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Big Bone Lick State Park Pfrfivpn\Lll1vlu ^ AND/OR HISTORIC: Big Bone Lick ■ 197' 2 STATE: Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TCpn ^Mr‘Vy COUNTY: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Bonne INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY DATE ENTRY NUMBER (Type all entries — complete applicable sections) COMMON: Big Bone Lick State Park PFrFivpn\LLl1vLu ^ AND/OR HISTORIC: Big Bone Lick ■ 197' 2. LOCATION > NATiONA'.: ^ STREET AND NUMBER: Route # 1 XA\ REGISTE: /A- CITY OR TOWN: Union max 'A- STATE COUNTY: Kentucky Boone 015 CLASSIFICATION CATEGORY ACCESSIBLE uo OWNERSHIP STATUS (Check One) TO THE PUBLIC Z S Public Yes: I I District Building Public Acquisition: I 1 Occupied O [2^ Site □ Structure □ Private 1?C] In Process 25 Unoccupied CfCl Restricted I I Unrestricted [ [ Object I I Both [~n Being Considered I I Preservation work H Additional Park □ No in progress U acreage________ PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate) 3 I ! Agricultural I I Government ^ Park Q Transportation I I Comments 0£. i 1 Commercial I I Industrial n Private Residence S Other_ (Specify) □ Reiigiaus Day - use park~ H I 1 Educational 1 I Military □ Scientific with^^amplng vn I I Entertainment I I Museum Z 4. OWNER OF PROPERTY OWNER’S NAME: _______ Kentucky Department of Parks Hi STREET AND NUMBER: UJ State Office Building Annex l/> Cl TY OR TOWN: Frankfort Kentucky 5. LOCATION OF LEdAL DESCRIPTiON COURTHOUSE. REGISTRY OF DEEDS. ETC: T^nnnp r.rTiinLv Flnii-rf-hGinsP STREET AND NUMBER: *' Main Street STATE CODE Cl TY OR TOWN: Burlington Kentucky 21 REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS :;; ^^ ^^^ TITLE OF SURVEY: Survey of Historic Sites in Kentucky DATE OF SURVEY; Marcll 1971 □ Federal XX S*°*e [ 1 County 1 1 Local DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: Kentucky Heritage Commission STREET AND NUMBER: 401 Wanning Street STATE: CODE CITY OR TOWN: Frankfort Kentucky ZL I 7. DESCRtPTION (Chec^ One> 1 1 Excellent CU Good Fair I I Deteriorated I I Ruins O Unexposed CONDITION (Check One) (Check One) Kl Altered I I Unaltered n Moved Origirol Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL fif known^ PHYSICAL APPEARANCE The property proposed is now in acquisition as an addition to Big Bone Lick State Park. The 80 acres contain nearly all areas of historic significance. The 1,200 square feet com­ prising the Baker Cemetery is adjacent to the road leading towards the camping area. It is surrounded by a low wall. Pleistocene remains were excavated by a group from the Uni­ versity of Nebraska funded in part by a grant from the Nations Science Foundation. The project was conducted from July 1962 until June 1967, All fossils removed were numbered and shipped to, the University of Nebraska State Museum for prepar­ ation,, ideptification and further study. The sites were occasionally open to the public while the excavations were in <✓> progress. A representative collection of artifacts is to be m returned to the park when a museum is ready. m No structures remain that were associated with the area's history as a health resort, but the location of these structur z is known. The Springs are less active than they were in the 19th century. From the location of the old fort and salt works, relics have c: been recovered. These include a hogshead in which the salt n produced had been stored. - : The original appearance of the site in the 18th and 19th cen- o 'ttifies is described in the statement of significance, #8. z P'. "SIGNIFICANT PERIOD fcheck One or More as Appropriate) Kl Pre-Columbion 1 CD Century CX 18th Century I I 20th Century I I 15tb Century CD Century C5t 19th Century SPECIFIC DATEIS) (It Applicable and Kitam) AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE fCbeck One or More ae Appropriate) ' ■Q Utben Plorming *' ■_ 'Abor iginpl - • Qr'E duooti cm ■ Q" ^oliticef ' Prehtstoric • ( 1 En9rneerin9 n Religiort/Phr. ' ic»sophy CD Historic I I Industry Q Agricultum ^ f I Invention KKScimce. _ I 1 • ................ t r~l Architecture ( I Londscope - r I I Sculpture Architecture □ Art Socio l/Humon- I \ Commerce t I Literature itorion I I Coromunicotions □ Military I I Theater \ 1 Conservotion Q Music I 1 Tronsportation STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE During the Pleistocene age, enotthous members of Herbivorous animals existed in this vicinity^ The area is recognized as the key to understanding the li£d of the Ice'Age on this con­ (/> Z tinent over 10,000 years ago. The manmipth and the mastodon o were among the mammals to visit the Lick. Ancestors of the sloth, bison and horse also frequented the area. All these eame to eat the vegetation and to lick the salty earth around u the springs. The land was soft and marshy and many of the ZD animals became mired in the {aogs and died, their bones tramp­ 0£. led into the soft soil. I- €/> The area was widely known by the aboriginal tribes that inhabif ted the Ohio Valley. The Indians_reliqd on these centrally z located springs for much of their salt and a large amount of their game. An unexcavated mound in the area attests to their UJ presence. White man learned of the existAice of Big Bone Lick LU from Indians, such as the Delaware and Sha^ee, who. had visited «✓> there before. The first explorer to visit was a French Canadian, de Longueil in 1739. His was the first of many expeditions to the site. A map of Louisiana, dated 1744, marks the lick as the "place where they found the elephant bones in 1739." 