Comments on: Bomb Squad Disposes Of Military Mine Found At Bratt Home

By: Henry Coe

Henry Coe — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:48:10 +0000

That ammo box (or what ever came in it originally), doesn’t look very old.

By: Geocacher in the area

Geocacher in the area — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 02:30:50 +0000

OLD TOM….it is not the geocaches on Hanks Road or Pine Barren Rd. I have found both of them and they don’t look like that.

By: Wilma Gibson

Wilma Gibson — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 02:19:15 +0000

My father, who was 95 when he died and knew the history of this area always said Breastworks got it’s name during the fight between Jackson and his men and the Indians. When he was a boy their was remains of the camps and the forts.

By: Becky

Becky — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 19:04:34 +0000

William,
Breastworks Road was named for the breastwork . We, the local residents, were not asked for our opinion when it was named and were quite surprised when this name was chosen…LOL

By: William

William — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:30:38 +0000

>> If it was blue, it was a training device.

It was not blue. It was green like an active one.

By: Scott Teal

Scott Teal — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 01:09:24 +0000

Old Tom, what you wrote is exactly what I was thinking. I have found, after seeing the piks of what it looked like, a number of times. I never thought twice, I guess like an idiot, about openeing it. I mean, it fell into the numbers on my GPS. I will think twice the next time I find one of the munitions boxes. Thanks for the wake up call.

By: savannah

savannah — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 21:23:09 +0000

William,

thanks for commenting on the possible history of the name of that road! I have always wondered what in the world that could mean.

By: Rick Baker

Rick Baker — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 20:47:50 +0000

Sounds like it was a claymore mine training device. 700 steel balls packed into about a pound of C4 explosives. If it was blue, it was a training device.

By: William

William — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 20:10:49 +0000

For thos asking/commenting about the name “Breastworks Road”, I don’t know the definitive answer, but will off a theory.

Local history says Andrew Jackson camped on what is now Breastworks Road in the early 1800’s when fighting the Indians. He later became provisional governor of Florida and then the 7th president of the United States.

A breastwork was a temporary fortification use during the time period. It was often earthwork constructed to beast height to protect people in a standing position.

The two parts together would explain the name of Breastworks Road, but it’s not 100 percent certain.

By: rob

rob — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:56:50 +0000

Thats a funny street name. Its even funnier to think that someone put that up there without thinking… “gee, do you think this sounds like an OK name?… eh.. It will be fine”