Editing Clarke County, Alabama (section)

===Salt production===
Clarke County is home to numerous [[brine spring|salt springs]]. These springs have been used as a source for salt as early as the [[Mississippian period]] in 1100 AD.<ref name=salt>{{cite journal |last1=Dumas |first1=Ashley A. |editor1-last=Alexianu |editor1-first=Marius |editor2-last=Curcă |editor2-first=Roxana-Gabriela |editor3-last=Weller |editor3-first=Olivier |editor4-last=Dumas |editor4-first=Ashley A. |title=Recent Archaeology of Salt in Southeastern North America |journal=Mirrors of Salt: Proceedings of the First International Congress on the Anthropology of Salt |date=August 2015 |doi=10.32028/9781784914561 |url=https://www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress/Products/9781784914561 |page=155 |doi-access=free }}</ref> During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], the county was notable for its salt production due to the naval blockade of southern ports.<ref name="CLRKHST"/> The Commissioner's Court of Clarke County appropriated $1500 in 1862 for the manufacturing of salt at the salt springs and the State of Alabama operated multiple salt works during the Civil War.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web |url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/64500005_text |title=National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form |publisher=Department of the Interior |format= |accessdate=September 19, 2023}}</ref> These salt works had housing for workers, hospitals, and cemeteries and the salt was produced for military and civilian use.<ref name=salt/> Forts were built at Oven Bluff (Fort Sidney Johnston) and Carney Bluff (Fort Gullett) to protect the salt works and the approach up the Tombigbee River while an additional fort was built at Choctaw Bluff ([[Fort Stonewall]]) to protect any advance up the Alabama River.<ref name=NRHP/>