Lewis and Clark
Documents and Sources
Lewis and Clark both visited Big Bone Lick and conducted excavations for bones, though not at the same time. Big Bone was probably the single most significant eastern site in America that they visited. Jefferson was more interested in the bones of the creatures found in the muddy salt lick than any other single object or specimens they sent him. Because of their close association with the lick it is fitting that information about their journey be available on a site with historical information about Big Bone, Kentucky, one of the first famous places in early America.
James Duvall, "Lewis and Clark at Big Bone Lick" 2003 Collinson, Peter, An Account of Some Very Large Fossil Teeth, Found in North America; Sequel to the Foregoing Account of the Large Fossil Teeth. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 57 (1767) 464-469.Jefferson's Instructions to Capt. Lewis, 1803
Capt. Lewis at Big Bone Lick, 1803
Report on Lewis and Clark, Kentucky Gazette, 1805.
Letter of Capt. Clark to Pres. Jefferson about Big Bone Lick, 1807
Two Letters from Thomas Jefferson concerning Bones from Big Bone Lick
A List of Bones from Big Bone Lick, 1807
Salt: From the Journals of Lewis and Clark
Big Bone Lick
A Bibliography
Cooper, William, On a Collection of Fossil Bones Disinterred at Big Bone Lick, Kentucky in September 1830 and Recently Brought to New York. American Journal of Science 20 (1831) 370-372.
Cooper, William, Notices of Big-Bone Lick, Including the Various Explorations That Have Been Made there, the Animals to Which the Remains Belong, and the Quantity That Has Been Found of Each; With a Particular Account of the Great Collection of Bones Discovered in September, 1830. the Monthly American Journal of Geology and Natural Science 1(4) (1831) 158-174.
Cooper, William, Notices of Big-Bone Lick, including the Various Explorations That Have Been Made there, the Animals to Which the Remains Belong, and the Quantity That Has Been Found of Each; With a Particular Account of the Great Collection of Bones Discovered in September, (Continued From Page 174). The Monthly American Journal of Geology and Natural Science 1 (1831) 205-217.
Cooper, William, J. A. Smith, and Dekay, Report to the Lyceum of Natural History, On a Collection of Fossil Bones Disintered at Big Bone Lick, Kentucky, in September, 1830, and Recently Brought to This City, (New York). The Monthly American Journal of Geology and Natural Science 1 (1831) 43-44.
Gazley, Sayrs, Notice of the Osseous Remains at Big Bone Lick, Kentucky. American Journal of Science 18 (1830) 139-141.
Harlan, R., Fauna Americana. Being a Description of the Mammiferous Animals inhabiting North America. Anthony Finley, Philadelphia, 1825, 318
Harlan, Richard, Description of the Jaws, Teeth, and Clavicle of the Megalonyx Laqueatus. Monthly American Journal of Geology and Natural Science 1(1831) 74-76.
Hendrickson, Walter B., "The Western Academy of Natural Sciences of Cincinnati." Isis, V. 37, Pts. 3 & 4. Nos. 109 & 110, (1947) 138-145.
*Hunter, William, Observations On the Bones, Commonly Supposed to Be Elephant Bones, Which Have Been Found Near the River Ohio in America. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 58 (1768) 34-45.
Leidy, Joseph, Report On Bison From Big Bone Lick and Vicinity. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6 (1852) 117.
Lyell, Charles, Travels in North America; With Geological Observations On the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia. John Murray, London, V. II, 1845, 62-68.
Lyell, C., On the Geological Position of the Mastodon Giganteum and Associated Fossil Remains at Big Bone Lick, Kentucky, and Other Localities in the United States and Canada. Geological Society of London, Proceedings, 4 (92) (1844) 36-39.
*Owen, Richard, On Dr. Harlan's Notice of New Fossil Mammalia. American Journal of Science 44 (1843) 341-345.
Rafinesque, C. S., 1832-1833, Atlantic Journal, 112, 509.
Rice, Howard C., Jr., Jefferson's Gift of Fossils to the Museum of Natural History in Paris. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society in Paris 95(6) (1951) 597-627.
Shaler, N. S., Note On the Occurrence of Tarandus Rangifer Gray at Big Bone Lick, in Kentucky. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 13 (1869) 136.
Simpson, George Gaylord, Note About the Whereabouts of Longueuil-Collected Specimens From Big Bone. Society of Vertebrate Paleontology News Bulletin No. 105, 1975 42-43.
Wistar, Caspar, An Account of Two Heads Found in the Morass Called Big Bone Lick, and Presented to the Society By Mr. Jefferson. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Ser. 2, 1 (1818) 375-380, Pls. 10, 11.