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Places

Name of Notable Genus AsNotedIn No Address Proximity Area
Name Genus AsNotedIn Address Proximity Area
Big Bone Lick Archeological District
  • Sight
  • NRHP
Along Big Bone Creek

Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
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

Data »

Particulars for Big Bone Lick State Park:
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



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 72001585
Resource Type:
Owner: State
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Prehistoric, Science, Social history
Applicable Criteria: Event, Information Potential
Cultural Affiliation: Native American
Period of Significance: 1700-1749, 1800-1824
Significant Year: 1739, 1807, 1821
Historic Function: Domestic, Health care, Agriculture, subsistence, Funerary
Historic Sub-Function: Camp, Animal facility, Graves, burials, Resort
Current Function: Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Park

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