Historical Marker
Lulbegrud Creek
Near site of winter camp of Daniel and Squire Boone, Alexander Neeley, and John Stuart, 1769-70. Creek named by these pioneers after "Lorbrulgrud" of Gulliver's Travels, first known book brought to Kentucky. Corrupted to Lulbegrud.
Kentucky was originally part of Virginia and was known as the "Kentucky County" until it became a separate state in 1792.