In July of 1794, a force of disaffected whiskey rebels attacked and destroyed the home of a tax inspector. The rebellion grew in numbers, if not in actions, and threatened to spread to other states.

In May 1794, subpoenas were issued for 60 distillers who had not paid their taxes ... President Washington pardoned both, writing: "The misled have abandoned their errors." The end of the Whiskey ...

The trail owes its inspiration to the 1790s Whiskey Rebellion centered in Pittsburgh ... refused to pay the tax and in the summer of 1794 there were bloody confrontations. But the tax remained ...