Maggie Bailey

In the 1920s a young woman opened a business providing moonshine to all the bootleggers in the Harlan, Kentucky, area during Prohibition.  After Prohibition she opened a store that sold legal liquor.  She also sold moonshine there, for which she was arrested and tried and served her one and only jail sentence, even though she was arrested again and again, 37 more times, without a conviction.   Oh, she was also the model for a character in a popular television series that aired just a few years ago. Today we tell the story of Maggie Bailey Thanks for listening and for sharing our stories of Appalachian history.