the southern Wasatch Mountains, Spanish Fork Peak, Hobble and Spanish Fork Canyons, and where the cities of Springville, Mapleton and Spanish Fork reside below the mountain peaks.
The historic Bridgeton, Indiana mill began its life in 1823 as a local sawmill. Since that time both the mill and the covered bridge its associated with have burned down and been rebuilt, the mill more than once. The mill has also gone through a variety of transformations, transitioning to a grist mill at one point, and a distillery, and eventually a feed mill for the local agricultural economy. Today it largely caters to tourists, serving as a restaurant, the oldest operating mill in Indiana, and a museum.
