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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WWT_kirvens-department-store-historical_Columbus-GA.html
In 1886, J. Albert Kirven and his brother Richard moved their growing department store from No. 90 Broad to this location at 1136 Broadway. With $500 of his own savings and a $2500 loan from his sister, J. Albert Kirven purchased the bankrupted Ac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WWF_thomas-greene-bethune-historical_Columbus-GA.html
Columbus, Georgia was the home of one of
America's distinguished black pianists
and composers.
A Landmark of American Music
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WWE_gertrude-ma-rainey-historical_Columbus-GA.html
Sang at the Springer Opera House from 1901
until 1925. She was the first black woman
to direct her own band and to record.
Bessie Smith was a purple of "Ma" Rainey.
A Landmark of American Music
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WWD_horace-king-1807-1887-historical_Columbus-GA.html
Born a slave in South Carolina,
Horace King moved to this region
with his master, John Godwin, who
secured the contract for the first
bridge across the river. King
supervised the building of this span
in 1833. Freed in 1846, King was a
…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WVD_john-stith-pemberton-historical_Columbus-GA.html
Beginning in the 1850s, John Pemberton manufactured wholesale drugs and chemicals in Columbus and operated drug stores here. He moved to Atlanta in 1870 and began selling Coca-Cola from his drugstore. By 1886, he had organized a company to distrib…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WVC_bricks-clay-products-historical_Columbus-GA.html
For millions of years, the Chattahoochee River flooded its banks, dropped its silt, and created vast deposits of clay. Because of this accumulation of clay, brick making began south of Phenix City at least as early as 1940. The Bickerstaff family …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WV7_pow-10031-mia-monument-a-war-memorial_Columbus-GA.html
POW✯MIA
You Are Not Forgotten
Dedicated to all
Our Nation's
POW ✯ MIA
Past - Present
Fort Benning Sergeants Major Association
18 September 2004
Rear
World War I
06 Apr 1917 - 11 Nov 1918
POW-7,470 MIA-116,108…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WV4_moses-dallas-confederate-naval-pilot-american-slave-historical_Columbus-GA.html
Moses Dallas was a lifelong slave whose final years were spent in an unconventional arrangement during America's most tragic period, whose strategic role in a daring raid resulted in his death. A native of Georgia, he was born in the early 1800s, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WV1_battle-of-columbus-historical_Columbus-GA.html
South face
At 8:00 P.M. Easter Sunday, April 16, 1865, Federal forces, trying to secure the crossing of the Chattahoochee River, attacked strong defences near Columbus, Georgia. In the face of heavy musketry and artillery fire, the Federals penet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WUK_educational-institutions-historical_Columbus-GA.html
Built in 1843, the Wynnton Male Academy (now Wynnton School Library) is considered the oldest such school facility in continuous use in the state. This building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. Industrial High School…