Black plaque № 45736

Boone County, 1798. Formed by legislative act from a part of Campbell County. Named for Daniel Boone, renowned Kentucky pioneer-explorer. Big Bone Lick, graveyard of the mammoth, was discovered in 1729 by Captain M. de Longueuil. In 1756, Mary Inglis was brought here by Shawnees, the first white wom

an in Kentucky. In 1765-66, extensive bone collection sent to England. — Southbound rest stop, I-75

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