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	<title>Big Bone Lick &#187; History</title>
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		<title>Boone County Public Library to Host Lewis &amp; Clark Exhibit</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
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The Boone County Public Library is hosting a traveling exhibition about the famous explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.&#160; The pair is best known for their cross-country expedition to the Pacific Ocean.&#160; However, the explorers also visited Big Bone Lick in separate trips.
The exhibition titled “Lewis and Clark and the Indian Country” runs from [...]


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		<title>Letter from Thomas Jefferson Regarding Big Bone Lick</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1807, Thomas Jefferson sent General George Rogers Clark to Big Bone Lick, Kentucky, to collect fossils.&#160; The site of an ancient salt lick, Big Bone Lick had once attracted Pleistocene-era mammoths, giant ground sloths and giant bison, which had died near the salt lick when they became trapped in the surrounding bogs, leaving a [...]


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		<title>Interview with Stanley Hedeen</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:07:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WFPL News 89.3 FM radio interviews Stanley Hedeen, author of the book Big Bone Lick: The Cradle of American Paleontology.&#160; Hedeen discusses what was once considered North America’s greatest paleontological treasure, capturing the attention of George Washington, Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson.
Stanley Hedeen is professor emeritus of biology and former dean of the College of [...]


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		<title>KET Documentary of Big Bone Lick State Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following are three clips from a Big Bone Lick State Park documentary that was produced, directed and filmed by Ron E. Lawson for Kentucky Educational Television.&#160; KET started an Independent Producer&#8217;s Fund in 1991 to promote independent film production in Kentucky.&#160; Lawson received one of the first grants from this fund.&#160; He used the nominal [...]


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		<title>Cincinnati Museum Center Heritage Programs Tour Big Bone</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cincinnati Museum Center Heritage Programs have been presenting historical, cultural and architectural tours for over 20 years.&#160; Each month, Heritage Programs offer scheduled tours of unique sites of local or regional interest.&#160; All tours include lunch unless specified. 
On Friday, June 4, from 9 am to 3:30 pm, Cincinnati Museum Center Heritage Programs will tour [...]


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		<title>The Legacy of the Mastodon: The Golden Age of Fossils in America</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The book, “The Legacy of the Mastodon: The Golden Age of Fossils in America” by Dr. Keith Stewart Thompson, gets its start in Big Bone Lick.&#160; Quoting the official book description:
“The uncovering in the mid-1700s of fossilized mastodon bones and teeth at Big Bone Lick, Kentucky, signaled the beginning of a great American adventure.&#160; The [...]


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		<title>Lewis &amp; Clark at Big Bone Lick</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Adapted from the National Park Service:
Meriwether Lewis traveled to Big Bone Lick in October 1803 on his way west to join William Clark and the men assembling in Louisville for the Corps of Discovery.&#160; Lewis sent a box of Big Bone specimens back to President Jefferson.
Jefferson devoted much time to the study of Big [...]


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		<title>Big Bone Lick on Map from 1665?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
This map from the Library of Congress shows two flourishing Shawnee villages in 1665.&#160; The beast you see on the left side of this map could indicate the relative location of Big Bone Lick, as many mastodon bones have been found there.&#160; But early Lexington history indicates big bones were found there as well.
From [...]


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		<title>Big Bone Lick: This Spot has Acquired a Notoriety</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the book, Big Bone Lick: The Cradle of American Paleontology, by Stanley Hedeen:
In 1828, while zoologist William Cooper was collecting specimens at Big Bone Lick, Cincinnati physician Daniel Drake proudly wrote of the location’s widespread reputation: “This spot has acquired a notoriety that is not even limited to the United States.&#160; Its name explains [...]


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		<title>Thomas Jefferson &amp; Ben Franklin Studied Fossils at Big Bone</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big Bone Lick is one of the most famous paleontological sites in North America.&#160; Vast numbers of bones were collected throughout the mid 1700&#8217;s and transported to museums throughout the world. 
In 1807, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned Captain William Clark to excavate bones from Big Bone Lick for scientific study.&#160; This made Big Bone Lick [...]


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