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This Columbus site held the home of James Silas Calhoun, a local entrepreneur and mayor who in 1851 became the first territorial governor of New Mexico. He died in 1852; the Greek Revival house later passed to the Griffin and Mott families.
Calhoun is a historical marker in Columbus, Muscogee County. It is one of 92 historical markers documented in Muscogee County, among 248 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.4731, -84.9945 near Columbus. The nearest cataloged historic site is Griffin (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Last Battle, Mills, and TSYS.
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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