TAYLOR COUNTY SALT WORKS

Taylor County Salt Works is a Florida historical marker in Perry, Taylor County, dedicated 1961.

Taylor County · dedicated 1961 · U.S. 19 & S.R. 361, five miles south of Perry, Perry

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Taylor County's 50-mile coastline and shallow coastal waters made it ideal for manufacturing salt for the Confederacy. By 1862 works were in operation at Jonesville (now Adam's Beach) and near the mouth of Blue Creek. Trading on a barter basis, the region furnished salt for adjacent counties and South Georgia. Union forces never destroyed the salt industry and it continued operations until 1868.

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TAYLOR COUNTY SALT WORKS

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