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The 2018 Salt Festival at Big Bone Lick State Historic Site was held October 19-21 and was another huge success, as record crowds attended the event (over 3,000 visitors the […]

2018 Salt Festival



A man passes from this life to the next and in doing so often leaves an empty space, so it is with Donald E. Clare: historian, preservationist, musician, writer, and […]

Farewell to Don Clare


FLORENCE – Is Big Bone Lick a local recreational park or hallowed scientific ground? Depends upon whom you ask, actually. But the truth is, it’s really both. “We (Northern Kentuckians) […]

Historical Reverence


July 17, 2015 Big Bone Lick will host an event Saturday celebrating the rich history of the site and the incredible journey of Mary Draper Ingles. The event recognizes the 260th […]

A Historic Escape