YUCHI RESERVATION
OUR CAMPUS … a Historical Heritage

“Always moving forward, never looking back”
- Yuchi Indian Chief

The Columbus Girls Academy is located on the border of Columbus, Georgia and Seale, Alabama. Although the property is officially located in Seale, we are headquartered in Columbus, Georgia.

The campus is nestled on 177 acres of rolling hills with a 35-acre lake. There are four student dorms, a recreation building, educational building, laundry facility and main lodge on the lake where the kitchen, dining room and offices are contained. There is a beautiful swimming pool, baseball field, volleyball court, tennis court, hiking trails, fishing, a 9-hole golf course and a large conference center for Teen Challenge International on the grounds.

Our campus is also proud of its historical heritage. Indian Trail, the main road leading onto the campus, is the actual location of the beginning of “The Trail of Tears”. In 1839, all the Indian tribes of the Southeastern United States, Cherokee, Creek, Yuchi, and others, were removed from their land and forced to walk from this area to the new Indian Territory, which we call Oklahoma today. On that journey, nearly 20,000 people lost their lives to the bitter elements of that cold winter. Thus, the name, “Trail of Tears.”

Some time ago, a small group of Yuchi Indians visited our campus to experience this historical site where their ancestors once lived. Their Pastor, a Yuchi Chief himself, shared with us that when the people began the journey, they proclaimed: “Always moving forward, never looking back.”

We believe this historical site is in the midst of making history once again. For the countless young lives that will be impacted by the ministry of Teen Challenge, for them, this will be the end of their personal “Trail of Tears.”

I don’t look back, I lengthen my stride, and I run straight toward the goal to win the prize that God’s heavenly call offers in Christ Jesus.  Phil 3:13,14