- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Shacktown
- 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:
- Settlers from the North, led by Union veteran Philander H. Fitzgerald, established a colony in Ben Hill County. Their initial camp, known as Shacktown, is pictured in 1895. The city of Fitzgerald, nicknamed the "Colony City," was established the following year.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/counties-cities-neighborhoods/fitzgerald/shacktown_001/
- Digital Object URL:
- https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/vg2/id/1487/rec/8
- Original Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
-
