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Joseph Washington Dant ran a small still in Dant, Kentucky as early as 1836. He had seven sons, one of whom was J. B. (Joseph Bernard).
J. B. Dant is suggested to have built the Cold Spring Distillery at Gethsemane around 1865 (Downard, 1980) or 1880 (Cecil, 1999).
On June 30, 1881, Dant purchased F M Head's distillery and the "F M Head & Co." brand from Head. He paid $4,000 for the distillery and began distilling the next year, but shut down operations in March and sued Head for selling him a bad batch of whiskey which he claimed discredited the brand and the still's output (court records, 1893).
Most of the whiskey sold from his more successful operations was through Taylor & Williams of Louisville. He later took a position with and ultimately assumed control of Taylor and Williams and was joined in its running by his six sons. Dant retired in 1935 and is credited with introducing the Yellowstone brand later acquired by Glenmore (1944).
The company used the brand names:
"Cold Spring", "Dant Club", and "Nelson County Club Pure Rye." | | Business name timeline:
J B Dant & Co.
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Appearance in
directories:
Directories
consulted:
1866, 1867, 1869, 1870, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1897, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919
Louisville directory
notes:
W = Wines & Liquors, I = Importers, D = Distillers, R = Rectifiers, DA = Distiller's Agents, B = Brokers (1892), S = Saloons (1905), M = Mail Order House (1915). Listings for wholesalers from 1866 to 1869 and for distillers 1866 through to 1906 were compiled from a typescript prepared by Norma Snyder. 1887 and 1889 wholesaler listings are partial, missing last names in the alphabet, 1890, 1895 missing their entirety. No copies of listings in any category for 1896, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901. 1888 has a partial list of Importers (not found in copies for other years). 1905 copies include Saloons (not incorporated). 1906 is incomplete for distillers, missing wholesalers.
1881 witnessed a major city-wide street reorganization so all addresses change. In 1909, there is a second renumbering and this year shows both old and the new number in brackets.
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