On Martha Berry Highway (U.S. 27) at River Bend Road, on the right when traveling south on Martha Berry Highway. Reported missing.
In February, 1836, after rumors of unrest among the Creek Indians and a report of 500 having crossed the Chattahoochee River at Bryants Ferry, 22 members of the Georgia Militia under Col. John H. Watson were sent out from Columbus to investigate the . . . — — Map (db m55463) HM
On Broad Street (Georgia Route 520) 0 miles east of Lafayette Road, on the left when traveling east.
Chattahoochee County, created by Act of February 13, 1854, was cut off from Muscogee and Marion Counties. It was named for the Chattahoochee River. Its courthouse, constructed in 1854, was built of select heart lumber from the Long Leaf Pine by . . . — — Map (db m38841) HM
On Boyd Street at Mount Olive Street, on the right when traveling north on Boyd Street.
Side 1:
This jail is situated on property that was purchased soon after the county was created on February 13, 1854. Mr. Asbury Bryan was paid $1,250 for the original two-story log jail that was completed by July 20, 1855, under the . . . — — Map (db m38971) HM
On Broad Street (Georgia Route 520) 0 miles east of Clarke Duncan Highway ( Route 137), on the left when traveling east.
On this site, a brick school building was erected in 1911 on land purchased from G. W. King, Sr. A resolution was passed on June 6, 1922 to consolidate Big Sandy, Liberty Hill, Renfroe, and Providence Schools with Cusseta. In 1929, all high schools . . . — — Map (db m38790) HM
On Broad Street (Georgia Route 520) 0 miles east of Lafayette Road, on the left when traveling east.
Kashita, “the Peace Town of the Lower Creeks,” one of two great Muskogee towns in the Creek Confederation of Indians, stood on the site of the Generals’ Headquarters at Fort Benning. Kashita, mentioned in the narrative of DeSoto’s . . . — — Map (db m38838) HM
On Vibbert Avenue 0.1 miles west of Lumpkin Road, on the right when traveling east.
“Riverside” was built in 1909 by Arthur Bussey, a prominent Columbus, Georgia businessman, and served as a summer home for the Bussey family. The spacious
dwelling was surrounded by one of the last self-supporting plantations in this area. When in . . . — — Map (db m57605) HM
On Baltzell Avenue east of McIver Street, on the right when traveling east.
17th Infantry Regiment “The Buffaloes” Truth and Courage Battle Campaigns Civil War · Indian Wars · War with Spain · Philippine Insurrection · Mexican Expedition · World War II · Korean War ·Vietnam War · Operation . . . — — Map (db m112532) WM
On Anderson Street at Wold Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Anderson Street.
The 24th Infantry Regiment was created by Congress in 1866 and organized through 1869 from elements of the 38th and 41st (colored) Infantry Regiments. The 24th Infantry Regiment resided on Fort Benning from 1922 to 1942. The corner of Anderson . . . — — Map (db m297111) HM
On Burr Street at Chesney Street, on the right when traveling west on Burr Street.
This marker commemorates the activation on 6 July 1942 of the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the Frying Pan area near here. Lieutenant Colonel James M. Gavin was the first commander. Assigned to the 82d Airborne Division in February 1943, the . . . — — Map (db m14512) HM
On Burr Street east of Chesney Street, on the left when traveling east.
Those Who Covertly Jumped Alone or in Small Groups
WWII - Present
Office of Strategic Forces•U.S. Army Special Forces•U.S. Special Operations Command
Office of Strategic Services 1942-1945
Jedburgh Teams
Operational Groups
OSS . . . — — Map (db m297331) WM
On Vibbert Avenue at Austin Loop, on the right when traveling west on Vibbert Avenue.
The 34th President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, lived with his family at 206 Austin Loop, while stationed at Fort Benning as a major from 1926-1927.
During that time, he served as executive office of the 24th Infantry and . . . — — Map (db m57604) HM
On Baltzell Avenue 0 miles east of Stonewall Road, on the left when traveling east.
Fort Benning - Station Hospital
In 1923 the U.S. Congress appropriated funds for the erection of a hospital at Fort Benning. The hospital complex, consisting of ten buildings, was opened in 1925. During World War Two as many as 36, 000 . . . — — Map (db m57705) HM
On Richardson Circle 0 miles south of Baltzell Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Side 1: Fort Benning
Kasihta or Cusseta Town, an important Creek Nation market, played a part in American Revolutionary affairs. In 1780 British Colonel John Tate recruited a large force of local Indians for duty with the British in . . . — — Map (db m57897) HM
On First Division Road, on the right when traveling west.
Marshall House Named in Honor Of GEN George C. Marshall US Army Awarded Distinguished Service Medal 7981 First Division Road 791 — — Map (db m113103) HM
Near Eckel Street east of Holtz Street, on the right when traveling east.
Named in honor of
Pvt. George Watson 29th. QM. Regt USA.
The first colored inductee of this
reception center to receive the D.S.C.
Awarded for heroism in action near Porloch
Harbor, New Guinea, by GO. 52, H Q.U.S.A.F.
in the Far . . . — — Map (db m297101) HM WM
On Indianhead Road at Lavoie Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Indianhead Road.
Indianhead Housing was developed in 1933 to provide adequate housing to black NCOs and their families. These 18 structures mirrored white NCO quarters constructed prior to desegregation and integration of the Armed Forces. Formally utilized as . . . — — Map (db m297113) HM
On Jecelin Road 1.5 miles north of Dixie Road, on the right when traveling south. Reported permanently removed.
The Old Federal Road, which intersected the Chattahoochee River at this natural fording site, was originally a Lower Creek Indian Nation trading path. With the advent of colonization, it became one of western Georgia's earliest and most important . . . — — Map (db m40597) HM
On Vibbert Avenue at Austin Loop, on the right when traveling east on Vibbert Avenue.
On this site stood Building 5, the first permanent Post HQ building and later the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Building. Built in 1911 as a dairy creamery, it became the Officers' Mess in 1919. In 1924 it became the Post HQ, headed by the . . . — — Map (db m57464) HM
On Anderson Street 0 miles south of Vibbert Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
On 15 December 1919, War Department Orders established the Infantry Board as a development and testing laboratory with permanent station at Fort Benning, Georgia. The Board’s mission was to consider, with continuity of effort, the improvement of . . . — — Map (db m57078) HM
On Lumpkin Road at Sigerfoos Road, on the right when traveling north on Lumpkin Road.
Along the Federal Road built in 1811 east and west through this place there passed in 1825 Lafayette Soldier of France and volunteer in the cause of American Liberty “At the first news my heart was enrolled” Here stood the Indian . . . — — Map (db m111889) HM WM
On Edwards Street at Marchant Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Edwards Street.
On 28 March 1941, Private Felix Hall was discovered hanged by the neck with his hands and feet bound. A 20th Engineer Regiment Platoon found his body in a ravine near the Chattahoochee River, about 1000 meters west of the Jump Tower area. PVT . . . — — Map (db m297096) HM
