Columbus' First Jewish Cemetery
Since Biblical times when Abraham purchased land to bury his wife Sarah, it has been considered a religious obligation for Jews to set aside land for interring their dead. Often...
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Columbus Stockade Blues
"Way Down in Columbus Georgia, Wanna be back in Tennessee, Way down in Columbus Stockade, Friends have turned their back on me." The Columbus Stockade Blues" by Thomas Darby and Jimmie Tarlton,...
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Colombian Lodge No. 7 Free & Accepted Masons
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....
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1918 Diamond Jubilee 1993 Camp Benning/Fort Benning Side 1)
In October 1918, the Infantry School of Arms was established on 80 acres of land near here. Camp Benning, later Fort Benning, was named in honor of Confederate Infantry Lewis Benning, a...
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St. Elmo
"St. Elmo", one of the most exquisite examples of the classic houses in America, stands in view of this point, it was built on the old Stagecoach Road by colonel Seaborn Jones, for his wife,...
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General Benning
Opposite this marker stood the home of Henry Lewis Benning(1814-1875), the Confederate Brigadier General for whom Fort Benning was named. He was married in 1839 to Mary Howard Jones, daughter...
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Martin J. Crawford (1820-1883)
On the adjoining lot stood the large columned home of Martin Jenkins Crawford, Lawyer, Member of the General Assembly of Georgia, twice Judge of the Superior Court of the Chattahoochee...
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Hero's Memorial
North of this marker in the Porterdale Cemetery is the grave of Bragg Smith over which the City of Columbus erected a marble memorial to commemorate an outstanding deed of heroism. The text...
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Wildwood
Augusta Jane Evans Wilson, author of St. Elmo and other popular Victorian novels, was born May 8, 1835, in "Wildwood" the early Georgian home northeast of this marker. She was the daughter...
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Springer Opera House
Theater in Columbus found its finest home on February 27, 1871, when Francis Joseph Springer, Originally from Alsace, opened his opera house. The Springer´s forty foot deep stage held a continuous...
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City of Columbus
This city of Columbus was created as a trading town by an act of the General Assembly of Georgia, December 24, 1827. The location designated was on the Chattahoochee River near the Coweta...
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Confederate Hospitals
In February 1864, to relieve the serious overcrowding of Confederate hospitals in the Atlanta and Dalton areas, Columbus was chosen as the site of a 1500 bed army hospital. Eight buildings on...
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Confederate Dead
More than 200 soldiers from every Confederate state are buried in two separate plots in Linwood Cemetery. Many of these men died in the several Confederate hospitals located in...
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Col. W. L. Salisbury
This park is named for Col. W. L. Salisbury (1830-1878), soldier, editor, banker, distinguished citizen of Columbus whose contribution to progress and culture in his native city was outstanding....
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He Helped Bring and Keep Fort Benning
Mallory Reynolds Flournoy (Oct. 21, 1882- Apr. 26, 1920) leader in establishing Fort Benning and the Infantry School on the 182,000 acre military reservation south of Columbus lived here. The...
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