Powder Gourd

ID: 221
This file appears in: Great Saltpeter Cave

This light brown powder gourd has a traditional gourd shape; large at the base with an opening at the top. Reputedly used by Samuel Tate as a powder horn during the War of 1812.

Image Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society

This file appears in: Great Saltpeter Cave

By Sanders
Historical Marker #715 in Rockcastle County commemorates the importance of the "Great Saltpeter Cave," a large cave located south of Mt. Vernon. There, organic materials were mined to create…