Dr. Ephraim McDowell

Historical marker location:

Fairfield, Virginia

( Marker is on North Lee Highway (U.S. 11), on the right.)

Marker installed: 1929

The Father of Abdominal Surgery.

The first successful English attempt to establish a colony in North America was made by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584 on Roanoke Island, off the coast of Virginia.