Big Salt Lick. Big Bone Lick SP is the site of a salt lick or area where animals come to obtain salt and other minerals by licking the soil for salt crystals. First called Big Lick after a large outcropping of salt that drew the wildlife to the site near the Roanoke River the town was established in 1852 and chartered in 1874.
The source of this legend was a peculiar salt lick in present-day northern Kentucky where giant fossilized skeletons had for centuries lain undisturbed by the Shawnee and other natives of the region. Artificial salt licks are simply large blocks of minerals that look and taste like salt. A natural magnet for wild game French Lick had long attracted native hunters before French and English traders arrived.
In historical times white-tailed deer and North American bison visited the.
The name Roanoke is said to have originated from an Algonquian word for shell money which was. Mick also hopes to have a big salt lick fire pit outside with al fresco seating and possibly a little smokehouse. 14 years 7 months ago 138600. View more property details sales history and Zestimate data on Zillow.
