Fort Benning Military Reservation (Side 2)
Inscription
FORT BENNING MILITARY RESERVATION. Established following World War One, this post occupies former Indian lands sold during the Georgia Land Lottery of 1827. John Woolfolk consolidated small land holdings in 1843. Benjamin Hatcher acquired the property in 1883. Arthur Bussey purchased the plantation in 1907 selling it to the Federal Government in 1919.
Fort Benning now occupies some 180,000 acres in Georgia and Alabama, most of which are in Chattahoochee County, Georgia.
Location
AddressOpposite Greene Hall, Richardson Circle, Fort Benning
CountyChattahoochee
StateGeorgia
Coordinates32.346970, -84.787050
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