Near Union in Boone County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)
Big Bone Lick
Photographed By Duane and Tracy Marsteller, May 31, 2021
1. Big Bone Lick Marker
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.Erected 1938 by Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. (Marker Number 32.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Paleontology • Science & Medicine. A significant historical year for this entry is 1739.
Location. 38° 53.273′ N, 84° 45.044′ W. Marker is near Union, Kentucky, in Boone County. Marker can be reached from Beaver Road (Kentucky Route 338) west of U.S. 127. marker is in the picnic area near the entrance of Big Bone Lick State Park, off St Rt 338, about two miles west of US 127. Enter park off St Rt 338, first drive to right leads to the picnic area. There are two markers at the shelter house; this one, and “Mary Engles”. There are
this page online
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Mary Ingles (here, next to this marker); Big Bone Methodist Church (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Lewis and Clark in Kentucky (approx. 0.2 miles away); Mary Draper Ingles (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Big Bone Lick (approx. 2˝ miles away); Major John P. Gaines (approx. 4.9 miles away); Dr. Elwood Mead (approx. 5.3 miles away in Indiana); Richwood Presbyterian Church (approx. 5.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Union.
Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, October 14, 2014
2. Big Bone Lick Marker
Photographed By Rev. Ronald Irick, October 14, 2014
3. Big Bone Lick State Park Entrance Sign
Credits. This page was last revised on June 13, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 22, 2014, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 604 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on June 12, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 2, 3. submitted on November 22, 2014, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Al Wolf was the editor who published this page.
