The Bradley Massacre
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Markerman62
N 28° 21.617 W 082° 21.479
17R E 366919 N 3137863
Stone monument in Darby along Bellamy Brothers Blvd.
Waymark Code: WMGY2W
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 04/22/2013
Views: 12
Near this spot on May 14, 1856, a Seminole war party attacked the home of an early settler, Capt. Robert Duke Bradley of the Florida Foot Volunteers. Two of the Bradley children were killed before the Indians withdrew. This was the last such attack on a settler's homestead east of the Mississippi.
Marker Number: 0
Date: 1979
County: Pasco
Marker Type: Other
Sponsored or placed by: The Pasco Board of County Commissioners and The Historical Preservation Committee
Website: Not listed
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