Producing potash
![Settlers hung large vats over an open fire to boil the ashes and obtain potash.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/histoires-de-frontiere_border-stories/wp-content/uploads/sites/157/2021/10/7-1-potasse.jpg)
Credit: Héritage Sutton Collection
Settlers hung large vats over an open fire to boil the ashes and obtain potash.
Credit: Héritage Sutton Collection
Settlers hung large vats over an open fire to boil the ashes and obtain potash.