Anderson County was formed in 1827. When the county population was searching for a name, they wanted a name that signified the spirit of their new venture. In the end, the recipient of the honor was Richard Clough Anderson, Jr.a man of many skills who hailed from Louisville, Jefferson County, and had died the year before.Anderson was a lawyerand a politicianand also a diplomat. After practicing as a lawyer for several years in Louisville, he was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1815. In 1816, he became a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Later, he returned to the state government level, and served there until being elected as the first U.S. Minister to the Republic of Colombia in 1823. At the time of his death in 1826, Anderson was headed to yet another new positionEnvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Panama Congress of Nations. Read the rest of this entry »

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Four Roses Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is a brand with a story behind it. The only problem is that no one’s really sure what that story is. Between confusion over where the name came from, and the presence of another whisky marketed under the same brand name, it’s been difficult to untangle the many threads over the years. According to Linda & John Lipman (www.ellenjaye.com), the brand originated in the 1860s, and was probably named for founder Rufus Rose, his brother Origen, and their sons.Whatever the origin of the name, the Four Roses Distillery in Lawrenceburg is a whiskey hunter’s dream, and also a part of state history. Built in 1910, it was later added to the National Register of Historic Places. For more than forty years, the Four Roses Kentucky Straight Bourbon was only sold in Europe and Asia. That was the result of being bought by Seagram’s corporation, which used the name to sell blended whisky in America after purchasing it in 1943 (that’s that other brand we were talking about). Today, you can buy authentic Four Roses in almost every state, and special order it where it’s not available. It’s still much more easily found in Japan, though, where it’s the country’s most popular bourbon. Read the rest of this entry »

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