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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11UW_ira-sanborn_Bainbridge-GA.html
Decatur County's first industrialist was Ira Sanborn, a native of Concord, New Hampshire. Born in 1799, Sanborn came to Apalachicola, Florida about 1830 and later resettled in Quincy, Florida where he married Susan Woodson. In 1833 they moved to D…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11UT_de-soto-trail_Bainbridge-GA.html
In this neighborhood Hernando de Soto and his army discovered the inland waters of the Flint river ("the River of Capachequi") on Friday, March 5, 1540. Leaving the vicinity of the present Tallahassee, Florida, the Spaniards marched northwest, spe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11US_el-camino-real_Bainbridge-GA.html
In this vicinity was the Indian trail which, during the period of Spanish occupation, became known as El Camino Real or King's Highway. This road, connecting St. Augustine and Pensacola, Florida, crossed the Flint River at the trading post of Jame…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11UA_fort-scott-memorial_Bainbridge-GA.html
This monument was originally located in Land Lot Number 224 in the 21st District of Decatur County, Georgia, 16 miles southwest of Bainbridge and on the site of Fort Scott built in 1816 and abandoned in 1821.
It was removed to its present loca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11U2_the-j-d-chason-memorial-park-the-j-d-chason-memorial-park-history_Bainbridge-GA.html
(Side 1):The J.D. Chason Memorial Park
The J.D. Chason Memorial Park stands a permanent honor in memory of the late Doctor J.D. Chason. Members of his immediate family graciously presented it on December 29, 1921 to the city of Bainbridge. It…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11TS_camp-recovery_Bainbridge-GA.html
This medical camp was established on September 15, 1820 by the Southeastern Army of the United States headquartered at Fort Scott. It was used as a recuperation area for soldiers who had contracted malaria and dysentery in the swampy environs of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11RR_first-united-methodist-church_Bainbridge-GA.html
Founded in 1823, title to this property was conveyed to the church in 1830 by the Inferior Court, Bainbridge. An initial building was erected about 1840 and was also used during the 1850's for services by Baptists and Presbyterians. In 1854 an enl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11O4_camp-recovery_Bainbridge-GA.html
On the east side of Flint River, twenty-one miles southwest is the site of Camp Recovery, established during the First Seminole Indian War as a hospital base to which the sick soldiers from Fort Scott were sent to recover. A Federal Monument on th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11O2_village-of-fowltown_Bainbridge-GA.html
In this vicinity stood the Seminole village of Fowltown, scene of battle, Nov. 21, 1817, which marked the beginning of the First Seminole Indian War. The engagement resulted when Major Twiggs with 250 soldiers from Fort Scott attempted to arrest i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11NK_the-tonge-factory_Bainbridge-GA.html
The Tonge Factory, owned by S. D. Tonge, stood on the South bank of the Flint river one-fourth mile West of here. The cloth produced by this plant was used by the women of Bainbridge to make uniforms for the Confederate soldiers of Decatur county.…