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June 12, 2021

Hurley’s adventurous spirit takes her to Alaska Gold Rush

By SALLY COSTIK, Curator of the Bradford Landmark Society

(Blanche Chapman Hurley was anything but a typical young Bradford woman. She had an independent spirit that would change her life. The Bradford Branch of American Association of University Women

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