- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Amsterdam, Georgia historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Decatur County
Plantations--Georgia--Amsterdam - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Decatur County, Amsterdam, 30.72742, -84.43574
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: U.S. 27 median at Amsterdam, SE of Bainbridge
Text of marker: "AMSTERDAM, GEORGIA. In 1891, A. Cohn & Co. purchased 14,000 acres for tobacco cultivation and named it Amsterdam. At that time, the property was the largest tobacco plantation in the world under one ownership. In 1907, seven of the larger growers and packers in the area merged to form the American Sumatra Tobacco Co., with a division in Amsterdam. This was a company town with offices, railroad, commissaries, post office, packing houses and employee houses. At its peak, the town boasted a population of 450. The Imperial Tobacco Co. bought the A. S. T. Co. in 1955 and operated it until 1965 when they discontinued growing tobacco. In 1967 the land was sold to the Coastal Lumber Company." - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_amsterdam-georgia
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_amsterdam-georgia
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
