Historical Marker

W. C. Bradley and Coca-Cola

Columbus · Muscogee County · Erected 2015

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The Story

Columbus cotton merchant W.C. Bradley joined Ernest Woodruff's 1919 syndicate that bought Coca-Cola from the Candlers for $25 million, personally borrowing to save the deal. He chaired Coca-Cola's board for decades.

About this site

W. C. Bradley and Coca-Cola is a historical marker in Columbus, Muscogee County, erected in 2015. 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 32.4649, -84.9948 near Columbus. The nearest cataloged historic site is Wolfson Printing and Paper Co. (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include "Kinfolks' Corner", Cole-Hatcher-Hampton Wholesale Grocers, and Frank Brothers.

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

📍 32.4649, -84.9948 · Columbus, Muscogee County

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