Robert J. Kleberg, Jr.

(1896 - 1947)

For four decades Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. headed King Ranch, one of America's unique institutions. Among divisions of King Ranch is the Thoroughbred farm he founded outside Lexington, on property that was once part of Col. E. R. ...

The Union Fifth Corps at Dawkins Branch

On the morning of August 29, 1862, the Union Fifth Corps, nearly 10,000 troops under Major General Fitz John Porter, advanced from Manassas Junction along this road under orders from Major General John Pope to march towards Gainesville and cut ...

Leslie Combs II

1901 - 1990

Leslie Combs II put a modern slant on the management and marketing of horses. He specialized in the form of syndication whereby some thirty-six shares would be sold in an individual stallion. Beau Pere, purchased for $100,000 in ...

Elizabeth Arden Graham

1884 - 1966

The proprietress of the famed cosmetics house, Elizabeth Arden was born Florence Nightingale Graham near Toronto, Canada. At age twenty-four she moved to New York, later borrowed $6000 from her brother, and began her own firm. By 1945, ...

J. A. Smith's Brigade

Cleburne's Division

J. A. Smith's Brigade

Cleburne's Division

Brig. Gen. James A. Smith.

Col. Hiram B. Granbury.

Nov. 25, 1863.

6th and 10th Texas Infantry - Col. Roger Q. Mills.

15th Texas (Dismounted) Cavalry - Col. Roger Q. Mills.

7th Texas - Col. Hiram B. Granbury.

17th, 18th, 24th ...

A. B. Hancock Sr.

1875 - 1957

Arthur Boyd Hancock Sr. was the son of Capt. Richard Hancock, who established Ellerslie as the leading horse farm in Virginia late in the 19th Century. Arthur Sr. returned from the University of Chicago in 1895 to assist ...

Isabel Dodge Sloane

1897 - 1962

Thoroughbred racing for many years has been graced by the participation of distinguished ladies. The first lady to top the list of money-winning owners in a given year was Mrs. Isabel Dodge Sloane, whose Brookmeade Stable earned $251,138 ...

Maney's Brigade

Walker's Division.

Maney's Brigade.

Walker's Division. - Hardee's Corps.

Brig. Gen. George Maney.

Nov. 25, 1863.

1st and 27th Tennessee - Col Hume R. Field.

4th Tenn. (Provisional Army) - Capt. Joseph Bostick.

6th and 9th Tennessee - Lieut. Col. J. W. Buford.

41st Tennessee - Col. Robert ...

Lewis' Brigade

Breckinridge's Division

Lewis' Brigade, Breckinridge's Division.

Brig. Gen. Joseph H. Lewis.

Nov. 25th 1863.

2nd Kentucky - Lieut. Col. James W. Moss.

4th Kentucky - Maj. Thomas W. Thompson.

5th Kentucky - Col. H. Hawkins.

6th Kentucky - Lieut. Col. W. L. Clarke, (Detached).

9th Kentucky - Lieut. ...

William Davis Brown

1813 - 1868

William Brown is credited as Omaha's founder (although not its first settler). He operated a Missouri River ferry from Council Bluffs and was a principal in the company that first developed the Omaha townsite.

Mr. Brown came west as ...