1936

1936

After Prohibition, the Dant family brothers built the Taylor & Williams Distillery in Jefferson County, KY. and would produce Yellowstone Bourbon. The new distillery would later be sold to Arm & Hammer, who would sell it to Schenely in 1952, and then to...

1883

Minor Case Beam, master distiller of Early Times, purchases rights into the J.B. Dant’s Cold Springs Distillery. He renames it Head and Beam Distillery.
George Washington Dant

George Washington Dant

J.W. Dant‘s youngest son, George Washington Dant, is born in Marion County, KY. George is 22 years younger than his brother, Joseph Bernard Dant.
Charles Townsend

Charles Townsend

Charles Townsend, a salesman for the Taylor & Williams company who distributed J.B. Dant’s Cold Spring’s Distillery product, suggested they rename the whiskey to Yellowstone, named after the newly created national park in Wyoming.

1865

Joseph Bernard Dant, son to J.W. Dant, moves the distillery, Cold Springs Distillery Company, to Gethsemane, KY.