Black plaque № 45349

Augusta, KY, United States

Bracken County, 1796. Formed from parts of Campbell and Mason. Named for William Bracken, hunter, fisherman, Indian fighter, came here 1773. Birthplace of John Gregg Fee, founder of Berea College, 1855. Birthplace and home of Dr. Joshua Taylor Bradford, 1819-71, world famous surgeon. Site Augusta Co

llege, first Methodist College in world, 1822. First White Burley tobacco, 1867, from Bracken seed.

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