Salt Kettle

ID: 2206

This file appears in: Boone Salt Springs

This postcard claims the depicted salt kettle was used by Daniel Boone at Blue Licks to render the vital mineral. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Boone Salt Springs

Boone Salt Springs

By Katie Crawford-Lackey

Historical Marker #151 in Floyd County notes the discovery of a salt spring by famous explorer Daniel Boone. Boone found the spring during an extended hunting expedition into what would become Kentucky. Salt was a vital commodity in colonial…