City Mills - GHM 106-24 - Muscogee Co., GA
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City Mills state historic marker located at First Ave at 18th St, Columbus, GA.
Waymark Code: WM80DT
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 01/02/2010
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City Mills
Site of the oldest manufacturing operation on the Chattahoochee River at Columbus, April 3, 1828, the State of Georgia through Governor George R. Gilmer, issued a grant to Seaborn Jones for Lot No. 1 (51/2 acres) in the reserve at the Coweta Fall. Seaborn Jones built a grist mill in 1828, known as Jones Mill and began the manufacture of water-ground corn meal. Milling operations of similar type have continued on this site ever since.
The original dam across the river at this point was of wooden construction. In 1906-1907 the present stone dam was built by City Mills Co. The mill has operated under the name of City Mills for more than a century.
GHM 106-24 Georgia Historical Commission 1956