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Ringgold, Ga.

By Katie Ward May 31, 2016 2 min read

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Ringgold, Ga.

The long awaited pedestrian bridge over U.S. Highway 41, at the Ringgold Depot is to be named after long time mayor Joe Barger.

Statue of Confederate General Patrick Cleburne at the roadside park commemorating the November 1863 Battle of Ringgold Gap. The statue and park are located on US Highway 41. Photograph taken Friday.

The Ringgold Depot is on Nashville Street in Ringgold, Ga.

Jimmy Patterson rides a bronc in the Professional Cowboy Association's St. Jude's Children's Hospital Rodeo at Doug Yates Farm on Friday, Aug. 7, 2015, in Ringgold, Ga. The rodeo continues Saturday.

Shelton Murphy rides a bronc in the Professional Cowboy Association's St. Jude's Children's Hospital Rodeo at Doug Yates Farm on Friday, Aug. 7, 2015, in Ringgold, Ga. The rodeo continues Saturday.

Considerable progress has taken place with the construction along Nashville Street in Ringgold as Ringgold's downtown revitalization project focuses on bringing business and people back to the city center in Ringgold, Ga., on Monday, October 20, 2014.

Staff Photo by Alex McMahan This building, located on Old Catoosa Parkway and commonly called "The Old Stone Church" dates back to 1850. It was used as a headquaters, as well as a hospital, by both Union and Confederate armys during the war between the states. Renovated in 1997, the structure now houses a museum of Civil War artifacts and other earlier periods.

Location: About 15 miles south of Chattanooga in Catoosa County, Ga.

Size: 3.9 square miles

Population: 3,580

Incorporated: Dec. 18, 1847

Government: Mayor Nick Millwood, Vice Mayor Terry Crawford, Council members Larry Black, Sara Clark, Randall Franks and Jake Haynes