Bradley Academy

Stood 100 yards E. Organized 1806, with Jos. Dixon, Jno. R. Bedford, Jn. Thompson, St., Wm. P. Anderson, and Robert Smith trustees, it was supported partly by tuition fees, partly by lotteries. An early headmaster was Samuel P. Black. James ...

Middlebrook

Enigma of the British Army

During the 1777 encampment, Washington’s heavily entrenched stronghold defied the massed British Army of 18,000 under Howe and prevented the British movement against Philadelphia by land (June 14 to 30). This delay caused Howe to move ...

Cleopatra’s Needle

The Crowned Horus, Bull of Victory

Translation of Hyeroglyphics

The Horus, Strong-Bull-Son-of-Kheprl,

the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, User-maat-ra, Chosen-of-Ra, the Golden Horus, Mighty-in-years-and-great-of-victories, the Son or Ra,

Ramesses, Beloved-of-Amun, who came forth from the womb in order ...

Bradley Clinic

Dedicated as the

Bradley Clinic

on

22 September 1995

in honor of

Pharmacist's Mate Second Class

John H. Bradley

United States Navy

who served with honor and distinction in the Second Battalion, Twenty-Eighth Marines, Fifth Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force Pacific, during World War II. He and five ...

Fiddlin’ Charlie Bowman

1889-1962

Charlie Bowman, Hall of Fame fiddler, vaudeville performer, and writer of Nine Pound Hammer and East Tennessee Blues, toured with the Hill Billies and other music groups, once performing for President Calvin Coolidge. Two daughters, Jennie and Pauline, were among ...

Buffalo County’s Lincoln Highway Seedling Mile

The Lincoln Highway Association was founded in 1913 to promote a transcontinental automobile route from new York City to San Francisco. Dedicated on October 31, 1913, the route was marked by the letter “L” within red, white, and blue bands ...

Candler Hospital

Georgia's first hospital, Candler is the

second oldest continuously operating

hospital in the United States. Its history

began in the 1730s when Methodist

missionary George Whitfield brought

medicines to treat sick seamen and

the poor. Chartered in 1804 as a

seaman's hospital and poor house, ...

Middlesex County / Essex County

Area 146 Square Miles / Area 258 Square Miles

Middlesex County

Area 146 square miles Formed in 1673 from Lancaster, and named for an English County. Rosegill frequented by Colonial Governors, is here.

Essex County

Area 258 square milesFormed in 1691 from Old ...

Studley

Birthplace of Patrick Henry

Only archaeological remnants of Studley survive today, but in the 18th century this was the site of an impressive two-story brick house. Studley was built by John Syme in the 1720s for his wife Sarah Winston. After ...

Middlesex County / Gloucester County

Middlesex County

Area 146 Square Miles

Formed in 1673 from Lancaster, and named for an English County. Rosegill, frequented by colonial governors, is here.

Gloucester County

Area 223 Square Miles

Formed in 1651 from York, and named for Gloucester County, England, Bacon, the rebel, died ...