Muscogee

BLIND TOM". 200 feet east is the grave of Thomas Wiggins, (1843-1908).

Columbus, GA

COLUMBUS STOCKADE BLUES" "Way Down in Columbus Georgia, Wanna be back in Tennessee, Way down in Columbus Stockade, Friends have turned...

Columbus, GA

MA" RAINEY HOME. Gertrude Pridgett "Ma" Rainey, 1886-1939, famed "Mother of the Blues", lived in this house after 1935, during retirement...

Columbus, GA

THE FOLLY". A dwelling has existed at 527 First Avenue since 1831 when Alfred Iverson wed Julia Forsyth, daughter of Georgia Governor...

TORCH HILL." On the summit of the rise to the east is the site of "Torch Hill", home of Dr. Francis Orray Ticknor (1822-74), author of...

Columbus, GA

WILDWOOD". Augusta Jane Evans Wilson, author of St. Elmo and other popular Victorian novels, was born May 8, 1835, in "Wildwood," the...

Columbus (at site of Hilton), GA

1918 DIAMOND JUBILEE 1933 CAMP BENNING/FORT BENNING.

Columbus, GA

700 BROADWAY. Situated on a lot that was part of Edward Lloyd Thomas' original 1828 plan for the city, this c. 1970 Victorian townhouse...

Columbus, GA

BIRTHPLACE OF ROBERT WINSHIP WOODRUFF.

Columbus, GA

BRIGADIER GENERAL HENRY LEWIS BENNING.

Columbus, GA

BULLARD - HART - SAMPSON HOUSE.

Columbus, GA

CAMP CONRAD. Main entrance to site of Camp Conrad, where a brigade of 3,500 troops was stationed in the winter of 1898-1899...

Columbus, GA

CARGILL-WRIGHT COMPANY.

Columbus, GA

CITY MILLS. Site of the oldest manufacturing operation on the Chattahoochee River at Columbus, April 3, 1828, the State of Georgia,...

Columbus, GA

CITY OF COLUMBUS. The city of Columbus was created as a trading town by an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, December 24, 1827.

Columbus, GA

Civil War Women's Riot.

Columbus, GA

COL. W.L. SALISBURY.

COLORED DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY HOSPITAL.

Columbus, GA

COLUMBIAN LODGE No. 7, FREE & ACCEPTED MASONS COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.

Columbus, GA

COLUMBUS IRON WORKS.

Columbus, GA

COLUMBUS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

Columbus, GA

COLUMBUS' FIRST JEWISH CEMETERY.

Columbus, GA

COLUMBUS' FIRST THEATER.

Columbus, GA

CONFEDERATE DEAD. More than 200 soldiers from every Confederate state are buried in two separate plots in Linwood Cemetery.

Columbus, GA

CONFEDERATE HOSPITALS.

Columbus, GA

CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL DAY.

DOCTORS AND NURSES. The service of midwives in early years was vital to the health of Columbus' colored patients.

Columbus, GA

DR. THOMAS H. BREWER.

Columbus, GA

EAGLE & PHENIX MILLS.

Columbus, GA

EARLY THEATRES. The Springer Opera House, 1871, was the sixth legitimate theater in downtown Columbus.

Columbus, GA

EMPIRE MILLS. G.W. Woodruff began grist operations in 1861 on this site previously occupied in 1847 by E.T. Taylor Cotton Gin Company and...

Columbus, GA

FIRST AFRICAN BAPTIST CHURCH.

Columbus, GA

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

Columbus, GA

FIRST BLACK PUBLIC SCHOOL.

Columbus, GA

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

Columbus, GA

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

Columbus, GA

FIT FOR MAN AND BEAST.

Fortson, GA

FORTSON HOUSE 1858. Thomas and Elizabeth Almond settled in this area with her orphaned brother Thomas Daniel Fortson in the 1830s.

Columbus, GA

FOURTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH.

Columbus, GA

FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH.

Columbus, GA

GARRETT AND SONS. Joseph Simpson Garrett, a whiskey, tobacco, and groceries merchant constructed this building in 1883 for his business,...

Columbus, GA

GARRETT-BULLOCK-DELAY HOUSE.

Columbus, GA

GENERAL BENNING. Opposite this marker stood the home of Henry Lewis Benning (1814-1875), the Confederate Brigadier General for whom Fort...

Columbus, GA

GEORGE PARKER SWIFT I. George Parker Swift, I, pioneer cotton manufacturer of Georgia, was born Sept. 1, 1815, in Fairhaven, Massachusetts.

Columbus, GA

HAIMAN'S SWORD FACTORY.

Columbus, GA

HE HELPED BRING AND KEEP FORT BENNING.

