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114:) wife, Polly Wickliffe. In 1870 an attempt to find oil on the land was made by the Manslick Petroleum Company. Margaret W. Preston would continue to own the land through the 1880s as she saw it as "the gift of the best friend I ever had on earth", referring to her stepmother. In 1886 it had become part of the land for a
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being a necessary item in human life, hundreds of workers were used to obtain the salt, including numerous slaves. Some of these workers began settling on 150 acres (0.61 km) of James F. Moore's land, causing the charter in 1794 for the new town of
Newtown. It was sold under numerous brands,
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in 1784. After acquiring the Mann's Lick salt lick, he decided to build a salt furnace. He started by constructing a hollow-log pipe to pump water to his salt furnace; remains of these hollow logs were still available to be seen in the 1940s. Due to fear of
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The area had attained a negative reputation by
Louisvillians between 1830 and 1910. From 1830 to 1860 there were various battles over who owned the land. In 1844 it was given to Margaret W. Preston, as she was the favorite stepdaughter of her father's
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Eventually, the salt lick went out of business, as it was not as big as other nearby salt licks, such as
Bullitt's Lick, and steamboats brought cheaper salt to Louisville. By 1830 the population and salt had dwindled, and by 1890 a change in
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company. By 1910 new residents came to the area. As they were unaware of the site's history, they gave it a new name, Fairdale, instead of its old name of
Newtown.
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in 1782, the land went to his daughter Mary O. Todd. Joseph Brooks leased the land from Mary Todd in 1787, starting the saltworks immediately.
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most prominently Little Sandy Salt. The salt was considered excellent quality, prized by merchants, and was sold as far away as
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307:International Salt Co. v. United States
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637:List of countries by salt production
227:Threlkel, Marguerite (July 1927).
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797:Geography of Louisville, Kentucky
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802:History of Louisville, Kentucky
589:Salt and cardiovascular disease
23:just north of the present-day
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138:Encyclopedia of Louisville
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301:In the American Civil War
177:The Kentucky Encyclopedia
607:Salt Industry Commission
63:Shepherdsville, Kentucky
136:Kleber, John E. (I)
632:Open-pan salt making
456:Monosodium glutamate
175:Kleber, John. (II).
40:Battle of Blue Licks
29:Louisville, Kentucky
188:Kleber (I) 279, 587
80:Lexington, Kentucky
55:Maysville, Kentucky
471:Potassium chloride
323:In Chinese history
162:. Courier Journal.
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617:Salt mining
579:Salted fish
501:Salammoniac
461:Moshio salt
366:Asín tibuok
116:natural gas
17:Mann's Lick
791:Categories
627:Sink works
551:Food usage
441:Kala namak
376:Black lava
328:Salt March
243:2011-11-11
125:References
51:Ohio River
720:Road salt
651:By region
622:Salt well
426:Himalayan
333:Salt road
35:in 1773.
21:salt lick
756:Category
663:In Ghana
598:Commerce
521:Sel gris
516:Seasoned
511:Sea salt
466:Pickling
361:Alberger
213:. KCTCS.
104:Kentucky
25:Fairdale
682:Culture
564:Salting
559:Brining
536:Truffle
436:Jugyeom
431:Iodised
371:Bittern
296:History
289:History
96:tobacco
73:Due to
767:Portal
541:Túltul
526:Smoked
451:Kosher
421:Garlic
401:Cyclic
396:Curing
391:Celery
381:Butter
351:Abraum
211:"Lick"
94:, and
84:bushel
68:Indian
19:was a
491:Onion
411:Flake
406:Dairy
356:Alaea
343:Types
92:linen
781:Food
496:Rock
282:Salt
88:hemp
75:salt
740:Tax
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