Big Bone Lick State Historic Site

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:nature_reserve
gptkbp:addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces October 15, 1972
gptkbp:area 512 acres
gptkbp:contains remains of bison
remains of ground sloths
remains of mammoths
remains of mastodons
remains of other prehistoric animals
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:established 1960
gptkbp:features gptkb:museum
gptkb:campground
picnic areas
trails
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Big Bone Lick State Historic Site
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Pleistocene_megafauna
bison
salt springs
fossil deposits
gptkbp:latitude 38.8892
gptkbp:location gptkb:Boone_County,_Kentucky
gptkbp:longitude -84.7461
gptkbp:namedFor large Pleistocene animal bones found at the site
gptkbp:NRHPReferenceNumber 72000529
gptkbp:openToPublic yes
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Kentucky_Department_of_Parks
gptkbp:significance site of early paleontological discoveries in North America
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list yes
gptkbp:visitedBy gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:Meriwether_Lewis
gptkb:William_Clark
gptkbp:website https://parks.ky.gov/union/parks/historic/big-bone-lick-state-historic-site
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Kentucky_Department_of_Parks
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6