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Worthy of Notice
Salt's Works
 

Salt Cairn Memorial

photo: Salt Cairn reconstruction

J. Agee photo

A cairn, properly speaking, is a mound of rocks erected as a memorial or marker. The so-called "Salt Cairn" represents a reasonable guess as to the appearanceof the oven the salt makers built.

Worthy of Notice
Salt's Works


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From Discovering Lewis & Clark ®, http://www.lewis-clark.org © 1998-2009 VIAs Inc.
© 2009 by The Lewis and Clark Fort Mandan Foundation, Washburn, North Dakota.
Journal excerpts are from The Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, edited by Gary E. Moulton
13 vols. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1983–2001)