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Fortson, Georgia. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Muscogee. Associated ZIP codes: 31808.
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The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Georgia said in a release that 35-year-old La'Qyale Fortson was a previously convicted felon who had a...
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Once the pride of Columbus, Tom’s Foods generated nearly $200 million in annual revenue at its height before filing bankruptcy in 2005. So, what happened?
The Times-Georgian coverage area will officially have four teams heading to the Elite Eight round of the softball playoffs in Columbus, Ga.
The Georgia Trust for Local News today announced that Chuck Williams, a highly respected Columbus journalist with more than 43 years of experience in print,...
While some Georgia newsrooms are shrinking or closing down, two of the state’s largest local publications are being reimagined as nonprofit newsrooms. Th...
The Georgia Trust for Local News today purchased The Macon Telegraph and The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer in a landmark transaction that puts two storied papers...
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Georgia coach Kirby Smart, mid-Gator domination. (Jason Getz/AJC)As a general rule, I encourage agnosticism when it comes to early rankings from the College...
The Lee County Leadership Committee is inviting area non-profit organizations to submit proposals for projects that will affect positive change in Lee County.
App State fell 19-3 to Georgia Southern in a Sun Belt East Division clash, with the Eagles controlling possession and scoring through efficient long drives a...
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Fortson is in Muscogee County, Georgia.
Region: Central Georgia
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Georgia coach Kirby Smart, mid-Gator domination. (Jason Getz/AJC)As a general rule, I encourage agnosticism when it comes to early rankings from the College...
The Lee County Leadership Committee is inviting area non-profit organizations to submit proposals for projects that will affect positive change in Lee County.
App State fell 19-3 to Georgia Southern in a Sun Belt East Division clash, with the Eagles controlling possession and scoring through efficient long drives a...
Fortson, a community along the line between Harris and Muscogee counties north of Columbus, was originally called Blanchard's Crossing. Thomas and Elizabeth Almond settled in the area in the 1830s with her orphaned brother, Thomas Daniel Fortson. A prominent farmer, Fortson built a Greek Revival cottage in 1858, with outbuildings and cotton terraces, and ran a gristmill on nearby Heiferhorn Creek during the Civil War. The Fortson House has stayed in the family and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
In 1885 the Columbus and Rome Railroad built a station on Fortson land, and the community was renamed Fortson. That year Thomas Willis Fortson, the builder's son, became station agent and postmaster and opened the Fortson General Store; from 1904 the store and post office were in a brick building beside the tracks, and Luther Getzen Fortson ran them until 1963. Across the tracks, the Getzen House was built in 1882 for T. W. Fortson's sister, and Samuel Luther and Fannie Mealing Getzen organized the Getzen Memorial Baptist Church there in 1904. Sources The Historical Marker Database: Fortson House / The Fortson Community (Historic Chattahoochee Commission) Wikipedia: Fortson, Georgia
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