'old Jeff.' He had it to loan out, distilling being
beneficial to him. He did not keep it in a regular bank, but rather, according to lore, in
his special hiding places. The "Home Farm" was eventually passed on to Raymond,
Amos' son. Dale, Raymond's brother, also grew up on the home place, but obtained the
adjacent farm by repurchase and other family holdings by inheritance. The last Winegardner
to live on family land, Dale, is still widely remembered. Both brothers, and other family
members, have left vintage graffiti which has been discovered in various places in the old
barn. In 1951 Raymond, desiring to move to the city, sold the Winegardner Home Farm to
Benjamin R. and Lew W. Finke, brothers; my father, Ben, and Lew, my uncle. It is here that
the pioneer's old barn stands today.
Rushing Spring, home of the Winegardner barn became home of
WLRY 88|5 FM (WLRY.org ), as it came on the air in September, 1998.