Boone County Public Library to Host Lewis & Clark Exhibit
The Boone County Public Library is hosting a traveling exhibition about the famous explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. The pair is best known for their cross-country expedition to the Pacific Ocean. However, the explorers also visited Big Bone Lick in separate trips.
The exhibition titled “Lewis and Clark and the Indian Country” runs from July 1 through August 13, 2010. It’s held at the Main Library at 1786 Burlington Pike, Burlington, KY. The exhibit tells the story of Lewis & Clark’s 1804-1806 journey from the point of view of the Native Americans who lived along the route.
The exhibit has many special programs scheduled throughout July including a talk about Lewis and Clark visiting Big Bone Lick. Stanley Hedeen, author of "Big Bone Lick: Cradle of American Paleontology," hosts the program at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 28, at the Main Library.
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson asked Lewis to stop at Big Bone Lick to collect bones and send them back to Jefferson before meeting up with Clark in Louisville. Unfortunately the bones were lost when the boats carrying them sank at Natchez, Mississippi.
Undeterred, Jefferson sent Clark to Big Bone Lick in 1807 to retrieve another set of bones. In 1808, Jefferson finally received his long-awaited shipment and arranged 300 big bones on the floor in a room at the White House. (source)
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