Stout & Adams Advertisement:

These Maysville merchants advertised the term “Bourbon Whiskey” in an 1821 newspaper advertisement in Paris, Kentucky. This is the FIRST mention of “Bourbon” on record in the state of Kentucky. This shows Maysville’s place in bourbon history.

The barrels on the rick system highlighting our distilleries:

The Thomas “Old Time” Distillery is the oldest known (and largest) distillery in Maysville and is where H. E. Pogue got his start in the distillery industry. We can trace the Old Time Distillery to the early 1860’s – it was in 1876 that the Thomas family decided to sell the distillery and its brand to its master distiller, Henry Edgar Pogue.

Pogue prototype still:

Created by H.E. Pogue, this prototype became the basis for Pogue’s still system.

Collot Maps:

These maps of the Ohio River Valley and the Limestone to Frankfort Road reflect Maysville’s (originally known as Limestone) place in early American and Kentucky history, as well as the city’s place in the production and transportation of bourbon.

Maysville Road Marker:

Lead travellers north to Zanesville, Ohio, and the Zane’s Trace and south toward the Natchez Trace by way of Nashville, Tennessee and Florence, Alabama. Today, the Maysville Road is U.S. 68.

Pogue Distillery Blueprints:

Blueprints showing renovations to the distillery in the 1930s and 1940s.

Photo of the original Pogue Distillery buildings:

Bottles of vintage whiskey from H.E. Pogue and Limestone distilleries:

Placed throughout the exhibit are bottles of vintage whiskey – some full and some partially full - from these 2 distilleries. Some of the whiskey predates Prohibition, which went into effect on Jan. 17, 1920