Mr Coopers Paper On Big Bone Lick Kentucky

Author : William Cooper
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331783742
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (837 download)

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Download or read book Mr. Cooper's Paper on Big-Bone Lick, Kentucky (Classic Reprint) written by William Cooper and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Mr. Cooper's Paper on Big-Bone Lick, Kentucky Big-bone Lick, so celebrated for the remains of unknown animals that have been found buried there, is situated in a small valley in Boone county, in the northern part of Kentucky, within two miles of the left bank of the Ohio, about half way down; eighty miles distant, northerly, from Lexington, and twenty south-westerly from Cincinnatti, in Ohio. By licks are meant, in the western country, springy places, naturally affording salt, in search of which, the various species of herbivorous animals, both wild and domestic, resort to them in great numbers. At Big-bone Lick, the salt is deposited from numerous springs, rising through the soil over a surface of several acres. There are likewise several streams of fresh water, that enter the valley from different sides; and these uniting, form a small river, which, taking a southerly course, discharges itself at the distance of twelve miles, into the Ohio. The quantity of fossil bones which appear to have been brought together at this place, and deposited within a very small area, is truly wonderful. An authentic account of all that have been found during the last ninety years, such as might enable us to make some estimate of the number of individuals, at least of the larger animals, whose remains were here intermingled, as well as to form some probable conjecture respecting the circumstances under which they perished, and to which they owe their assemblage in this spot, would be at this day most desirable to possess. But it is too late to hope for this. Quantities almost exceeding belief, and of which no record has been kept, have within that period been carried off, and dispersed, no one can now tell whither. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.