Kingston Saltpeter Cave is the largest cave in Bartow County, Georgia, United States. It 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.NSS CAVE PRESERVES AND ASSOCIATED POLICIES – Cave Conservancy Home – Kingston Saltpeter Cave Preserve
References
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
External links Kingston Saltpeter Cave Nature Preserve