Summary
In the 18th century, Nathan Boone and his brother, Daniel Morgan Boone, learned how to make salt by boiling water from a certain salt spring in Kentucky. According to Johnson's "Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge," printed in 1886, the waters of that spring were sold for medicinal purposes in various parts of the country.
John Filson wrote that his friend Daniel Boone considered beautiful Kentucky to be "another Eden"; however, its salt licks were barren of beauty because of brackish earth and lack of greenery caused by the trampling of great herds of wild animals licking salt there.See the full content of this document
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Salt Licks Important to Missouri Pioneers
Missouri's salt springs must have been barren for that same reason. In addition to providing wild game with the hunter's choice of excellent meats, those sprin...
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