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On Sep 11, 2004, at 3:43 PM, Anne Pemberton wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I'm working on a story about the Lewis and Clark expedition at the
> Pacific Ocean. Part of their expedition set up a camp on the beach to
> boil
> salt water to extract the salt. Nearby an Indian tribe was harvesting a
> beached whale by boiling down the blubber. Of course these didn't
> happen in
> Virginia, but I wonder if either activities took place in Virginia
Hampton, VA had salt evaporating areas north of the town if I remember
correctly. Water was let in and the salt was shoveled up after it
crystallized.
Lyle Browning
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