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Whiskey Rebellion

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  • George Wyant (aka
  • Clay Kilgore, Bryan Cunning, KG, and Ringy examine the types of guns that rebel farmers would have used during the Whiskey Rebellion.
  • Ringy and King George hold up their shooting target, a pumpkin. KG nailed it dead center.
  • Ringy lights a cannon, an example of the weaponry that the federal troops would have used in the Whiskey Rebellion.
  • Ringmaster, King George, Bryan, and Clay perform a historical reenactment of a tax collector being punished at the hands of rebel farmers.
  • In the fall of 1791, a tax collector was assaulted by a group of 16 men dressed as women. He was beaten, stripped, shaved, tarred, and feathered, and then forced to denounce the federal government.
  • Joe Frantz films Ringy as the taxman being beaten by an angry mob.
  • Ringy is comforted by KG during a short break from being tarred and feathered by an angry mob.
  • Whiskey Rebellion historian Clay Kilgore dumps feathers on a

  • Target Practice

    Photograph by Kate Culpepper / National Geographic Channels

    George Wyant (aka "King George" or "KG"), historian Clay Kilgore, and archaeologist Bryan Cunning watch as Tim Saylor (aka "Ringmaster" or "Ringy") aims a Pennsylvania long rifle at the target—a pumpkin.

  • Rebel Rifles

    Photograph by Kate Culpepper / National Geographic Channels

    Clay Kilgore, Bryan Cunning, KG, and Ringy examine the types of guns that rebel farmers would have used during the Whiskey Rebellion.

  • Bullseye

    Photograph by Kate Culpepper / National Geographic Channels

    Ringy and King George hold up their shooting target, a pumpkin. KG nailed it dead center.

  • Fire in the Hole

    Photograph by Kate Culpepper / National Geographic Channels

    Ringy lights a cannon, an example of the weaponry that the federal troops would have used in the Whiskey Rebellion.

  • Down With the Taxman

    Photograph by Kate Culpepper / National Geographic Channels

    Ringmaster, King George, Bryan, and Clay perform a historical reenactment of a tax collector being punished at the hands of rebel farmers.

  • Rebel Reenactment

    Photograph by Kate Culpepper / National Geographic Channels

    In the fall of 1791, a tax collector was assaulted by a group of 16 men dressed as women. He was beaten, stripped, shaved, tarred, and feathered, and then forced to denounce the federal government.

  • Behind the Camera

    Photograph by Kate Culpepper / National Geographic Channels

    Joe Frantz films Ringy as the taxman being beaten by an angry mob.

  • Take Five

    Photograph by Kate Culpepper / National Geographic Channels

    Ringy is comforted by KG during a short break from being tarred and feathered by an angry mob.

  • Feathering, Post-Tarring

    Photograph by Kate Culpepper / National Geographic Channels

    Whiskey Rebellion historian Clay Kilgore dumps feathers on a tarred Ringy during their reenactment.

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