Girard People Remember part 3
Girard People Remember part 3 by Sandra Waldrop Doolittle Our Girard and Phenix City , Alabama emails started out with an email from Ed Meadows of Phenix City. Ed wrote just one email asking a question...
View ArticleMy View of Girard part 2
Stories go that the City was originally named for the Eagle & Phenix Mill located in Columbus, GA. Tradition says that the "O" was dropped from the word phoenix as a way of distinguishing...
View ArticleFounding Girard Alabama part 1
Warm Springs road used to be an Indian Trail and the Old Alabama Road would twist and turn down from Ellerslie into Columbus , near where Warm Springs Rd is now. I would like to think that the Old...
View Article1915 Columbus Ga Circus Train Wreck
Columbus, GA. --On November 22, 1915, the Con T. Kennedy Circus train was about to pull into Columbus, GA when it collided head-on with a passenger train.John Gilbert Columbus Georgia Online - CGO News...
View ArticleHistoric Columbus Part 3
Columbus became a real wartime military town where soldiers could go and enjoy their leave without a lot of hassle. The Infantry School was near Columbus. The post Historic Columbus Part 3 appeared...
View ArticleHistoric Columbus Part 1
Historic Columbus - I was born and raised in Columbus and lived there until I left the city in my youth to work but always returned home to Historic Columbus The post Historic Columbus Part 1 appeared...
View ArticleColumbus Ga A New Era
Columbus Ga. new era booming and more people that ever are dependent on finding everything on the Internet. People are looking for new fun things to do.
View ArticleOuthouses the Porto-Potties of the Past
When I tried to tell Delaney the two seaters were one for an adult and one for a small child so they wouldn't fall in....as she listened, I could tell I was digging myself deeper and deeper. I found...
View ArticleRenewing the Rialto Theater on Broadway Part 1
This is a report on Restoring the Rialto Theater on Broadway in Columbus, Ga. by John Gilbert [continue reading]
View ArticleHistory of Girard, Alabama – people remember part 3
Girard, Alabama was a city in the far north-east corner of Russell County, Alabama across the Chattahoochee River from Columbus, Georgia. From 1832–1839 Girard was the first county seat of Russell...
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