Fort Moore

Cusseta, also known as Kasihta, was a Peace Town of the Lower Towns, a division of the Muscogee Confederacy. It was located in what the Spanish called Apalachicola Province on the Chattahoochee River, then in what is now the state of Georgia near the Ocmulgee River, and finally again on the Chattahoochee River. It was one of the two major towns of the Lower Creek, with a population of 1,918 in 1832.

Riverside is a historic property in Fort Moore, Georgia. The residence has been home to the fort's commandants. It was completed in 1909. The house includes a kitchen moved to its present location on logs. Riverside was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 27, 1971. It is located at 100 Vibbert Avenue.

Upatoi Creek is a 35.5-mile-long (57.1 km) river in western Georgia, just outside Columbus. It runs from Upatoi, through South Columbus, and to the Chattahoochee River. The stream begins at the outflow of Juniper Lake at 32°31′58″N 84°36′12″W at an elevation of 370 feet. The stream flows to the west and forms the boundary between Talbot and Marion counties and Talbot and Chattahoochee counties. The stream continues to the west and southwest through the northern margin of Fort Moore. The stream continues to the southwest forming the boundary between Muscogee and Chattahoochee counties. The confluence with the Chattahoochee River is at the Georgia-Alabama border and the western boundary of Fort Moore at 32°22′41″N 84°58′14″W and an elevation of 177 feet.Upatoi is a name derived from the Muskogean language meaning either "sheet-like covering" or "bullfrog".

The Old Chattahoochee County Courthouse was built in Cusseta, Georgia, in newly created Chattahoochee County in 1854. After it was no longer used and slated for demolition, it was moved to Westville, in Lumpkin, Georgia, an outside museum depicting life in west Georgia circa 1850. The Lumpkin location of Westville closed in July 2016, and in 2019, the museum was moved to Columbus, Georgia, near the Columbus Public Library.It is a wood building, 50 by 60 feet (15 m × 18 m) in size, with four rooms downstairs. It is one of two remaining wooden courthouses in Georgia, the other being Old Marion County Courthouse. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Fort Moore Main Post Cemetery is a military cemetery at Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning) in Georgia. Over 10,000 United States Army soldiers and their dependents have been interred at the 8.38-acre facility since it was established in 1922.The first recorded interment occurred on 13 December 1922. Other burials at the cemetery include forty-four German and seven Italian prisoners of war who died at nearby detention camps during World War II, as well as four allied Chinese pilots. As of July 2022, there are three Medal of Honor recipients and twenty general officers interred at the cemetery.

