Roots & Riddles
The Moonshine Medicine of Choice
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What do rattlesnakes, moonshine, and an early Fillmore County settlement have in common?
This week, we’re traveling back to 1856 to the forgotten community of Choice in Preble Township, where one ambitious settler claimed to have discovered the cure for rattlesnake bites. Business boomed—until federal officers arrived to investigate.
What they uncovered sparked one of Fillmore County’s most…