Remembering Suwannee : The Town of Columbus, Part 1

Eric Musgrove Contributor Changes in travel modes, the location of natural resources, and a variety of other events have shifted the population centers of Suwannee County over the years. As a result, many once-thriving communities no longer exist or are a shadow of their former selves. Such is the case with the once-flourishing town of Columbus, now the location of the Suwannee River State Park in the northwestern portion of Suwannee County. Columbus was one of the earliest chartered American communities in what is now Suwannee County; in 1833, the Florida Legislature authorized Paul “M’Cormic” (McCormick) to establish a ferry at the confluence of the Suwannee and Withlacoochee Riv