OH051 Wallace Hooks Oral History

Authors

David Sullivan

Collection Title

West Kentucky - History and Culture - Land Between the Lakes Series

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Series Number

OH051

Interviewee

Hooks, Wallace

Interviewer

Sullivan, David

Date Interviewed

August 12th, 1976

Processed by

Sheree Wise

Date Processed

March 15th, 2010

Description

1 sound disc and 1 cassette tape - identical recordings (1 hour, 4 minutes)

Abstract

Wallace Hooks discusses the moonshine business in the Land Between the Lakes region of Kentucky. He describes his association with Joe Bogard, the "King of Moonshiners" and the traffic of illegal whiskey in the region. He also recalls large scale farming operations in the 1930s and 1940s. Hooks remembers log buildings, the early iron furnaces and how Fungo, Kentucky was named. He also mentions the Civil War and the occupation of the Land Between the Lakes by early Native Americans.

Biographical/Historical Note

Wallace Hooks was born near the Cumberland River in Trigg County, Kentucky in 1922. His grandfather worked at the furnace at Hematite, Tennessee and his father was a sharecropper. Hook relocated to Alton, Illinois in 1940 to work on the railroad. He later returned to Kentucky where he worked as a carpenter at the United States Army base at Fort Campbell. He also served in the military for a short period of time.

General Information

No user access to original recordings. Use audio user copies, digital derivatives, transcripts, and/or tape indexes. This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code). Permission for reproduction must be requested from Murray State University.

Subject Headings/Descriptors

Land Between the Lakes (Ky. And Tenn.) - History

Hematite (Tenn.) - History.

Fungo (Ky.) - History

Alton (Ill.)

Farm Life - Tennessee.

Agriculture - Tennessee - Farms and Farming.

Distilling, Illicit - Kentucky - Trigg County.

Bogard, Joseph

LBL Hooks, Wallace OH051 Transcript.docx (45 kB)
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