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Dewey City Historic District
 
By Cosmos Mariner, October 6, 2025
Dewey City Historic District Marker (side 2)
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1 ► Georgia, Thomas County, Thomasville — Dewey City Historic District —
On North Martin Luther King Junior Drive at West Calhoun Street, on the left when traveling north on North Martin Luther King Junior Drive.
[side 1]  The Dewey City Historic District is a significant African-American neighborhood. Sparsely settled in the early 19th century, the earliest extant historic resource is the remnant of the 1864 Civil War Prison Camp. . . . — — Map (db m285889) HM
2 ► Georgia, Thomas County, Thomasville — 136-5 — Civil War Prison Camp —
On Wolf Street 0 miles east of Cook Street, on the right when traveling west.
Confederate authorities, fearing a raid on Andersonville by Sherman’s marching army, chose Thomasville as a safe, temporary prison camp. Five thousand Federal prisoners were brought here on the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Line via Blackshear in the . . . — — Map (db m82842) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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