“Columbus Stockade Blues”

The 1927 song, recorded by Tom Darby and Jimmie Tarlton, sold heavily and was later cut by Willie Nelson and others. It draws on the brick stockade that served as Columbus's jail and police headquarters into the early 1900s.

“Columbus Stockade Blues” is a historical marker in Columbus, Muscogee County, erected in 1985. 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 32.4646, -84.9838 near Columbus. The nearest cataloged historic site is Columbus Stockade (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include St. James AME Church, Lafkowitz, Abraham, House, and Denson, William H., House.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.