Marker Erected by: The State of Illinois.
Marker Text:
OLD SALT WORKS
One mile south was located one of the oldest salt works west of the Alleghenies. Here Indians and French made salt, while at a later day Americans established a commercial salt industry which finally attained a production of 500 bushels a day. The industry was abandoned in 1875.
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