Big Bone Lick State Park
- Also Known As: Big bone Lick
- Address: Beaver Rd
- Vicinity: Big Bone Rd
- US County of Boone County in Kentucky
Name of Notable | Genus | AsNotedIn | No | Address | Proximity | Area |
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Name | Genus | AsNotedIn | Address | Proximity | Area | |
Big Bone Lick Archeological District |
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Along Big Bone Creek |
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1739/00/00 | ||||||
1755/00/00 | Mary Draper Ingles | Captive | Mary Ingles is brought to Big Bone Lick, 450 mi from Drakes Meadow | Journey of Mary Ingles | ||
1807/09/06 | George Rogers Clark | Visitor | William and George Clark arrive in Boone County to collect fossils at Big Bone Lick. | |||
1807/09/06 | William Clark | Paleontologist | William and George Clark arrive in Boone County to collect fossils at Big Bone Lick. | |||
1821/00/00 |
Particulars for Big Bone Lick State Park: | |
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Historic Use | Animal facility |
Historic Use | Camp |
Paleontology | Fossil |
Historic Use | Graves, burials |
Historic Use | Health care resort |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Criteria | Information Potential |
Paleontology | Mammoth |
Paleontology | Mastodon |
Cultural Affiliation | Native American |
Locale Type | Natural Environ |
Epoch | Pleistocene |
Area of Significance | Prehistoric |
Area of Significance | Science |
Sight Category | Site |
Area of Significance | Social History |
Owner | State |
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