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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.

Courtesy of Georgia Archives, Vanishing Georgia, # ben030.

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