- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Fitzgerald Settlers
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia Archives
- Date of Original:
- 1895
- Subject:
- Counties--Georgia
Cities and towns--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Ben Hill County, Fitzgerald, 31.71491, -83.25265
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Some of the earliest settlers of Fitzgerald, the seat of Ben Hill County, are pictured in front of their tent in "Shacktown." Fitzgerald was established by Philander H. Fitzgerald as a soldiers' colony for Union veterans in 1896.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/fitzgerald/m-4709/
- Digital Object URL:
- https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/vg2/id/1664/rec/1
- Original Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
-
