For the north of what is now called the Rose Valley, in the villages around the towns of Gabrovo, Sevlievo and Troyan, plum brandy were manufactured for years, its power and good quality improved by recurring distillation. The Ottomans discouraged the manufacture of Alcoholic beverages, though t

Louis Economical Advisory Authority, regulate town's funds.[19] In 1990 the state legislature accepted riverboat gambling in order to increase state revenues. The opening from the Casino Queen riverboat casino generated the primary new source of profits for the town in virtually thirty yrs.