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For 111 years, from the steamer Fanny in 1828 to 1939, riverboats tied up at this wharf, gateway to 360 miles of Chattahoochee trade reaching the Gulf. The Confederate gunboat Jackson, built nearby, was burned by Union forces in April 1865.
Columbus Steamboat Wharf is a historical marker in Columbus, Muscogee County, erected in 1956. 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 32.4635, -84.9962 near Columbus. The nearest cataloged historic site is Horace King (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Columbus Ironworks, Military Service Walk, and Gallery 4.
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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