Ira Sanborn - HCC - Faceville Georgia
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N 30° 45.191 W 084° 38.492
16R E 725762 N 3404625
Located on Ga-97 at Grounds of the Masonic Lodge Faceville, Ga
Waymark Code: WM8HXX
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 04/06/2010
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Decatur County's first industrialist was Ira Sanborn a native of Concord, New Hampshire. Born in 1799, Sanborn came to Aplachicola,Florida about 1830 and later resettled in Quincy,Florida where he married Susan Woodson. In 1833 they moved to Decatur County and settled on Attapulgus Creek. Using waterpower he operated a gristmill,sawmill,tanning,cigar and shoe factories. In 1856 he opened Estahatchee Mills which made a cotton and wool fabic called kersey. Sanborn died on a business trip to Boston in 1865 and was buried in Concord. The Estahatchee Mill buildings were razed in 1870. Today only the mill races and the outline of the pond levee remain.
Type of Marker: Highway
Date: 2001
Sponsor: Historic Chattahoochee Comission and the Decatur County Historical Society
Marker #: Not listed
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