What is Bullitt Countys history?
Before European settlement, the Shepherdsville area looked like a hub with trails coming from the Beargrass, the Bluegrass, the Barrens, and the Falls of the Ohio made by Bison, elk, deer and other game seeking the salt licks, later named Bullitt’s Lick. Native Americans used Kentucky lands and especially the salt lick area of Shepherdsville to hunt game. The first European settlers to the area were the salt workers, 1760’s. • Question: Was the first industry in Kentucky located in Bullitt County? Answer: Yes, it was the Salt Industry. Over 1000 men worked the salt making kettles at Bullitt’s Lick. Salt was an important meat preservative to pioneers. • Question: What was the second industry to the area? Answer: Iron Making. Iron making in Bullitt County span a 50 year history from the 1830’s to the 1880’s. Belmont Iron Furnace still stands in southern Bullitt County. • Question: What distiller donated 12,000 acres of land to the people of Kentucky and their friends? Answer: Isaac W. Be
