Dr. Stephen Miles Ingersoll

An overview of Dr. Stephen Miles Ingersoll—a true Renaissance man. He was one of the first residents of Columbus and perhaps the first white settler to live in Russell County, Alabama. He was a physician, Indian Agent, land developer, entrepreneur, mill owner, gold prospector, educator, and inventor. His actions led to an 1852 Supreme Court decision which ruled that Georgia owned the Chattahoochee River up to the high-water mark on the Alabama side of the river.