Dr. Thomas Walker State Historic Site
Location:On KY 459, 5 miles southwest of Barbourville.
Facilities:Historic site, gift shop, picnic shelters, playground, basketball
court, 9-hole miniature golf course, concession stand (seasonal).
Activities:Site tours, picnicking, miniature golf.
Special Features:Park was named for Dr Thomas Walker, a physician and surveyor who led
the first expedition through Cumberland Gap in 1750. He built the first
cabin in Kentucky near the river (a replica of that cabin is at the
site), which he gave the name Cumberland. Although Daniel Boone is
remembered as Kentucky's most famous pioneer, Dr Walker actually
arrived here more than 17 years earlier than Boone.
Address:4929 KY 459
Barbourville, KY 40906
Phone:606-546-4400
Web: parks.ky.gov/statehistoricsites/dt
Size: 12 acres.
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Kentucky.