"Road to Alum Springs," Boyle County, Ky.

ID: 243
This file appears in: Ephraim McDowell, 1771-1830
"Road to Alum Springs," Boyle County, Ky.

Landscape post card. "Road to Alum Springs." Boyle County, Ky.

Image courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society

This file appears in: Ephraim McDowell, 1771-1830

By Ephraim McDowell House
Historical Marker #2281 commemorates the life and legacy of Ephraim McDowell, the "father of abdominal surgery." A native of Rockbridge County, Virginia, Ephraim McDowell moved to Danville, Kentucky, when he was a child. His father,…