After playing in 1920-21 as the Georgia State League, the Georgia-Alabama League was rekindled in 1928 with Carrollton, Cedartown, and Lindale as the Georgia teams. 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.
The Cherokee leader Major Ridge and his family lived in this house, near present-day Rome, in the early 1800s. The house was part of Ridge's 280-acre plantation. Today, the historic site is a museum. Courtesy of Alice Taylor-Colbert, Shorter University. Reprinted by permission of Chieftains Museum 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.
Dobbs, Chris. "Connie Thomas." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Jul 19, 2017. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/connie-thomas/ Dobbs, C. (2017). Connie Thomas. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved Jul 19, 2017, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/connie-thomas/ Dobbs, Chris. "Connie Thomas." New Georgia Encyclopedia, 13 February 2017, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/connie-thomas/. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJufo7uqsYytn6ilkah8
David Bottoms served as state poet laureate of Georgia from 2000 to 2012. His first full-length volume of poetry, Shooting Rats at the Bibb County Dump (1980), brought him national attention. The poems are set in a landscape of southern woods and honky-tonks, "good old boys" and semi-outlaws. Photograph from David Bottoms 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.
The term Federal Road refers to either of two early-nineteenth-century thoroughfares. Both connected the borders of Georgia with western settlements. These roads facilitated a surge of westward migration, expanded regional trade and communication, and contributed to the removal of the Creeks and Cherokees to Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma. The roads were one instance of the federal government’s agenda of “internal improvements,” government-subsidized projects that would tie together the trade and people of the young nation.