- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Cyrene historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Decatur County
Cities and towns--Georgia--Cyrene - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Decatur County, 30.87834, -84.57907
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Located at intersection of U.S. 84 and Cyrene Rd., west of Bainbridge
Text of marker: "CYRENE. Approximately 1.6 miles north of this location is the village of Cyrene. Founded about 1890 by C.S. Hodges and W.G. Powell, Cyrene was typical of the many mill towns established along the railroad to utilize the vast forests of Southern Pine. Naval stores and lumber were the primary products taken from these forests. At one time, the village had a post office, sawmill, turpentine still, cotton gin, commissaries and about 500 inhabitants. After the loss of the Hodges Sawmill to fire in 1927 and the lean Depression years that followed, the naval stores industry began to decline. Today only a few people live in the town of Cyrene. ERECTED BY THE HISTORIC CHATTAHOOCHEE COMMISSION 1986" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_cyrene
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_cyrene
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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