In the 1860s he set up a mill here to make gunpowder for the Confederate Army.

During the Civil War, the hydraulic power of the canal was used to make gunpowder.

When you were growing up, there might have been a kid in your neighborhood who learned how to make gunpowder.

But for now we have to concentrate on making gunpowder and cannons.

In the colonial period, the area made gunpowder as the raw materials required for its production were available locally.

I am afraid that one day you will say, "You are going to make gunpowder out of wheat."

"The Indians never did figure out how to make their own guns and gunpowder; they always had to get 'em from white men."

He'd also written down the formula for making gunpowder.

He never does manage to make gunpowder that goes Bang!

As children, Frey and his brother had once made gunpowder - from scratch.