DE SOTO TRAIL, Hernando de Soto Georgia State History marker,Cordele GA. US Hwy. 41 Crisp County Georgia

DE SOTO TRAIL, Hernando de Soto Georgia State History marker,

Cordele GA. US Hwy. 41 Crisp County Georgia

1540 Flint River crossing history of explorer De Soto

Ichisi Indians tribe 

DE SOTO TRAIL
History Sign Cordele Georgia

 Hernando de Soto 1540

Confederate Private Soldier 1861-1865 Civil War Statue, Cordele Georgia

Confederate Private Soldier 1861-1865 U.S. Civil War Statue, Cordele Georgia

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CORDELE GEORGIA City Park 

 

HISTORY of Cordele Georgia, Crisp County GA.

Crisp County was created in 1905 from territory formerly belonging to Dooly County. It was named for Charles Frederick Crisp, a jurist, and Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives between 1891 and 1893.

Cordele, the county seat, was a "child of the railroad" having built up at a junction of the Savannah, Americus, and Montgomery Railroads. It was named for the daughter of the railroad's president.

Crisp County became the first county in the nation to own and operate its own electrical power plant. It was started in 1930, with Lake Blackshear on the Flint River providing its power source.