Thursday, September 21, 2023

Home Spring was soap-making time in early West Virginia Soap Making in West Virginia

Soap Making in West Virginia

Lye drained from barrels was channels into a basin at the edge of this rock shelf.

Bars of home-made West Virginia soap have been cut and are ready for use. (Photo courtesy Bianca Bosworth)

Lye-Making Rock

Curfman Rocks in West Virginia

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