"Cemeteries can be cathartic, sad, terrifying, or any number of things in-between depending on the circumstances. But one thing for sure is that they're shrouded in history. That's definitely the case in a certain Louisville, Kentucky graveyard - the resting place of some of the city's most famous folks. It's called Cave Hill Cemetery, and several legends lying within the peaceful grounds come from the annals of Kentucky's bourbon lore."
"Cave Hill flourishes as a rural garden cemetery and arboretum spread across natural hills and basins, established by Kentucky's General Assembly in 1848. It spans 296 acres today, but it's more than a bucolic Victorian landscape - it also cradles several now-silent icons of the Kentucky bourbon trail. Perhaps the most famous of them all is Julian Proctor "Pappy" VanWinkle Sr., the real Pappy VanWinkle of Pappy VanWinkle bourbon, legendary for being ultra-aged and highly sought-after."
Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky, was established by Kentucky's General Assembly in 1848 and functions as a rural garden cemetery and arboretum spanning 296 acres. The grounds contain graves of major Kentucky bourbon figures, including Julian Proctor "Pappy" VanWinkle Sr., who died in 1965 at age 90, and William Larue Weller, who died in 1899 and founded the W.L. Weller Distillery known for wheat bourbons now part of the Buffalo Trace family. George Garvin Brown, buried in 1917, created Old Forester and pioneered selling whiskey in sealed glass bottles, with Old Forester becoming the first bottled bourbon in 1870. Other bourbon founders, including Paul Jones Jr. of Four Roses, are also interred at Cave Hill.
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