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• Bradley, George Young   b. 1836  d. 1885
  Explorer, Adventurer. He was one of the corps of men who accompanied Major John Wesley Powell on his exploration and mapping of the Grand Canyon and the Colorado River in 1869, and quite literally became the one-armed Powell's right-hand man. He was a Lieutenent with the 19th Massachusetts Infantry during the Civil War and was wounded at Fredericksburg. After the war he re-enlisted in the Army and asked for frontier duty. He met Powell at Fort Bridger as the Major was preparing for his...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob on Gallows Hill)
  Bridge Street Cemetery, West Newbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
   

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