gilbert1972
@Article{ gilbert1972,
author = {Loy J. Gilbert},
title = {Salt of the Earth: Making Salt at the {N}eches {S}aline},
journal = {Chronicles of Smith County, Texas},
volume = 11,
number = 2,
month = {Fall},
pages = {1--12},
year = 1972,
}Basic timeline for Brooks Saline:
| Year | Info |
|---|---|
| 1850 | William Briggs making salt at Neches Saline |
| 1857 | Thomas Gardiner and Frost Thorne divided saline land |
| 1859 | J. S. O. Brooks moves to Smith County with 19 slaves |
| 1861 | Brooks and Charles Chamberlain lease Thorne daughters’ land |
| 1861 | Brooks buys Chamberlain’s interest in salt works |
| 1863 | Brooks purchases Thornes’ section of Bean League outright |
| 1865 | Brooks leases saline to his son, W. B. Brooks |
| 1870 | Father-son lease between the Brooks terminated |
| 1871 | W. B. Brooks purchase the land from his father |
Salt manufacturing appears to cease around 1871 at Brooks Saline.