The National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center is a museum located in Columbus, Georgia, just outside the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Moore (formerly Fort Benning). The 190,000-square-foot (18,000 m2) museum opened in June 2009. The museum chronicles the history of the United States Army Infantry from the American Revolution to current operations. It exhibits artifacts from all eras of American history and contains interactive multimedia exhibits. The National Infantry Museum emphasizes the values that are meant to define the Infantry, as well as the nation: loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity, and personal courage. In addition to galleries, the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center also consists of: Officer Candidate School (OCS) Hall of HonorOCS Hall of Fame Ranger Hall of HonorRanger Hall of Fame DownRange Combat Sims and Paradrop VR Simulator The Fife and Drum Restaurant *opening times vary* Giant Screen Theater Heritage Walk Inouye Parade Field Memorial Walk of Honor Vietnam Memorial Plaza Global War on Terrorism Memorial The Soldier Store Gift Shop World War II Company Street.Until April 2008, the museum was housed in the former Fort Benning Post Hospital. Space and conditions for the museum’s collection was inadequate. In 1998, the 501(c)(3) National Infantry Foundation [1] was formed to plan, raise funds for and to operate a new museum. The National Infantry Museum Foundation has since formed a formal partnership with the Army to manage the facility and its contents. The National Infantry Museum does not receive federal, state or city funding. Through its lease agreement with the National Infantry Museum Foundation, the Army reimburses the foundation for approximately 30 percent of the museum’s annual operating expenses. There is no admission fee. The museum relies on donations, memberships and revenue-generating attractions such as the Giant Screen Theater, DownRange simulators, Fife and Drum Restaurant, Soldier Store and event rentals to cover operating expenses. The museum is located on a 155-acre campus adjacent to Fort Moore. The campus includes Inouye Field, sprinkled with soil from the battlegrounds of Yorktown, Antietam, Soissons, Normandy, Corregidor, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and a 2,100-seat stadium which hosts graduations of Army trainees. The graduations are open to the public. World War II Company Street is a collection of seven buildings constructed at Fort Benning from 1940–1942. They have been refurbished as they were in the 1940s and are open for tours on weekends & by special arrangement. The buildings include a chapel, barracks, mess hall, orderly room, supply room, and the sleeping quarters and headquarters building used by Gen. George Patton while he commanded the 2nd Armored Division at Fort Benning prior to his deployment to North Africa in 1942. The Vietnam Memorial Plaza contains a ¾-scale replica of the Vietnam Wall on the Mall in Washington, D.C. The Global War on Terrorism Memorial, dedicated in October 2017, includes the names of more than 7,000 Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines killed in action since 9/11. A 13-foot steel beam pulled from the wreckage of the World Trade Center and donated to the museum by New York City firefighters is featured in the design of the memorial. The museum received a Thea Award for excellence from the Themed Entertainment Association in 2011, USA Today’s 2016, 2020 and 2021 Readers’ Choice Award for Best Free Museum, and TripAdvisor’s Hall of Fame recognition for continued excellence.

Fort Benning South is a former census-designated place (CDP) in Chattahoochee County, Georgia, United States. It is part of the Columbus, Georgia-Alabama metropolitan statistical area. The population was 11,737 at the 2000 census. The area is now part of the consolidated city of Cusseta.

Baker High School was located in Columbus, Georgia, United States. It was built in 1943 near Fort Benning, now named Fort Moore. It was named for Newton Diehl Baker, Secretary of War during World War I. The first graduates received their diplomas in 1945. Baker High served Columbus and Fort Benning for nearly fifty years, producing graduates who excelled in scholarship, athletics, and the arts. The last class of seniors graduated on June 6, 1991. The Baker name lives on at Baker Middle School a few blocks east on Benning Drive. Baker High School was demolished in 2011. On May 18, 2013, a historical marker was placed at the site of the former school by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission and the Baker High School Alumni Association.

Baker Village is a neighborhood in Columbus, Georgia. It is located southwest of the central business district of Downtown. The apartment complex in this neighbourhood has been demolished and is now the site of the new Arbour Village apartment community which is currently under construction.

WDAK (540 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Columbus, Georgia, United States, the station serves the Columbus/Phenix City/Auburn area. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. (as CC Licenses) and features programming from Westwood One, Compass Media Networks, Fox News Radio and Premiere Networks. It also broadcasts Columbus State University basketball and baseball games and Troy University sports events. Its studios are in Columbus, east of downtown, and its transmitter is southeast of downtown. 540 AM is a Canadian and Mexican clear-channel frequency; WDAK must reduce power during nighttime hours in order to protect the skywave signals of the dominant class A stations. Those Class A stations are: CBK, CBT and XEWA.

William Henry Spencer High School, is at 1000 Fort Benning Road in Columbus, Georgia, United States. The school colors are green and gold. The school mascot is the Owl, representing wisdom. The school also defines itself as "The Greenwave." The original school was established on November 29, 1930, by the Columbus Public Schools as the first African American high school in Columbus. The school was named in honor of Dr. William Henry Spencer, Supervisor of the Colored Schools in Muscogee County. The teaching staff consisted of 15 members.

The Chattahoochee RiverWalk is a 22-mile walking and biking area along the Chattahoochee River in Columbus, Georgia, United States. The trail is paved with asphalt, concrete, or brick. Due to the RiverWalk bike path, Columbus has been listed by the League of American Bicyclists as one of the forty most Bicycle Friendly Communities in the United States.