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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSAP_city-mills_Columbus-GA.html
Site of the oldest manufacturing operation on the Chattahoochee River at Columbus. April 3, 1828, the State of Georgia, through Governor George R. Gilmer, issued a grant to Seaborn Jones for Lot No. 1 (5 1/2 acres) in the reserve at the Coweta Fal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS9U_william-bartram-trail_Columbus-GA.html
William Bartram crossed the Chattahoochee (Chata Uche) River January 5, 1778 to Chehaw and Usseta now Columbus.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS9T_george-parker-swift-i_Columbus-GA.html
George Parker Swift, I, pioneer cotton manufacturer of Georgia, was born Sept. 1, 1815, in Fairhaven, Massachusetts. He moved to Georgia in the early 1840's and started the Tribune Mills at Waymanville, Upson County, first making cotton thread and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS9B_tyler-home_Columbus-GA.html
Where in March 1866, the Ladies Aid Society organized the first Memorial Association honoring Confederate heroes. "One day" each year is theirs.
(Reverse side):Ladies Memorial AssociationOrganized March 12, 1865. Officers Elected Mrs. Robert C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS8N_last-land-battle-in-war-of-1861-65_Columbus-GA.html
The last important land battle of the War Between the States was fought here April 16, 1865, resulting in the capture of Columbus by Federal forces.
The engagement began directly west of Columbus in Alabama and ended on the Georgia side of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFJ5_temple-israel_Columbus-GA.html
SIDE 1: In 1854 twenty Columbus families banded together to form congregation B'Nai Israel, later known as Temple Israel, one of the first Jewish congregations in Georgia. For almost one hundred years religious services were held on this site, fir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFAM_first-black-public-school_Columbus-GA.html
Near here, in July 1872, the first local public school for black students was opened. The school was the result of an action by the City Council directing the Trustees of the Columbus Public Schools to set up classes for blacks. For the first of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF8Y_columbian-lodge-no-7-free-accepted-masons-columbus-georgia_Columbus-GA.html
Organized October 9, 1828, Columbian Lodge was chartered by the Grand Lodge of Georgia in December 1828, as No. 28. In 1849 it became No. 7. It is the oldest Lodge in western Georgia. First Worshipful Master was Luther Blake. The Lodge was organiz…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF65_jewish-section-of-riverdale-cemetery_Columbus-GA.html
Side 1:The earliest recorded Jewish burials in Columbus were in historic Linwood Cemetery and in the Raphael Moses family cemetery, Esquiline. When the City of Columbus established Riverdale Cemetery in 1890, Temple Israel purchased a piece of thi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF64_historic-riverdale-cemetery_Columbus-GA.html
Side 1:In 1890, availability of lots at Linwood Cemetery, the oldest institution of the Columbus city government, was becoming scarce. At that time, the city acquired additional property on 10th Avenue which became Riverdale Cemetery. The brick bu…