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Bragg may refer to: Places *Bragg City, Missouri, United States *Bragg, Texas, a ghost town, United States * Bragg, West Virginia, an unincorporated community, United States *Electoral district of Bragg, a state electoral district in South Australia, Australia * Mount Bragg, Queen Elizabeth Land, Antarctica * Bragg Islands, Graham Land, Antarctica * Bragg (crater), a crater on the Moon People and fictional characters * Bragg (surname), a list of people and fictional characters with the surname * Dobby Bragg, a pseudonym of American blues musician Roosevelt Sykes (1906–1983) Other uses * Bragg Institute, former name of the Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, a neutron and X-ray scattering group in Australia * Bragg Communications, a Canadian cable television provider *Bragg Live Food Products, Inc, a health food company started by Paul Bragg *Bragg Memorial Stadium, a football stadium in Tallahassee, Florida See also *Bragg Box, a type of traveling museum exhibit invented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bragg City, Missouri
Bragg City is a city in Pemiscot County, Missouri, United States. The population was 72 at the 2020 census. History Bragg City was originally named Owl City, and under the latter name was laid out in 1894 when the railroad was extended to that point. Another early variant name was "Clayroot". A post office called Clayroot was established in 1911, and the name was changed to Bragg City in 1917. The present name honors W. G. Bragg, the original owner of the site. Geography Bragg City is situated in western Pemiscot County, northeast of Kennett. State Route K traverses Bragg City, connecting it with Pascola to the east. State Route A runs through the northwestern part of Bragg City, connecting it with Wardell to the northeast and U.S. Route 412 to the southwest. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census At the 2010 census, there were 149 people, 53 households, and 32 families living in the city. The popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Bragg
Paul Chappuis Bragg (February 6, 1895 – December 7, 1976) was an American alternative health food advocate and fitness enthusiast. Bragg's mentor was Bernarr Macfadden. He wrote on subjects such as detoxification, dieting, fasting, longevity, orthopathy and physical culture. Medical experts criticized Bragg as a food faddist and promoter of quackery. Cramp, Arthur J. (1936)''Nostrums and Quackery and Pseudo-Medicine, Volume 3'' Press of American Medical Association. pp. 145-147 Early life Bragg claimed to have been born in 1881 in either Fairfax County, Virginia or Pinkle, Virginia, but genealogical research indicates he was born on February 6, 1895, in Batesville, Indiana, where his father was editor, publisher, and printer of the "Batesville Democratic Herald" newspaper. Bragg grew up in Washington, D.C., with his parents, Robert Elton Bragg (1866–1944), who had procured a U.S. Civil Service position there, and Caroline (Chappuis) Bragg (1859-1934). He had two brothers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brag (other)
Brag or BRAG may refer to: *Bicycle Ride Across Georgia, an annual road cycling tour in the state of Georgia, United States *Boasting, speaking with excessive pride about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities * Brag, a character in '' The Trigan Empire'', a science fiction comic series * Brag (folklore), a creature from the folklore of Northumbria, England * Eva Brag (1829–1913), a Swedish writer * Three card brag, a British card game See also *The Brag Media In organic chemistry, a vinyl group (abbr. Vi; IUPAC name: ethenyl group) is a functional group with the formula . It is the ethylene (IUPAC name: ethene) molecule () with one fewer hydrogen atom. The name is also used for any compound contain ..., an Australian publishing company * Bragg (other) * June Bragger (1929–1997), English cricketer {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bragg's Mill, Ashdon
Bragg's Mill, William Bragg's Mill, Bartlow Hamlet Mill or Stevington End Mill is a listed building, grade II listed post mill at Ashdon, Essex, England which has been restored. History ''Bragg's Mill'' was built in 1757 by William Haylock, a Carpentry, carpenter of Ashdon. In 1813, the Windmill, mill was advertised for sale, then having two pairs of millstones. At this time it was still an trestle (mill), open trestle mill. The mill was extended at the tail c1815. A roundhouse was added circa 1820. The mill was working until c1912. By 1932 the mill was being propped up from beneath, as the side girt on the left side had failed. The mill was renovated in the late 1950s, but was derelict again by 1974, when further repairs were carried out. The Windmill sail, sails were removed in the 1990s. Restoration A meeting of the villagers in April 1999 agreed that the windmill should be restored and that included the sails being fitted. The Ashdon Windmill Trust Ltd was formed and registe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp Bragg (Arkansas)
Camp Bragg was a Confederate encampment during the American Civil War, located in Ouachita (present-day Nevada) County, Arkansas, United States, about southwest of Camden. It served as Headquarters of the District of Arkansas from October 1863 until January 1864, when it was replaced by Camp Sumter. History The evacuation of Little Rock, the state capital, by the Confederate District of Arkansas in the fall of 1863 dictated the need for a new headquarters location. Camp Bragg, presumably named for General Braxton Bragg Braxton Bragg (March 22, 1817 – September 27, 1876) was an American army Officer (armed forces), officer during the Second Seminole War and Mexican–American War and Confederate General officers in the Confederate States Army, general in th ..., was "situated on a pine ridge with a steep hollow on one side, and a swamp on the other." References Sources * * * {{Authority control 1863 establishments in Arkansas 1864 disestablishments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Bragg, California
