Columbus High School 1960 Yearbook (Columbus, GA) - Guest Access

Our • river - ( 4 ) contributes Embracing the indu trial ite of olumbu , Geor– gia, th hattahooche River off r~ continuou power which ha d "eloped a trad ttl rn nt f 30 into a thriving cit of 135, 0. In 19 8 the oat R ck Dam furni h d 29.840 kilo\\> aU . (Today the dam around olumbu furni h 464,070 kilo\ att . ) Thi remarkable wat r power i th foundation for the tabli hment of many otton and t xtil factori ' hi h ha.. real d a ub~ tantial, . preading, industrial enter. In 1828 the town ' a laid out and th first steam– boat, "Th t ub mille," opened th river f r trad and tran. portation. For 100 year ri' rboat topp d at o– lumbu and during thi time 20 boat pli d the ri' er. I o onn ting our cit · with the nation wer telegraph. fir~ t nt fr m here on ugu t 23. 1847 and railroad. built in 1853. Th fir t telephone "a pr s nt on pril 2L 1880. In 1827 plan wcr b gun for th Eagl Factoq and in 1834 Mr. Jame hri r built a ~mall t xtile factory thr mil north of olumhu . It \\a known a, lapp Fa tory and wa a popular pi nic ground. but i no\ th I ation of th n wly con tru t d )i, r am. In 1 1 lot w r lea. d and the ott n mill indu tr trul b gan and will not be topp d until the wit h.