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Grand Saline's first settlers were the ancient Caddo and Cherokee Indian tribes, who discovered and made use of a large salt prairie south of the town. The Native Americans used evaporated salt, from the brine stream that flows over the flats, as a commodity they traded for other needed goods.
Founded in 1894, the paper consolidated with at least two other papers in the early 1900s. One of the other papers was named the Grand Saline Salt Shaker and was most likely the source of the graphic of a salt shaker which appears on the current masthead (the town's name comes from a large salt deposit located southeast of the city, mined by Morton Salt).
Syracuse, New York earned the nickname "The Salt City" for its salt mining, an activity that continues in the region to the present day. [16] Grand Saline, Texas has a Morton Salt mine. It is one of the largest in the world. Houston, Texas, near Daikin Park is a newly discovered saltworks.
The confession comes three days after park officials sought help from the public about the damaged tower that was part of the Saline Valley Salt Tram, a 13-mile aerial tramway built in 1911.
The salt is left behind when the water evaporates. The first white men to visit this area were members of the Sibley expedition in 1811, who named it the Grand Saline. [5] President Herbert Hoover designated an area of the Salt Fork east of Cherokee, Oklahoma as a National Wildlife Refuge on March 26, 1930
A Cherokee, Captain John Rogers, began making salt from the springs and named them Grand Saline. He built his home nearby. Washington Irving visited on October 6, 1832, accompanied by Sam Houston. [6] In 1838 the government began moving Cherokee to the area in implementation of the Indian Removal Act. By 1839, Rogers was operating 115 salt kettles.
They're salty, sweet, and smoky—and they’re gonna be all gone, so you'd better make a double batch.
The Salt Palace Grand Saline: Van Zandt County Constructed entirely of salt, as the entire town is built atop an underground salt lode. [144] Heritage Park Museum of East Texas Edgewood: Van Zandt County Recorded Texas Historic Landmark [145] Van Area Oil & Historical Museum Van: Van Zandt County [146] Van Zandt County Veterans Memorial and ...