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Whisky for 15 cents a gallon…
Dayton History Books Online just posted a fascinating article about the early days of liquor distilling in the Dayton area. The article originally appeared in the Dayton Daily News on November 19, 1933. Here’s a little taste:
“We have the historian’s word for it that at one time nearly every well-to-do farmer in Montgomery co. had a little copper still of his own, in which he made his “old rye,” “apple-jack” and corn (Bourbon) whisky. Many of them made from one to 10 barrels each year for shipment, and as early as the 23rd of May, 1809, John Compton, one of the original settlers of Dayton, loaded a flatboat with liquor and started south with the first cargo of its kind ever to be sent down the Miami. According to our early historian, he made a successful voyage to Cincinnati.”
To read the whole article click HERE:
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By Page Turner
November 6, 2011 11:39 AM | Link to this
15 cents in 1809 might be roughly equivalent to $2.16 today, according to figures provided by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Severe deflation beginning in 1815 approximately doubled the value of the dollar by 1850 compared with 1809. Inflation has been fairly constant since 1909 with the exception of a couple of years after World War I and during the Great Depression. Interestingly, 15 cents in 1967 is equivalent to about a dollar today.
By Dewars Rocks
November 6, 2011 9:45 AM | Link to this
Imagine, whiskey for 15 cents per gallon. The current spirits TAX on a gallon of liquor in the state of Ohio is $9.04 per gallon.