C.S.A. Salt Works
N 31° 12.702 W 098° 23.951
14R E 557231 N 3453219
This historic marker stands near the site of a Confederate salt works near the town of Lometa
Waymark Code: WMPRGA
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/13/2015
Views: 6
This historic marker is located along the US 190 less than a mile west of the junction of the US 183 and the US 190, near the town of Lometa.
Salt Creek lies a few miles farther west on the US 190.
Marker Number: 599
Marker Text:
West of here, on the Colorado. Brine springs used by Indians as infirmary or health resort.
Increased operations in Civil War to make Army supply, for the men, cavalry horses and mule teams; and for general use for table and ranch purposes.
To pump brine from the spring, a horse driven in a circle operated a lift that filled troughs upon a 40-foot-high scaffold. Cedar boughs placed in the troughs concentrated the brine, which filtered down into iron kettles that boiled one bushel of salt out of 50 bushels of brine. (1964)
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