Big Bone Lick

Big Bone Lick State Park is a 512-acre park located in an unincorporated area of Boone County, Kentucky.  The park is located on Beaver Road between the communities of Beaverlick and Rabbit Hash.  The name of the park comes from the mammoth and other large fossils found there.  The park bills itself as "the birthplace of American paleontology" a term which dates from William Clark’s expedition in 1807.

Big Bone Lick State Park was established in 1960.  In 1972, the park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  In 2002, the National Park Service designated Big Bone Lick State Park as an official Lewis and Clark Heritage Trail Site.

Adapted from Wikipedia