1744 marked the first recorded removal of fossil bones from the lick by Indian trader Robert Smith. As word spread of the abundance of large bones, more explorers came and removed quantities of the relics The Shawnee Indians brought the first white woman to Kentucky. Mary Ingles had been captured and was accompanying the Indians when they came to Big Bone Lick on a salt making expedition. During this stay in 1756, she escaped and returned to her home in Virginia. (see continuation sheet) 9. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFE«ENCES ------ , Baker Cemetery; M.L. Risner, Superintendent, Big Bone Lick S.P. ------ , Big Bone Lick State Park; Spindletop Research Project No. 311, 1971. ------ , Prospectus; Big Bone Lick Historic Shrine and State Recreation Park; Big Bone Lick Historical Association, Florenc 0 Kentucky. _ ____ Collins, Lewis, Historical Sketches of Kentucky;' J.^A: & U.P. James Cincinnati 1847. Page 52. ____________ -9 MO. GEOGRAPHICAL DATA ^ o LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES O Vi rr\ DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY 51 OF LESS THAN T,EN ACRES LATITUDE- ” ^---------1 ------------------------LONGITUDE LATITUDE CORNER LONGI TUDE ^ Si. Pearees Minutes S^' inds Deg;-»«,s Mlrv'*^s Secw»»ds Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds ^ V ^ > NW 38"“ 53’ 16" 84 ° 45 '■ 25 ■ o » * 0 . : . NE 38° 53^’ 20'" 84 °- 45 ■ 05 ” SE 38 ° 53 ■ 01 ” ■ 84 45 ■ 10 ” .sw A. • At- * " APPROXIMA-ft ACS'^AGE NOMInXtED p'SI^PER'H^? g 1,“« CODE m STATE: CODE COUNTY i > m CODE STATE: CODE COUNTY: -V J ' t : CODE STATE: CODE COUNTY: z CO CODE STATE: CODE COUNTY: ;u c: NAME AND T1 TLE: Kathy C. Lambert, Assistant Curator n ORGAN1 ZATION Kentucky Department of Par^s 7/25/71 o STREET AND NUMBER: State Office Building Annex : I 'jc i: .- rjiHO z:‘ n .■ z CITY OR TOWN: t/> Frankfort Kentucky 12. STATE LIAISON OFFICER CERTIFICA I lONi N A T10 N A L R E G1 ST E R VERIFICATION: As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na­ I hereby certify that this property is included in the tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law National Register. ' ■ ’ > i . 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by th&,National Park'Service. The recommended Chief, Office of Archeology and Hi^oric Preservation level ofAignVii^ftice of this nomination is; Local Date Mill Name ATTEST: Title eeper of The fyafional Registe T>ate Augtigb 11, 1Q71 Date Form 10-300o UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE^rfi^R^T^ STATE (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE<^i V "'/ Kentucky NATIONAL REGISTER OF HIS^Q^? INVENTORY - NOMIN^T;/oh|^^ORM| ^971 Boone FOR NFS USE ONLY DATE I---- i ENTRY NUMBER (Continuation She^i) # Sjationai- A, -. / ■t----------- (JVumber aU entries^ 7/^8 Statement of Significance; In 1773, a survey party reported using the enormous ribs of the mammoth and mastodon for tent poles and the vertebrae as stools or seats. Explorers noted that the large bones lay scattered throughout the valley. The first map of Kentucky, prepared by John Filson in 1784, bore on the legend: "Big Bone Lick; Salt and Medicinal Spring. Large bones are found there." The expedition made by Captain William Clark to Big Bone Lick foi President Jefferson was the first organised vertebrae paleotolog> expedition in the United States. (1807) President Jefferson devoted much time to the study of Big Bone Lick and believed that some of the large animals might still be living in the country to the west. He had a room set aside in the White House for the display of the Big Bone collection. The collection was divided; parts went to Paris, France, Philadelphia and Jefferson's personal collection. His collection was unfor­ tunately ground into fertilizer by a servant. From 1831 to 1848, Big Bone Lick was visited by various Paleon­ tologists and geologists. The lick was included in indexes of all the principal geological, paleontological and scientific journals in the United States, England, Germany and France, The latest investigation of Big Bone Lick was conducted by the University of Nebraska.
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