Eternal Gardens Journal

Hidden Stills and Limestone Hills: The Moonshine Legacy of Glen Rose

How the cedar brakes, spring-fed waters, and petrified wood buildings of Somervell County tell a wild Texas tale of survival and neighborly grit.

Pull up a chair by the smoker and rest your boots for a spell while we wander up to the limestone bluffs of the Paluxy River. Up in Glen Rose, the ancient rocks and thick cedar brakes hold the stories of stubborn folks who turned clear spring water and corn into legends during the hardest years of Prohibition.

Zenna LoneStar · November 8, 2026 · 11 min