Near Jackson in Clarke County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Upper Salt Works

Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 25, 2017

1. Upper Salt Works Marker

Inscription. The area from Stave Creek to Jackson Creek was one of sites for the making of salt during the years 1862-64.
Furnaces of native stone were built and salt water from dug wells evaporated by boiling in large kettles.
Amount of salt six hundred bushels per day. Price ten to forty dollars a bushel. Workers were exempt from military service. Works in operation: Nordlinger's, Booth's, Clarke, State and private.
Located here town of four thousand, a saw mill and brick factory.

Erected 1979 by Clarke County Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Notable Places • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 31° 35.141′ N, 87° 57.753′ W. Marker is near Jackson, Alabama, in Clarke County. It is at the intersection of Alabama Route 69 and Bolen Town Road, on the right when traveling south on Alabama Route 69. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Jackson AL 36545, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

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Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Tombigbee Settlements (approx. 4.6 miles away); St. Stephens (approx. 4.9 miles away); The St. Stephens Historical Commission (approx. 4.9 miles away); Site of Old St. Stephens (approx. 4.9 miles away); Union Methodist Church (approx. 5.3 miles away); The Taylor House (approx. 5.4 miles away); Jackson Prisoner of War Camp (approx. 5.6 miles away); Kimbell House (approx. 5.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jackson.

Also see . . . Clarke County Historical Society article on Salt Works. (Submitted on February 26, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

View of Upper Salt Works Marker looking west towards Bolen Town Road. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 25, 2017

2. View of Upper Salt Works Marker looking west towards Bolen Town Road.

View looking south on Alabama Route 69. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 25, 2017

3. View looking south on Alabama Route 69.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 26, 2017. It was originally submitted on February 26, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,178 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 26, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.