A woman who once lived atop Newman’s Ridge in Hancock County developed a reputation as the biggest moonshiner in Appalachia, literally. Her unique ability to avoid the law brought reporters from all over the country to interview her…if they could make the climb up the mountain to her log cabin.
Today we tell the story of Mahala Mullins.
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