Re: Alberty's Lick?
I assume it to be in the vicinity of William Alberty's where Mid-American Industrial Park is between Chouteau and Pryor. The Alberty Cemetery is within the boundaries of the industrial park. However, Phillips says Spring Frog's company is "making salt" which would suggest there was a saltworks there and I'm not aware of one at this location -- doesn't mean it didn't exist there but I haven't seen any documented evidence. Saltworks had been nationalized and required a permit from the Cherokee Nation. In the general vicinity are the Bryan Saltworks (old Union Mission northeast of present Maizee) and Markham's Saltworks southwest of Locust Grove (formerly the West Saltworks), the saltworks near present Salina (aka the Grand Saline). There were other "salt licks" but to manufacture salt was a major operation.