Big Bone Lick

Big Bone Lick (HM1I02)

Location: Union, KY 41091 Boone County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 53.273', W 84° 45.044'

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Marker # 1

— Pre- Historic Site in Boone County, Kentucky —

Discovered in 1739, by the French
Capt. Charles Lemoyne de Longueil
this famous saline- sulphur spring
was frequented for thousands of
years byIndians and vast herds of
buffalo, deer and other animals.
The first English explorers found
here scattered over the lick
countless bones and teeth of the
extinct Pleistocene elephants, the
mammoth and the mastodon.
Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, 1938
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HM NumberHM1I02
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Year Placed1938
Placed BySociety of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Tuesday, November 25th, 2014 at 9:02am PST -08:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 695085 N 4306739
Decimal Degrees38.88788333, -84.75073333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 53.273', W 84° 45.044'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 53' 16.38" N, 84° 45' 2.64" W
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Area Code(s)859
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 3435 Beaver Rd, Union KY 41091, US
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