Fort Bragg is a city along the North Coast (California), North Coast of California in Mendocino County, California, Mendocino County. The city is west of Willits, California, Willits, at an elevation of . Its population was 6,983 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Fort Bragg is a tourist destination because of its views of the Pacific Ocean. Among its points of interest are Glass Beach (Fort Bragg, California), Glass Beach and the California Western Railroad (popularly known as the "Skunk Train"). A California Historical Landmark, Fort Bragg was founded in 1857 prior to the American Civil War as a military garrison rather than a fortification. It was named after army officer Braxton Bragg, who at the time had served the U.S. in the Mexican–American War (and would later serve in the Confederate States Army, Confederate Army during the Civil War). The city was incorporated in 1889. History The area known as Fort Bragg was home to Native Americans in the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Bragg
Fort Bragg (formerly Fort Liberty from 2023–2025) is a United States Army, U.S. Army Military base, military installation located in North Carolina. It ranks among the largest military bases in the world by population, with more than 52,000 military personnel. Covering more than , Fort Bragg is home to the Army's XVIII Airborne Corps and serves as the headquarters of the United States Army Special Operations Command, U.S. Army Special Operations Command, which oversees the 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) and the 75th Ranger Regiment (United States), 75th Ranger Regiment. Additionally, it hosts the 82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Army Forces Command, U.S. Army Reserve Command, and Womack Army Medical Center. Fort Bragg also operates two airfields: Pope Field, where the United States Air Force, U.S. Air Force stations global airlift and special operations units, as well as the United States Air Force Combat Control Team, Air Force Combat Control School, and Simmons Army Airf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bragg House (other)
Bragg House may refer to: ;in the United States (by state) * Bragg-Mitchell House, Mobile, AL, listed on the NRHP in Alabama * Bragg Guesthouse, Little Rock, AR, listed on the NRHP in Arkansas * Bragg House (Camden, Arkansas), listed on the NRHP in Arkansas * Bragg's Pies Building, Phoenix, AZ, listed on the NRHP in Arizona * Bragg, Caleb, Estate, Montauk, NY, listed on the NRHP in New York *Amis-Bragg House Amis-Bragg House is a historic home located at Jackson, Northampton County, North Carolina. It was built about 1840, and is a two-story, five-bay, single-pile Greek Revival style frame house with a two-story ell and one-story kitchen wing. It h ..., Jackson, NC, listed on the NRHP in North Carolina {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Bragg
Laura Mary Bragg (October 9, 1881 – May 16, 1978) was an American museum director who became the first woman to run a publicly funded art museum in America when she was named the director of the Charleston Museum in 1920. She later directed the Berkshire Museum in Massachusetts and advised on the reorganization of the Valentine Museum in Virginia. She is also known for developing a widely copied form of traveling museum exhibition for schools called a "Bragg Box." Early life and education Laura Mary Bragg was born in Massachusetts on October 9, 1881, one of three children of Rev. Lyman Bragg and Sarah Jane (Klotz) Bragg. She spent a few of her earliest years in Mississippi, where her father was a professor at Rust University, a college for formerly enslaved people. At the age of six, Bragg contracted scarlet fever, which left her with progressive hearing loss. Her father consulted on treatment for her at Alexander Graham Bell's Boston school for the deaf. Bragg coped with he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bragg Memorial Stadium
Ken Riley Field at Bragg Memorial Stadium is a 25,500-seat football stadium in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It opened in 1957 and was renovated in 1982. It is home to the Florida A&M Rattlers football team. History Built in 1957, Bragg Memorial Stadium is home to Florida A&M Football. The stadium is named in memory of two of the school's earliest figures in its storied intercollegiate athletic program—the "First Family of Rattler Football"—the father and son combination of Jubie and Eugene Bragg. Jubie Bragg was one of the school's first athletic directors, being one of the key figures in the football program gaining varsity status in 1906. He returned after a brief stint at Tuskegee to become the school's first head football coach and athletic director at FAMU from 1923 to 1925 and again from 1930 to 1932. Bragg's son, Eugene, one of the school's first All-America gridders (1927), took over the reins of the program in 1934, coaching through 1935, when an automobil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bragg, Texas
Bragg is a ghost town in Hardin County, Texas, United States, in the Big Thicket forest area of the southeastern part of the state. Sometimes referred to as "Bragg Station", this small community that flourished in the early 1900s lies ten miles west of Kountze. Named after the Confederate general Braxton Bragg, this town was built around an important railroad junction installed by the Santa Fe Railroad system in 1902. The railroad line transported lumber and other supplies servicing the oil industry near Beaumont. Several years later, the local industry would begin to shift its shipping lanes and abandon the railroad. The local post office that had served the railroad and oilfield workers was closed in 1914. In addition to the relocation of oilfield workers into other communities, the rail line extending from Bragg Station south to the small community of Saratoga was dismantled in 1934. Today, all that remains of Bragg Station is a small agricultural community and a locally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
