FIRST -- Manufactory in Arkansas, Arkadelphia AR
N 34° 07.107 W 093° 03.065
15S E 495289 N 3775290
The historic marker on the east side of the Clark County AR courthouse lawn in Arkadelphia commemorates a nearby salt refinery, which is also the state's first manufactory.
Waymark Code: WMGFR8
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 02/28/2013
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In 1812 the first industrial manufactory in Missouri Territory (present day Clark County Arkansas) opened when John Hemphill built a simple salt refinery on the banks of a well-known salty creek. He used large iron salt pans to gather creek water and the area's natural forest resources to stoke fires under the pans, boiling the creek water away, leaving behind the salt.
The text of the marker reads as follows:
"No. 026
CLARK COUNTY
FIRST MANUFACTORY IN ARKANSAS
Indians in primeval times, DeSoto in 1541, and pioneers in the 1800s and Confederates during the Civil War obtained salt from the creek and old well here. John Hemphill in 1812 [large blank space] opened one of the first manufactories in Arkansas, a salt refinery.
Arkansas Centennial Commission 1936
Arkansas History Commission 1936" [end]
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1812
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