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Born enslaved in 1807, Horace King became the South's master bridge builder, spanning the Chattahoochee at Columbus and rivers across the region. Freed in 1846, he later served in Alabama's legislature and built bridges until his death in 1885.
Horace King is a historical marker in Columbus, Muscogee County, erected in 1993. 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, -84.9970 near Columbus. The nearest cataloged historic site is Columbus Steamboat Wharf (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Military Service Walk, River Commerce, and The Chattahoochee River.
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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