The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Columbus, Georgia, US.
19th century
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- 1828
- Columbus settled on site of formerly Creek village. [1]
- Mirabeau B. Lamar begins publication of the Columbus Enquirer newspaper. [2] [3]
- Methodist Church established. [1]
- Old City Cemetery founded.
- 1829 - Baptist Church established. [4]
- 1830 - Population: 1,152.
- 1834 - Columbus Factory (textiles) in business. [5]
- 1836 - Columbus becomes "center of military operations" against the Creek during the Creek War of 1836, fought nearby. [1]
- 1840 - Wynnton School built (approximate date). [1]
- 1846 - Fire.
- 1847 - Columbus Board of Trade founded.
- 1850
- 1853
- Mobile & Girard Railroad begins operating. [1]
- Columbus Iron Works built. [7]
- Columbus Georgia Convention & Trade Center built.
- 1854 - Temple Israel founded.
- 1856 - Pemberton House built.
- 1860 - Population: 9,621. [8]
- 1865 - April 16: Battle of Columbus; Union forces win. [1] [2]
- 1867 - Rankin House built.
- 1868 - Eagle & Phenix Mill in operation. [9] [10]
- 1869 - Muscogee Mills in business. [11]
- 1870
- 1871
- Springer Opera House opens.
- Lummus Cotton Gin manufactory relocates to Columbus. [1]
- 1879 - Confederate Monument erected. [13]
- 1880 - Population: 10,123.
- 1886
- 1887
- 1890 - Population: 17,303. [2]
- 1900 - Population: 17,614. [2]
20th century
- 1902 - Columbian Lodge No.7 Free and Accepted Masons building built.
- 1905
- "Academic trade school" established. [1]
- Cole-Hampton-Hatcher Grocery introduces flavored beverage Royal Crown Ginger Ale.
- 1910 - Population: 20,554. [2]
- 1914 - Grand Theatre built. [15]
- 1918
- U.S. military Camp Benning established near Columbus.
- Textile labor unrest. [11]
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Columbus branch organized (approximate date). [16]
- 1920 - League of Women Voters of Columbus organized. [12]
- 1921 - Centennial Cotton Gin Company relocates to Columbus. [12]
- 1925 - Tom Huston Peanut and Candy Co. in business. [4]
- 1926 - Lake Harding reservoir created on the Chattahoochee River near Columbus. [4]
- 1928
- 1929 - Social Civic 25 Club organized. [18]
- 1930 - Spencer High School, the first African American high school in Columbus.
- 1936 - Junior League of Columbus established. [19]
- 1940
- Bradley Theatre opens. [15]
- Population: 53,280.
- 1949 - Columbus Symphony Orchestra active. [12]
- 1950
- Columbus Metropolitan Airport begins operating. [4]
- Columbus Drive-In cinema in business. [15]
- 1953
- WRBL-TV and WTVM ( television) begin broadcasting. [20]
- Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts opens.
- 1958 - Columbus College established.
- 1960 - Population: 116,779.
- 1962 - National Civil War Naval Museum opened.
- 1965 - B. Ed Johnson becomes mayor.
- 1966 - Historic Columbus Foundation formed. [21]
- 1970 - Population: 154,168. [8]
- 1971
- Columbus joins with Muscogee County to form a consolidated city-county. [4]
- Racial unrest. [12]
- 1972 - Metro Columbus Urban League established. [12]
- 1975 - Historic District Preservation Society organized. [22]
- 1976 - Chattahoochee Promenade built. [22]
- 1979 - Columbus' only Interstate highway, auxiliary Interstate-185 fully opened connecting Columbus to mainline Interstate-85, Atlanta. [23]
- 1980 - Population: 169,441. [8]
- 1983 - Richard Ray becomes U.S. representative for Georgia's 3rd congressional district. [24]
- 1988 - Columbus Ledger-Enquirer newspaper in publication. [3]
- 1990 - Population: 178,681. [8]
- 1993 - Sanford Bishop becomes U.S. representative for Georgia's 2nd congressional district. [25]
- 1996
- First ever Olympic Softball competition held at South Commons complex July 21–30. [26]
- Columbus Civic Center (arena) opens. [4]
- City website online (approximate date). [27] [28]
21st century
- 2009 - National Infantry Museum founded.
- 2010 - Population: 189,885. [29]
- 2011 - Teresa Tomlinson becomes mayor.
See also
- Columbus, Georgia history
- List of mayors of Columbus, Georgia
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Muscogee County, Georgia
- Timelines of other cities in Georgia: Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Macon, Savannah
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Federal Writers' Project 1940.
- ^ a b c d e Britannica 1910.
- ^ a b c d "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f Hellmann 2005.
- ^ White 1849.
- ^ a b Britannica 1878.
- ^ Americana 1912.
- ^ a b c d Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
- ^ Willoughby 1999.
