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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.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11MB_battle-of-1702_Bainbridge-GA.html
In this vicinity was fought the Flint Battle of 1702 between the English under Captain Antonio with Creek allies from Achito (near Columbus) and the Spaniards under Captain Francisco Romo Uriza with 800 Indians from Bacuqua (north of Tallahassee).…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11M9_battle-of-1702_Bainbridge-GA.html
In this vicinity was fought the Flint Battle of 1702 between the English under Capt. Antonio with Creek allies from Achito (near Columbus) and the Spaniards under Capt. Francisco Romo Uriza with 800 Indians from Bacuqua (north of Tallahassee). In …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11LO_bainbridge-army-air-field_Bainbridge-GA.html
In August, 1942, on this 2,053 acre tract, the U.S. Army constructed a basic flight training field. It remained open until 1945. At its peak 9600 officers, enlisted men, trainees and WACS were stationed here; there were 700 civilian employees, sev…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11K3_fort-scott_Bainbridge-GA.html
In June 1816 Lt. Col. D. L. Clinch and a detachment of the 4th U.S. Infantry set up camp one mile west of here, calling it Camp Crawford. They began construction of a fort on the site in September 1816, naming it Fort Scott. Need for a fort was pr…
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