White County salt works
Salt works, Bald Knob, Arkansas.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Salt works
- Where
- Bald Knob, Arkansas
- Years
- 1864
- Today
- Marker only
WHITE COUNTY SALT WORKS
A Confederate salt works with at least 11 kettles and 60 vats operated here, about 5 miles southeast of modern Bald Knob. Troops of the 10th Illinois Cavalry destroyed the works on August 11, 1864, and captured 8 men.
Then
A Confederate salt works with at least 11 kettles and 60 vats operated about 5 miles southeast of modern Bald Knob.
Troops of the 10th Illinois Cavalry destroyed the works on August 11, 1864, and captured 8 men.
Now
Marker only
A marker stands on Arkansas Route 367.
Lines owned by Union Pacific run through Bald Knob today.
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