Florida Historical Markers Programs - Marker Detail
TAYLOR COUNTY SALT WORKS
Location:U.S. 19 & S.R. 361, five miles south of Perry
County: Taylor
City: Perry
Description: 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.