Columbus, GA

HIGH UPTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT.

Columbus, GA

HISTORIC RIVERDALE CEMETERY.

Columbus, GA

(Side One) "HOLSEY CHAPEL CHRISTIAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

Columbus, GA

JEWISH SECTION OF RIVERDALE CEMETERY.

Columbus, GA

JOHN McILHENNY HOME.

Columbus, GA

LADIES DEFENDER. A muzzle loading cannon cast in Columbus in 1861 from brass contributed by the ladies of the city from their domestic...

Columbus, GA

LAST LAND BATTLE IN WAR OF 1861-1865.

Columbus (E. of Cherokee Ave.), GA

LEONARD SPRING Columbus' Original Source of Water.

Forest Avenue, Columbus text of marker: "LIBERTY HILL BAPTIST CHURCH.

Columbus, GA

LINWOOD CEMETERY. A part of the 1828 plan of Columbus, Linwood contains graves of pioneer citizens and their descendents, as well as the...

Columbus, GA

LINWOOD CEMETERY (Continued from other side).

Columbus, GA

LUMMUS COTTON GINS. On this site in 1847 stood the E.T. Taylor Cotton Gin Manufacturing Company.

Columbus, GA

MARTIN J. CRAWFORD (1820-1883).

Columbus, GA

Mildred L. Terry Branch Library.

Columbus, GA

NEHI AND ROYAL CROWN COLA.

Columbus, GA

NINTH STREET BRANCH YMCA.

Columbus, GA

OGLETHORPE HOUSE. On this corner stood the Oglethorpe House, widely known ante-bellum hotel.

Columbus, GA

PHILIP THOMAS SCHLEY.

Columbus, GA

PHILIP TRAMMELL SHUTZE 1890-1982.

Columbus, GA

Primus King and the Civil Rights Movement.

Columbus, GA

RED JACKET. Red Jacket, a small brass cannon, was first used in firing a salute of 500 guns when Georgia seceded from the Union.

RICHARD CHRISTMAS c. 1763-1848.

Columbus, GA

SAINT JOHN AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

SAMUEL COOPER 1754-1841 SOLDIER--AMERICAN REVOLUTION.

Columbus, GA

SARAH TURNER BUTLER HERITAGE CORNER.

Columbus, GA

SECONDARY INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.

Columbus, GA

SIXTH AVENUE PASSENGER STATION.

Columbus, GA

ST. ELMO. "St. Elmo," one of the most exquisite examples of the classic houses of America, stands in view of this point.

Columbus, GA

ST. JAMES AME CHURCH.

Columbus, GA

TEMPLE ISRAEL. In 1854 twenty Columbus families banded together to form congregation B'Nai Israel, later known as Temple Israel, the...

Columbus, GA

TEMPLE ISRAEL (Continued from other side.

Columbus, GA

TEXTILE AND BANKING PIONEER.

Columbus, GA

THE COLUMBUS GUARDS.

Columbus, GA

THE ELMS. In 1844, Lambert Spencer built a simple Greek Revival home detailed with Doric columns and acanthus leaves.

THE FORTSON COMMUNITY.

Columbus, GA

THE JOSEPH HOUSE Circa 1842.

Columbus, GA

THE LEDGER-ENQUIRER NEWSPAPERS.

Columbus, GA

THE PEMBERTON HOUSE.

Columbus, GA

THE RANKIN HOUSE. James A. Rankin came to Columbus from Ayrshire, Scotland and in 1839 married Agnes Affleck.

Columbus, GA

THE RANKIN HOUSE. Miss Emily Woodruff donated the house to the Historic Columbus Foundation, Inc. as a memorial to her father, James...

Columbus, GA

THE SPENCER HOUSE. William Henry Spencer, Negro Educator, lived in this Neo-classical home from 1912-1925, during the time he was...

Columbus, GA

TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

Columbus, GA

TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH (Continued from other side).

Columbus, GA

VICTORY DRIVE. On August 15, 1945, celebrating the surrender of Japan which ended World War II, the Muscogee County Commission...

Columbus, GA

W.C. BRADLEY AND COCA-COLA.

Columbus, GA

WALKER-PETERS-LANGDON HOUSE.

Columbus, GA

WILLIAM BARTRAM TRAIL TRACED 1773-1777.

Columbus, GA

WILLIAM H. SPENCER HIGH SCHOOL.

Columbus, GA

WOODRUFF FARM HOUSE AND LOG CABIN.

Columbus, GA

WORLD'S FIRST BLACK COMBAT AVIATOR.

Columbus, GA

WYNNTON SCHOOL Erected in 1843 as Wynnton Academy, the present WYNNTON SCHOOL LIBRARY is the oldest such building in continuous use as a...