{"id":2551,"date":"2023-01-20T20:00:55","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T00:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=2551"},"modified":"2023-01-19T12:06:15","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T16:06:15","slug":"the-legendary-revenuer-big-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=2551","title":{"rendered":"The Legendary Revenuer:  Big Six"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve told stories of moonshiners; we&#8217;ve even interviewed one of them.\u00a0 Today we&#8217;re going to tell the story of untaxed whiskey from the other side, that of the federal revenue agent, or revenuer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One of those agents was well-known in the hills and hollers of Kentucky, the legendary Big Six.<\/p>\n<p>Today we tell his story.<\/p>\n<p>You can subscribe to the Stories podcast at Spreaker, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Audible, Stitcher, PlayerFM or on your favorite podcast app or feed reader.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for listening and for sharing our stories of Appalachian history with your friends!<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3065\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2551-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/52485155\/download.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/52485155\/download.mp3\">https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/52485155\/download.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/52485155\/download.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?powerpress_pinw=2551-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/52485155\/download.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"download.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve told stories of moonshiners; we&#8217;ve even interviewed one of them.\u00a0 Today we&#8217;re going to tell the story of untaxed whiskey from the other side, that of the federal revenue agent, or revenuer.\u00a0\u00a0 One of those agents was well-known in the hills and hollers of Kentucky, the legendary Big Six. 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