By The Shenandoah Stories team
On December 12, 1963 the Shenandoah Herald reported on a case where Galen E. Stickley of Edinburg was convicted of possessing moonshine produced in the Ridge Hollow area of Shenandoah County by an unknown person(s). He was fined $150 and sentenced to…

By The Shenandoah Stories team
On March 9, 1923, the Shenandoah Herald reported a group of federal, state, and local law enforcement officers had raided Clarence Shiflett's home. They found a forty gallon still and a large quantity of mash. Shiflett lived in Fort Valley but…

By The Shenandoah Stories team
On April 10, 1924, the Daily News Record reported Harry Braithwaite of Harrisonburg, Virginia, was arrested for being part of a group that illegally transported, or “ran,” whiskey from Shenandoah County. The paper noted he had been caught with 30…