Visitors, pictured in 1928, observe an elephant at the Grant Park Zoo in Atlanta. The zoo was founded in 1886 with a spotted fawn, and its collection expanded to include exotic animals three years later with a donation from Atlanta businessman George V. Gress. Today the attraction is known as Zoo Atlanta. The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print.

In 1904 Helen Longstreet privately published Lee and Longstreet at High Tide, in which she tried to defend and resuscitate her husband's wartime reputation. The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder.

Henry L. Benning was a jurist who became associate justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia in the 1850s. He then became a vocal advocate for secession and earned the rank of brigadier general during the Civil War (1861-65). Henry Lewis Benning was born in Columbia County on April 2, 1814, to Malinda Meriwether White and Pleasant Moon Benning. His family moved to Harris County in 1832, while Benning was studying at the University of Georgia in Athens.

Hiram Warner was one of the original members of the Supreme Court of Georgia, eventually becoming that court’s second chief justice. Warner also held office as a circuit court judge, as a representative in the Georgia General Assembly, and as a U.S. congressman. Born in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, on October 29, 1802, Warner was one of ten children born to Mary Jane Coffin and Obadiah Warner. Warner moved to Georgia in 1822, when he accepted a teaching position at Sparta Academy in Hancock County.

A number of significant historical events have occurred in Georgia during the month of January.  1750-1799 1751 On January 1 the British House of Commons, at the request of the Trustees, overturned the ban on slavery in the Georgia colony. 1776 During the Revolutionary War, British forces moved warships onto the Savannah River. 1779 On January 31 British troops captured the city of Augusta. 1785 The Georgia legislature became the first in the nation to approve a charter for a state university, which opened in Athens sixteen years later as the University of Georgia.