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Salt Discovery Well

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Salt Discovery Well

South Hutchinson, KS | Reno County

From Main, ΒΌ mile west on Des Moines. A historical marker tells the area's important story of salt, discovered in 1887. By 1910 26 salt companies had been founded in the vicinity. A second marker explains salt processing, and a half-ton block of mined salt is displayed nearby.

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