* This was the first time Preston Sturges and Eddie Bracken worked together on a feature film, although Bracken had appeared in Safeguarding Military Information, a 1942 propaganda short that Sturges wrote.

Brown County was said to be the place of origin of the White Burley type of tobacco, grown in 1864 by George Webb and Joseph Fore on the farm of Captain Frederick Kautz near Higginsport from seed from Bracken County, Kentucky.

Robertson County was formed on February 11, 1867 from portions of Bracken County, Harrison County, Mason County and Nicholas County.

Pendleton County was created from parts of Campbell County and Bracken County in 1798.

Bracken County was organized by European-American settlers as Kentucky's 23rd county in 1796 from parts of Mason and Campbell counties.

Bracken was the birthplace on Sept. 9, 1816 of John Gregg Fee, founder of Berea College and Kentucky '` s most noted abolitionist.

Bracken County's economy was largely agricultural ; its chief crops before the American Civil War were tobacco and corn.

Delegates at the convention drafted John Bracken as leader, who was not even a member of the party.

Clarkston was first settled in 1862 by Robert Bracken.

Edward Vincent " Eddie " Bracken ( February 7, 1915 – November 14, 2002 ) was an American actor.

Bracken was born in Astoria, New York, the son of Catherine and Joseph L. Bracken.

Due to the popularity of these films, Eddie Bracken was a household name during World War II.

However the suggestion that this referred to old, unusable timber, which was called Bracken, is disputed.

A musical version of the Archy and Mehitabel was recorded July 7, 1953 & April 9, 1954 titled archy and mehitabel with Carol Channing as Mehitabel and Eddie Bracken as Archy.

Directed by John Wilson, written by Mel Brooks, and starring Eddie Bracken and Carol Channing, it was not a commercial success.

During the 1940s, the Manitoba Conservatives were part of a coalition government with the Liberal-Progressives, and Conservative leader Errick Willis was a prominent cabinet minister in the governments of John Bracken, Stuart Garson and Douglas Campbell.

After it was signed but before it took effect, Manitoba Premier John Bracken concluded an agreement with the Winnipeg Electric Company, a private concern, to develop a hydroelectric dam at Seven Sisters ' Reach.

Adams was married: to Adelaide Efantis Adams, Dorothy Bracken Adams and Judy Luciano.

Its former leader John Bracken became leader of the Conservative Party in 1942 subject to several conditions, one of which was that the party be renamed the Progressive Conservative Party.

" Mariann Bracken claims that the original police report is largely missing and Webster further explains that the Coroner who conducted the autopsy was fired for falsifying a report in another case.

Vee-Jay was founded in Gary, Indiana, in 1953 by Vivian Carter and James C. Bracken, a husband-and-wife team who used their initials for the label ’ s name.

Eddie Bracken, her co-star in Star Spangled Rhythm, was quoted as saying, " She was known as ' The Bitch ' and she deserved the title.

Bracken was born in Ellisville, Ontario, and was educated at the Ontario Agricultural College.

Nathan Wade Bracken ( born 12 September 1977 ) is a former Australian cricketer.

Nathan Bracken was born in Penrith, New South Wales to parents Gordon and Robin.

Kyran Paul Patrick Bracken MBE ( born 22 November 1974 in Dublin, Ireland ) is a former rugby union footballer who played at scrum-half for Saracens, Bristol and Waterloo

Fee was born in Bracken County, Kentucky on September 9, 1816, the son of John Fee, of English and Scots descent, and Elizabeth Bradford, of Scots-Irish descent, whose mother was a Quaker from Pennsylvania.

Thomas Reynolds was born in Bracken County, Kentucky to Nathaniel and Catherine ( Vernon ) Reynolds.

Bracken performed in vaudeville at the age of nine and gained fame with the Broadway musical Too Many Girls in a role he reprised for the 1940 film adaptation.

On November 14, 2002, Bracken died in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, of complications from an undisclosed surgery at the age of 87.

For his contribution to radio, Eddie Bracken has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1651 Vine Street and a second star at 6751 Hollywood Blvd.

Later that year, the Tories attempted to broaden their base by electing Manitoba Progressive Premier John Bracken as their new leader at the 1942 leadership convention.

However, Bracken won the Dunedin Central electorate at the.

Memorial to Thomas Bracken at Dunedin's Northern Cemetery

Despite having co-operated with the Liberals at the provincial level, Bracken was asked by a number of senior federal Conservatives ( including Arthur Meighen ) to take over the leadership of the weak national Conservative Party in 1942.

* John Bracken at The Canadian Encyclopedia

With a few games left they were looking at a possible failure to qualify for Europe again, but Kyran Bracken returned from a ten month injury to inspire Saracens into fourth place and Heineken Cup qualification.

The victorious return of Richard Hill and Kyran Bracken from World Cup duty brought somewhat more upbeat performances for the second half of the season, but it still took a rare away victory at London Irish to claim the same 10th place of two seasons before.

The largest known colony is found at Bracken Cave, north of San Antonio, Texas, with nearly 20 million bats ; research indicates the bats from this colony congregate in huge numbers at altitudes between 180 and 1, 000 m ( 590 and 3, 300 ft ), and even as high as 3, 000 m ( 9, 800 ft ).

On 14 January 2007, Bond took a hat-trick in the last over against Australia in a One Day International at the Bellerive Oval, dismissing Cameron White, Andrew Symonds and Nathan Bracken in successive deliveries, becoming just the second New Zealand player to take a hat-trick in limited-overs international cricket, although the game was still lost by 105 runs.

After a stint at the Australian Cricket Academy in 1997, Bracken made his first-class debut for New South Wales against Queensland on 27 October 1998 at Manuka Oval, Canberra.

2002 – 03 was a season that saw Bracken struggle as he only took 16 wickets in 6 matches at a rather expensive 36. 62.

Bracken only played 2 matches for the club, however he was quite successful and took 5 wickets at 21. 20 with best figures of 2 / 12 coming against Lancashire.

The season contained a number of memorable performances by Bracken including a phenomenal spell of 7 / 4 off 7 overs to help dismiss South Australia for a mere 29 runs at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 2 December 2004.

Bracken still performed strongly in his few games, taking 13 wickets at 17. 53.

Bracken made his List A debut for New South Wales against the now defunct Canberra Comets on 31 October 1998 at Manuka Oval, Canberra.