Moonshiner #8 John Barton Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 2/10/2012
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

You are searching for my shine and a smiley in the form of an ammo can.

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John Barton,

In Macclenny my activities in moonshining was limited. Back in 1959 to approximately 1964, I had a lot of friends that were bootleggers. My best friend was a bootlegger.
My only involvement in moonshining was that I hauled a small load a few times and also hauled sugar for bootleggers to make whiskey. "I learned a lot about bootleggers and bootlegging from the late Lamar Knabb, a man whom I lived with from 1960-1965.

He had a lot of friends that made and hauled moonshine. He told me a lot of stories about his friends being chased by the law and revenuers. Back in those days, most people in Baker County thought making moonshine was an honorable living. Over half the families in Baker County had a family member involved in bootlegging.
It was just a way of life back then for people in Baker County. The only time my Dad was involved in it was when we lived in Mobley's Quarters in an old shotgun house and in 1956 to 1957 he used to sell it by pints, which was called pinting it out.
That's when they would sell it out of their home by the pint or half pint.

I remember he used to put Coca-Cola in moonshine to make people think it was aged copper whiskey so that he could make more profit.
A lot of his friends would hang around and drink all the moonshine, so he just stopped selling it.

I had a brother that got caught one time for making moonshine. I used to drink it myself and the worst I ever drank was whiskey made with syrup.
When I was about 14 years old I used to pick up whiskey bottles and sell them to an elderly lady we called Ma-Minnie for five cents each and she would also give me candy. She had a Juke- joint where she sold moonshine.

That was my involvement in the moonshining back in bootlegging days." -- John Barton, Supervisor of Registration, Baker County.

Many great shine runners are still here with us weather we see them or not.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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