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Long Hunters, long gone, had a message for today In the late 1700s Long Hunters to this area found a place they envisioned as a great place to settle. Back home in Virginia, they told of the beauty of the land, the water, the good hunting, and one of the most attractive features to future settlers SALT. Salt is the residue of the prehistoric sea that covered what is now Kentucky. Veins of salt underlie much of the state and surface in numerous licks part of the name of many places in Kentucky. Though the name is not applied today, the area where the spring house stands next to the town branch was once called Deerlick Springs. Early Columbia grew around it. As a salt lick, it was a draw for animals. The animals were a draw for hunters. Hunters needed provisions and related services such as blacksmiths, tanners of leather, places to stay. Salt, today is an inexpensive seasoning. Then it was a vital necessity and expensive because it was very time-consuming and dangerous to come by. It was essential because it was a preservative used to cure beef, pork, deer, bear and other game a main source of food to early settlers. Without salt, they would have starved. To obtain salt, early pioneers dug narrow trenches and lined them with slate. They place large iron kettles filled with salt water on top of the trenches and built a fire underneath. There would be a row of 50 or more kettles boiling the water away to obtain a residue of salt which would be sold. When surrounding trees were all cut and burned under the pots, the salt makers moved to another place and continued the process. It was dangerous because in the early years, Indians could easily spot the salt works and attack the workers.In 1779 the commercial salt works at Bullitts Lick near what is now Shepherdsville was the first industrial site in Kentucky. The early Kentucky General Assembly made large grants of land to early settlers with provision that they produce specified amounts of salt annually. Industrial sites have changed since 1779, yet part of what the Long Hunters did hold true today they saw potential and promoted it. (Courtesy of the Columbia-Adair County Chamber Insights writers, Sue Stivers editor). This story was posted on 2005-06-13 07:25:42
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