During the early years of the 19th Century, gentlemen used the Linkumpinch area as a location for settling their disputes in a violent fashion. The location of Linkumpinch in the peculiar triangular jog of the Kentucky/Tennessee state line, where legal jurisdiction was vague and prosecution for murder avoidable, attracted duelists. 

The Sanford Duncan Inn provided food, beverages, and shelter to those genteel gunfighters in the hours and days leading up to their bloody confrontations. 

The Inn still stands. Dueling Grounds Distillery honors the unique history of our area with our Linkumpinch Bourbon. Still handcrafted with local corn, wheat, malted barley, yeast and water.