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10 unusual facts about Brookville


Brookville Equipment Corporation

Brookville Equipment Corporation, based in Brookville, Pennsylvania, United States, manufactures railroad locomotives for industrial and light capacity switching needs.

Dallas Area Rapid Transit, ordered 2 Brookville Modern Streetcars featuring an on-board energy storage system (ESS) which will allow the units to go more than a mile off-wire.

Butler's garter snake

The specific name, butleri, is in honor of "Mr. A.W. Butler" of Brookville, Indiana.

Henry Phipps House

The entire marble facade was however stripped and shipped off to a field in Brookville, New York.

James S. Clarkson

James S. Clarkson (May 17, 1842 – May 30, 1918) was born in Brookville, Indiana, but raised a native of Polk County, Iowa.

Kevin Dudley

Dudley attended Franklin County High School in Brookville, Indiana, and played running back as well as linebacker.

Sam A. Scribner

Samuel A. Scribner, son of Alexander St. James Scribner and Cynthia Cheseboro Scribner, was born August 18, 1859 near Brookville, Pennsylvania, county seat of Jefferson County.

Stephen S. Harding

He studied law in the office of William R. Morris in Brookville, Indiana and became licensed to practice law on March 17, 1828.

Treaty of Grouseland

A second line was established running from the northwest corner of Fort Wayne on a southeasterly route toward Brookville, where it intersected with the Greenville Treaty line.

WMWX

The WMWX studios are located in the Cincinnati suburb of Hamilton, while the station transmitter resides in Brookville, Indiana.


Brookville Lake Dam

Brookville Lake Dam (National ID # IN03017) is a dam in Brookville Township, Franklin County, Indiana, just north of Brookville, in the southeastern part of the state.

DuPont-Guest Estate

DuPont-Guest Estate, now known as the DeSeversky Center of New York Institute of Technology's Old Westbury campus, is a historic estate located at Brookville in Nassau County, New York.

Franklin County, Indiana

Governors James B. Ray, Noah Noble and David Wallace were known as the "Brookville Triumvirate," in that they all had lived in Brookville, Franklin County, Indiana and served consecutive terms in the office of Governor of Indiana.

Lana Mir

Chase ended up co-writing, co-producing and playing on her debut album, along with his frequent collaborator Bruce Driscoll (Ivy, Brookville, Blondfire).

Marjorie Merriweather Post

In 1951, the house (the original Hillwood) in which they resided in Brookville, New York, was sold to Long Island University for USD $200,000.

Noah Noble

Together they operated a hotel in Brookville, became heavily involved in land speculation, and opened a water powered weaving mill with a wool carding machine.

Ralph E. Updike

Born in Brookville, Indiana, Updike attended the public schools of Whitcomb and Brookville, Dodds Army and Navy Academy, Washington, D.C., Columbia University, New York City, and Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana.

The Postmarks

Before the release of the album, an EP of remixes was released on iTunes featuring remixes by James Iha, Brookville, Roger O'Donnell, Tahiti 80 and more.