Rain Crow Primitive Crafts

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Old Home Place of Echol and Mary Smith Berry on Bunker Road, Duffield, VA.

A hand-made walnut paddle for stirring mineral brine to make salt in a cast iron pot over a fire. The process of cooking the brine down to make salt could take a few hours of work over a hot fire.
Picture taken by Rose Miller
Young Pioneer Woman of the 1775 era fixing food at the Wilderness Road Blockhouse.