BIG BONE LICK STATE HISTORIC SITE……IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY…..IS ONE OF 19 NEW NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARKS DESIGNATED BY THE U-S DEPARTMENT
OF INTERIOR…..
BIG BONE LICK…..LOCATED IN UNION…..IS CONSIDERED THE BIRTHPLACE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY IN NORTH AMERICA…..THEY RECEIVED THE N-H-L
DESIIGNATION BECAUSE OF THE UNIQUE SIGNFICANCE AND MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS THAT FOSSELS FROM THE SITE HAVE MADE TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF
PALEONTOLOGY AS A SCIENCE…..BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY IN THE LATE EIGHTEENTH AND EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURIES……
