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From 1827, more than 220 steamboats churned the Flint River at Bainbridge, hauling cotton, turpentine and lumber down to the Gulf and making the town one of Georgia's few inland ports until the trade faded by the 1930s.
Historical Marker
Steamboats
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About this site
Steamboats is a historical marker in Bainbridge, Decatur County, erected in 2002. It is one of 29 historical markers documented in Decatur County, among 86 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 30.9065, -84.5822 near Bainbridge. The nearest cataloged historic site is Bainbridge Beginnings (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Stepping Back in Time, The First Seminole War in Decatur County, and General Andrew Jackson Trail.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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