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Jordan High Is Number One
For the next hundred years  we will proudly hold our finger high. (Columbus High, you all can take that anyway you want to. :O)

But who is number one for the next hundred years? Not Columbus High School, But...Jordan High School and a nice win to boot...
Jordan 27 and Columbus High 07

With A Little Help From My Friends

Sandra is giving you the opportunity to share your Glory Days with the community. Drop Sandra a line and tell her your ready to share your Glory Days with Columbus, Ga.

Part 1   Jane Russell's conection with Columbus, Ga and Ft Benning in 1943

Part 2  Jane Russell's connection with Columbus, Ga and Ft Benning in 1943

Changing Times

Remembering the good old days
Part 1 By John Jefferies

Growing up in Columbus
Part 2 By John Jefferies

School Days in Columbus
Part 3 By John Jefferies

Qusestions and Answers
By Jan Doolittle Page

Do you remember these sites around Columbus?

The Varsity. This is not like the Varsity in Atlanta, but the food was just as good and greasy. Some of the best onion rings in the world could be found there. It was located on Macon Rd. across from the old Columbus Square Mall site, soon to be our new library. The varsity had parking in the back for curb service. read it all

My Glory Days Anne Coots Brown

My Glory Days 2 Anne Coots Brown

My GLory Days Brenda Brown

My Glory Days Sally Jo (Geiger) Posey

My Glory Days Robert Gerald Pope

GIRARD, AL. STORY

I've been told that one route that the wagon trains followed was an Indian trail called the Alabama Road that came into Harris County at one point near Ellersllie Georgia.

Part 1 Girard, AL
Part 2 History of Girard
Part 3 Girard

 

The Day Elvis Came to Columbus

Did my heart jump a beat then and now every time Elvis sings a song? Oh yes. Did the the tender way he looked at an actress in a movie make me want to be that girl and be treated with love and respect that only Elvis could show? You bet it did. This love and respect of this man called Elvis, along with his acting and singing made him the" The King of Rock and Roll." What Elvis Meant To Me

Contact Sandra Waldrop Doolittle

 

Railroad Man, Telephone Man

At age fourteen he was riding with his papa James Harry Waldrop back and forth on his long trips. His papa would let him take control of the throttle thru the swamp land in lower Mississippi.

Capt. Harry had only been dead for a short while, when daddy found he would have to go to work, to provide for the family. Daddy wanted to work for the M &O Rail Road Company just like his papa. He tried to join, but there were so many men ahead of him; older men who had been with the company for many years, and waiting for an opening.

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Part 3
Part 4