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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22MG_columbus-symphony-orchestra_Columbus-GA.html
The second orchestra to be formed in America, the Columbus Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1855 by Herman Saroni, a German conductor and student of Mendelssohn, who was drawn to the city because it "had built for herself a reputation of culture.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X22_circus-train-wreck-memorial-historical_Columbus-GA.html
In memory of their comrades
who lost their lives
in a railroad wreck near Columbus, GA.
Nov. 22, 1915.
Reverse
We'll not forget thee, we who stay
To work a little longer here.
Thy name, thy faith, thy love shall lie
On memory's t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WZF_river-commerce-historical_Columbus-GA.html
This wharf marks the head of
navigation on the river, before the
damming of the river. A series of
falls (about six hundred yards north
of this point) blocked the passage of
riverboats. The Georgia Legislature
established Columbus in 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WZE_columbus-iron-works-historical_Columbus-GA.html
Organized in 1853, this facility
produced steam engines for the
Confederate Navy before being burned
by Federal troops in April of 1865.
Functioning again by September of
the same year, the firm manufactured
cast and wrought iron goods…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WZD_the-chattahoochee-river-historical_Columbus-GA.html
The longest river in Georgia, the
Chattahoochee (Creek Indian for
"Painted Rocks") begins in the Georgia
mountains, flows 435 miles, and joins
the Flint to form the Apalachicola,
which empties into the Gulf of
Mexico. The western edge …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WYH_mass-produced-ice-machines-historical_Columbus-GA.html
Since the 1830s, the city's foundries
and machine shops have fabricated a
variety of items: cotton gins, steam
engines, riverboats, saw and cane mills,
pulleys, gears, stoves, pots, and farming
implements. The most significant
product, on…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WYG_early-industrial-center-historical_Columbus-GA.html
The tremendous energy of the
Chattahoochee made Columbus an
important manufacturing center.
Falling water powered textile,
grist, saw, and paper mills. By 1860,
the city's production of cotton and
woolen goods ranked second within
the so…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WYF_fort-benning-historical_Columbus-GA.html
Camp Benning began on Macon Road in
1918 as a temporary World War I
encampment. The present fort was
created in 1922 and was named in
honor of Columbus lawyer, legislator,
jurist, and Confederate Major General
Henry L. Benning. The fort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WYE_confederate-supply-historical_Columbus-GA.html
Columbus industries supplied more
goods to the Confederacy than any
other southern city except Richmond.
Existing factories expanded; merchants
launched new manufactories; and the
C.S.A. established an arsenal and a
quartermaster depot. Un…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WYD_industrial-district-historical_Columbus-GA.html
In the south, the best surviving
concentration of nineteenth century
hydro-mechanical and electrical
engineering systems relating to grist
and textile mills is located along
this river. In 1978, the U.S. Department
ov the Interior declared…