Big Bone Lick

Get your minds out of the gutter, people. Big Bone Lick State Park is near Florence, KY, look it up if you doubt me. While traveling through the area recently, my wife happened to ask the chubby 16-year old behind the counter at McDonald's how Big Bone Lick got it's name. Talk about a deer in headlights. I think the wife offended her southern sensibilities, the poor girl could not look us in the face when she answered that she did not know but would find out for us. How kind is that?

The McManager, a kindly arabic gentleman of about 50ish told us the story: In prehistoric times, mammoths came to the area to use the salt lick there and got stuck in the mud. The local Indians saw the large skeletons and the salt lick and thus the name. I hope the young woman behind the counter doesn't siffer any long term damage from the encounter with us damn yankees.