Queen City

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The steamship Queen City, constructed and later dismantled in Columbus, docks in 1900 with a load of cotton bales at the Sutlive Warehouse in Fort Gaines. Known as the "Queen City of the Chattahoochee," Fort Gaines was an important stop for the riverboat trade along the Chattahoochee River.

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