- ^ "Chattahoochee Heritage Project". Alabama: Auburn University. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
- ^ a b Byrne 1997.
- ^ a b c d e f "Finding Aids". Columbus State University Archives. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
- ^ a b "Research". Historic Columbus Foundation. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
- ^ "Columbus, Georgia". Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. Jackson, Mississippi: Goldring / Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
- ^ a b c "Movie Theaters in Columbus, GA". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
- ^ "Membership: Georgia", Report...1917 and 1918, NAACP annual report (1948), New York: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1919, pp. 10 v, hdl: 2027/uiug.30112051986880
- ^ Jack Alicoate, ed. (1939), "Standard Broadcasting Stations of the United States: Georgia", Radio Annual, New York: Radio Daily, OCLC 2459636
- ^ Stephen G. N. Tuck (2001). Beyond Atlanta: The Struggle for Racial Equality in Georgia, 1940-1980. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-2528-6.
- ^ "History". Junior League of Columbus, GA. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
- ^ Charles A. Alicoate, ed. (1960), "Television Stations: Georgia", Radio Annual and Television Year Book, New York: Radio Daily Corp., OCLC 10512206
- ^ Lupold 1979a.
- ^ a b Lupold 1979b.
- ^ "Georgia Department of Transportation (January 1977)" (PDF). Georgia Department of Transportation, Maps Data.
- ^ "Georgia". Official Congressional Directory. 1991/1992- : S. Pub. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1983. hdl: 2027/uc1.31158007157232 – via HathiTrust.
- ^ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington DC. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
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Olympic Games, 1996 Atlanta
- ^ "Columbus, Georgia Home Page". Archived from the original on November 1, 1996 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ^ Kevin Hyde; Tamie Hyde (eds.). "United States of America: Georgia". Official City Sites. Utah. OCLC 40169021. Archived from the original on December 7, 1998.
- ^ "Columbus city, Georgia". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
Bibliography
- George White (1849), "Muscogee: Columbus", Statistics of the State of Georgia, Savannah: W. Thorne Williams, OCLC 1349061 – via Internet Archive
- John P. Campbell, ed. (1854). "Georgia: Muscogee County". Southern Business Directory. Charleston, SC: Press of Walker & James – via Google Books.
- Adiel Sherwood (1860), "Muscogee County: Columbus", Gazetteer of Georgia (4th ed.), Macon: S. Boykin
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Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (9th ed.). 1878. p. 171.
{{ cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: date and year ( link) - Industries of Columbus, Georgia. T. Gilbert. 1887. hdl: 2027/loc.ark:/13960/t9280mb7z.
- Columbus, Her Trade, Commerce and Industries. Columbus: J. E. Land Publishing Company. 1892.
- . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). 1910. p. 746.
- Frederick Converse Beach; George Edwin Rines, eds. (1912), "Columbus", The Americana, vol. 5, New York: Scientific American Compiling Department, hdl: 2027/nyp.33433005016187 – via HathiTrust
- Nancy Telfair (1929). History of Columbus, Georgia: 1828-1928.
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Federal Writers' Project (1940),
"Columbus", Georgia: a Guide to Its Towns and Countryside,
American Guide Series, Athens: University of Georgia Press, pp. 214–223,
ISBN
9781603540100 – via Google Books
{{ citation}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default ( link) - John S. Lupold (1979a). "Historic Columbus Foundation, 1966-1978". Georgia Historical Quarterly. 63 (1): 129–137. JSTOR 40580089.
- John S. Lupold (1979b). "Revitalizing Foundries, Hotels, and Grist Mills in Columbus". Georgia Historical Quarterly. 63 (1): 138–142. JSTOR 40580090.
- Frank J. Byrne (1997). "Wartime Agitation and Postwar Repression: Reverend John A. Callan and the Columbus Strikes of 1918-1919". Georgia Historical Quarterly. 81 (2): 345–369. JSTOR 40583648.
- Judith Grant (1999). Columbus, Georgia. Black America. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia.
- Lynn Willoughby (1999). Flowing Through Time: A History of the Lower Chattahoochee River. University of Alabama Press. ISBN 978-0-8173-5725-2.
- Kenneth H. Thomas Jr. (2001). Columbus, Georgia in Vintage Postcards. Arcadia. ISBN 978-1-4396-1094-7.
- Paul T. Hellmann (2005). "Georgia: Columbus". Historical Gazetteer of the United States. Taylor & Francis. pp. 224–225. ISBN 1-135-94859-3.
- David M. Owings (2015). Columbus. Images of America. Arcadia. ISBN 978-1-4396-5254-1.
External links
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- "Columbus", New Georgia Encyclopedia, Georgia Humanities Council
- "Today in Georgia History". Georgia Historical Society; Georgia Public Broadcasting.
- Items related to Columbus, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).
- "Genealogy & Local History". Columbus: Chattahoochee Valley Libraries.