Big Bone Lick at Big Bone, Kentucky is the most famous springs in Kentucky. A lick is short for salt lick, a place where animals come to consume salt. They lick it from the ground, and it is necessary in their diets. Big Bone was also resorted to for salt by humans, first by the Indians, and later by the pioneers. The salt was extracted by boiling large quantities. The result is a rather grayish crystalline substance, and contains a good deal of sulphur.

See also

• Big Bone, Kentucky
• Big Bone Lick State Park