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Today in Georgia History September 8, 1807 Suggested Readings Rev. F. L. Cherry, "Horace King," in "The History of Opelika and Her Agricultural Tributary Territory," Alabama Historical Quarterly 15, no. 2 (1953): 178-339, and nos. 3, 4 (1953): 383-537. Thomas L. French Jr. and Edward L. French, "Horace King, Bridge Builder," Alabama Heritage 11 (winter 1989), 35-47. John S. Lupold and Thomas L. French Jr., Bridging Deep South Rivers: The Life and Legend of Horace King (Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 2004). Image Credits September 8, 1807: Horace King 1989 11 18 Horace King Collection of the Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia, Georgia Museum Purchase African American laborers Chattahooche River Bridge built 1833 Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama Atlanta Weekly Sun, June 3, 1873, p.6. Presented online by the Digital Library of Georgia Chattahoochee River covered bridge, Eufaula, AL built 1833 Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama Dillingham Street covered bridge Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama Euharlee Creek built by Horace King Son 3 Courtesy of David Seibert Euharlee Creek built by Son of Horace King 1 Courtesy of David Seibert Euharlee Creek Built by Son of Horace King 2 Courtesy of David Seibert Horace King Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama Horace King Historical Marker Courtesy of David Seibert Interior Red Oak Creek Bridge Meriwether county Courtesy of David Seibert John Godwin grave Image Courtesy of Jack Skoch Looking down from the Chattahoochee River Bridge Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama Red Oak Creek Bridge Meriwhether County Courtesy of David Seibert Red Oak Creek Bridge, Meriwether county view 2 Courtesy of David Seibert Warrior Falls-Albany, 1361PC-01 Courtesy of Georgia Historical Society Watson Mill Bridge, Historic American Engineering Record Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, HAER GA-140 .

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