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Columbus, Georgia is situated on the fall line of the
Chattahoochee River, at the western border of the state,
95 miles southwest of Atlanta.
It was founded in 1828 as a planned city.
The first industry was the shipping of cotton by steamer on the river, from Columbus to the Gulf of Mexico. Columbus became the denim-producing capital of the world. Columbus also had a major iron works which built gunboats during the Civil War, and made one of the first ice-making machines.

In World War I the War Department started
a "School of Musketry" here which became Fort Benning , the largest U.S. Army Infantry Center and school in the world.

Amoung the 1996 Olympic games, Columbus hosted the Fast Pitch Softball venue.

Georgia nickname Empire State of the South Peach State

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South of Columbus lies Providence Canyon State Park, known as Georgia's Little Grand Canyon.

Florence Marina State Park at the northern end of Lake walter F. george, on the Chattahoochee River, is a perfect setting for water enthusiasts.