A little salt, a lot of money: a craft from bygone times
The Confederate government dedicated a 220-acre tract of land in North Carolina's New Hanover County for salt works during the Civil War. Smaller Confederate-run operations, such as one at Sloop Point Shipyard, bolstered supplies. Fisherman and farmers made extra income during off seasons with private manufacturing. We take it for granted today, but making salt was an important component of coastal living in times gone by.