A Taste of the Past

Episode 331: Salt-Works: Reviving a Centuries Old Tradition in the Appalachian Mountains

06.13.2019 - By Heritage Radio NetworkPlay

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William Dickinson first drilled for brine in 1817, in western Virginia, using a hollowed-out tree trunk for piping, The town soon became the "salt capial of the east."

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