THE INTERNATIONAL PULPWOOD QUEEN AND TIMBER GUY BOOK CLUB
Where I’m From Mandy Haynes
I’m from a small town called Greenbrier in Middle Tennessee. Some stories say that it got its name for the thick vines full of sharp green briers that still grow wild there. They say those briers almost caused the L&N (Louisville to Nashville) railway to make a detour. Another story is that it was named after an old fella nicknamed “Greenbrier” who worked at the local whiskey distillery. I like the second story best myself because it gives me a chance to talk about the fact that in 1885, Nelson’s distillery produced 357,000 more gallons of sour mash whiskey than Jack Daniel's distillery. 106 SEPTEMBER 2021
