But the fact is that the residue from that gunpowder has made the Brandywine Valley a remarkably pleasant place to be.

Today the complex stands as a reminder of the significant milling history of the Brandywine Valley.

Winterthur, a 2,400-acre estate in the Brandywine Valley outside Wilmington, Del., was one of four family homes.

He lives in the Brandywine Valley.

Also included areoriginal works by Brandywine Valley artists, old-time music, country games, rides for children and a variety of foods.

One way to see the Brandywine Valley is from the river, also called the Brandywine Creek.

But more important, the nursery has been in the same spot in the Brandywine Valley for about a hundred years.

The Brandywine Valley has inspired generations of artists.

Out of town, the Brandywine Valley, stretching into Delaware, offers bucolic and wealthy countryside.

He never left the family compound in the rural Brandywine Valley of Pennsylvania, and his art has not come that far from his father's.