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On April 14, 1750, Dr. Thomas Walker and five companions, employed by the Loyal Land Company, came into this region to locate lands for settlement in these western reaches of Virginia. Walker established a camp at this spot and spent three days here hunting and fishing. He then moved on to the river, which he named Cumberland River. Walker preceded Daniel Boone in Kentucky by sixteen years.
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