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Starting with the steamboat Fanny in 1828, riverboats linked Columbus to the Gulf at Apalachicola for over a century, carrying cotton and goods along the Chattahoochee and shaping the region's growth.
Historical Marker
River Commerce
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About this site
River Commerce is a historical marker in Columbus, Muscogee County, erected in 1983. 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 32.4621, -84.9967 near Columbus. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Chattahoochee River (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Horace King, Columbus Steamboat Wharf, and Columbus Iron Works.
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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