Bradford Oil Refinery

One of the oldest refineries in continuous production in the US was founded near here in 1881 by pioneer independent oilmen Robert Childs, Eli Loomis, and William Willis. The original refining capacity was 10 barrels a day. One hundred twenty-five ...

National Historic Landmark-David Bradford House

National Historical Landmark-David Bradford House

Constructed in 1788, this well-decorated 2-1/2 story stone house was the residence of David Bradford, the most prominent leader of the rebels in the Whiskey Rebellion (1794).

Bradford, a lawyer in Washington, led the rebels ...

Captain Richard Bradford State Historical Marker

In March 1861, 15 days before Confederate batteries began firing on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, Richard Bradford enlisted in the Confederate army at Madison. Less than seven months later, Bradford became the first Confederate officer from Florida to die ...

Bradford House

This is the home of Albert Sumner Bradford, built in 1902 on his Tesoro Rancho. Bradford founded the town of Placentia, helped to bring the railroad, and was president of the Chamber of Commerce from its beginning to his death ...

Bradford Fire of 1920

On the evening of August 3, 1920, at 10:30, two men hurrying home after working at the local Railway Y.M.C.A. discovered smoke and flames at the D. Arnold & Sons Lumber Company. Bradford firemen, with the help of area ...

Bradford

Bradford began in 1852 as a construction camp of the Columbus, Piqua, and Indiana Railroad. When the Richmond and Covington Railroad made a junction here in 1864, the village grew with the railroad yard. There were 60 miles of ...

Major General Joseph Bradford Carr

1828 – 1895

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United States Volunteer Service.

Mustered in United States Service   May 14, 1861.

Commissions.

Colonel   Second New York Volunteers, May 10, 1861.

Brigadier General United States Volunteers, Sept. 7, 1862.

Major General ...

Captain Richard C. Bradford

On December 6, 1861, Gov. John Milton signed a law changing the name of New River County to Bradford County. The Legislature had passed the law in honor of Captain Richard G. Bradford of Madison who was killed October 9, ...

Weise & Bradford Store

1879

On this northwest corner of the square, the former Hotel Eureka (better known as the Franklin House) once stood. It served as the old stage coach house and was "the best house in town, two stories high, with a ...

Bradford's Landing

Hiram S. and Miles Bradford inaugurated this landing in 1824. Together with Brownsville Landing, 10 miles upriver, it was a river terminal for the first settlers and commerce in this area. Hiram Bradford established the first cotton gin and store ...