Clay County GaArchives Photo Place.....FT GAINES_THREE STATES STEAMBOAT 1880 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: REBECCA STEWART RSTEWART@ENERVEST.NET October 6, 2011, 7:27 pm Source: VANISHING GEORGIA Photo can be seen at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/clay/photos/ftgaines17042gph.jpg Image file size: 35.1 Kb Fort Gaines, ca. 1880-1907. Steamboat called Three States seen on the Chattahoochee River. Note the bales of cotton loaded on it. A covered bridge across the river seen in the background. The Three States burned and sank at a wharf in Columbus in 1906. The water was pumped out of her and her hull was floated to Apalachicola, Fla. There she was rebuilt. The steamboat then was in operation for about a year and then it burned again. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/clay/photos/ftgaines17042gph.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb