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 This is a scan of the postcard .  As you may see, the face reads, "Green 
Island Range near Columbus, Ga."  

There is no additional information printed on the reverse of the card, which is 
postmarked 5 pm 02 OCT 1912 from Marianna, Fla, with a red two-cent stamp 
showing George Washington in profile.  The card is addressed to Mrs. Jennie B. 
ROBINSON, Columbus, Ga. (c/o W. J. GREEN, 1102 Broad St.) - this is 
typewritten. Handwritten is the following message:  "Hello dar, We started to 
school to-day.  We all want you to come soon.  Give my love to Aunt Blanchie. 
Your grandson, Dixon."  The card was published by S. H. Kress & Co., stock # 
3040.

The following was published 08 APR 1906 in the "Columbus Georgia Daily
Enquirer-Sun" newspaper [kindly transcribed by Sue GILBERT]:


"Work begins soon on Mr. G. Gunby JORDAN's new country home which will
be located two and one half miles north of Clapp's Factory, between
the road and the river on a 500 acre tract owned by Mr. JORDAN
[evidently at Green Island Hills – jml].  It will be a handsome 
two story residence, the first story being of brick and the second
finished in English wood design.  This is a delightful location for a
summer home, and the residence will afford all possible conveniences
and will be an ideal country home.  A telephone line will be
constructed so that there will be telephone connections with the inner
city, its official tag.  The Columbus Improvement Company, the company
that will do the construction work for the Columbus Power Company,
will have its general offices at Clapp's Factory.  The office will be
equipped with electric lights, telephones and etc., having practically
all the conveniences afforded by the city with the exception of one
item of electric transportation and it is only a matter of time that a
car line will be contracted to Clapp's Factory."


I have a postcard, postmarked 1912, showing a home similar to what is
described, with the title "Green Island Range near Columbus, Ga."  I
had wondered if this was a clubhouse for a golf course, but it seems
that Range is the same as Ranch in Mr. JORDAN's account.  I will be
glad to share a scan of this postcard with anyone who is interested in
having it.  




Additional Comments:
 "G. Gunby Jordan Remembers...A History of
the Jordan Company 1904-1986" edited by Sara Crawford,
published by James Eberhardt, Columbus Productions,
Inc., Columbus, GA, 1986. It was very interesting
reading about the Jordan Company.


On page 8, Mr. Jordan writes, "I think on of the first
homes the Company built on lands they owned was the
old Green Island Ranch, where my grandfather and my
father lived in the 1905-06 era. They built a
two-story, hunting lodge type of home, quite large,
located five miles out on the River Road. I understand
they acquired several hundred acres of land on the old
River Road from Mr. Narramore, as well as land from
the T. J. Wynn family, and other acreage near the
Roaring Branch area belonging to the Clapp family."


On pages 48-49, he writes, "In the late 1950's, the
Georgia Power Company announced they would build a
hydro-electric dam on the Chattahoochee River near the
Columbus Water Works, an area known as the Clapp
Factory site."


Patricia Cantrell



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