Blue Blazes: A Fatal Shootout

The Blue Blazes was the scene of a tragic face off between moonshiners and police.

NPS Photo/Conrad Provan

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The evening of July 31, 1929 would end in tragedy along Blue Blazes Run. While the police were able to raid and capture the whiskey still along the stream, the moonshiners would not go without a fight. Deputy Clyde Hauver would lose his life in the fire fight.