Where did pioneers get salt when they ran out, aside from evaporating salt water?

Question

Where did pioneers get salt when they ran out, aside from evaporating salt water?

Answer 1

Actually

Salt Mines

Answer 2

I imagine they watched the deer and buffalo, who would go to natural deposits. Then they could get it from there. But salt mines existed, and they brought salt with them as they traveled.

Answer 3

from the store? just kidding..

i think you can get some salt deposits near the seashore or something like the large deposits somewhere in one island i've heard....

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Answer 4

Ocean and Bay water were the most common sites.  The salt was gathered by simple evaporation, but this often takes years.

Inland, naturally occurring salt licks and underground deposits are common, but usually clustered in just a few localities.  The biggest problem with these are possible contamination with other salts, like Potassium nitrate, sulfate and phosphate and various Carbonates.  These were not as popular are sea salt because they often tasted bitter or metallic.

Once the Great Salt Lake was discovered, salt became readily available for shipping all over the United States, even back to the Eastern coast.