Kingston Saltpeter Cave
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. 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.General references
- Sneed, Joel M.,, Bartow County Caves: History Underground in North Georgia, 161 pp.
- Sneed, Joel M. and Larry O. Blair, eds.,, The Late Pleistocene Record of Kingston Saltpeter Cave, Bartow County, Georgia
