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Kingston Saltpeter Cave

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Coordinates: 34°12′17″N 84°54′54″W / 34.204636°N 84.914883°W / 34.204636; -84.914883
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Kingston Saltpeter Cave is the largest cave in Bartow County, Georgia, United States of America, and was formerly used as a source of saltpeter, the critical oxidizing component of gunpowder, by the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1861–1865). The cave is now a preserved area composed of 40 acres of largely hardwood forest, underlain by a variety of wildflowers and mosses.

In late 1983 the property was acquired by the Felburn Foundation in order to preserve, maintain, and protect it for future generations.[1]

References

  1. ^ NSS CAVE PRESERVES AND ASSOCIATED POLICIES – Cave Conservancy Home – Kingston Saltpeter Cave Preserve

General references

  • Sneed, Joel M., (2007), Bartow County Caves: History Underground in North Georgia, 161 pp.
  • Sneed, Joel M. and Larry O. Blair, eds., (2005), The Late Pleistocene Record of Kingston Saltpeter Cave, Bartow County, Georgia

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