Potash. I’m sure it’s not something you think of when you think of our beloved state of Nebraska. Perhaps you’ve never thought of it. It’s not exactly like you make a trip to target to pick up some potash every week.
For a few years, the Antioch vicinity was one of the most important potash-producing regions in the nation. Antioch grew from a small village to a town of about 2,000. When the First World War broke out, the United States was cut off from European sources of Potash, which was a component of fertilizer used in the cotton belt.