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unusual facts about Montgomery Bell


Montgomery Bell

In addition to this institution, a state park not the one at the Narrows property but another one about 15 miles (25 km) west, located on the site of several iron works in which he may have had an interest is named in his honor and the Montgomery Bell Bridge over the Harpeth River just above its confluence with the Cumberland River near Ashland City, Tennessee on Tennessee State Route 49.


Bell Town, Tennessee

Folk history has it that the traditional residents are descendants of the slaves of Middle Tennessee ironmaster Montgomery Bell; as Bell was widely reputed to have had several slave mistresses, many inhabitants claim descent from Bell via these women.


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Eddy Gragus

Eddy turned professional in 1995 with the Montgomery Bell Professional Cycling Team under his formative coach, Eddie Borysewicz.

Samuel F. Pickering, Jr.

One of Pickering's students at Montgomery Bell Academy, Tom Schulman, later wrote the script for the film Dead Poets Society, basing the pedagogy of Robin Williams' character very loosely on Pickering's eccentric style.