The Cockspur Island Lighthouse, erected in 1857 and built of Savannah gray brick, overlooks Fort Pulaski on Tybee Island. 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. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKSZnLW1tM6uqp6rXaSzbrPEqKmgoZFkum6Fl3Bm

Columbus College grew rapidly during the late 1960s and early 1970s as baby boomers and Fort Benning soldiers enrolled in classes. By the late 1970s, however, enrollment began to decline following the graduations of baby boomers and personnel cuts at Fort Benning. Courtesy of Columbus State University 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.

American Congregationalism is a direct descendent of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Puritanism, which began as a protest movement in England’s national Anglican Church. Congregational churches have been active in Georgia since the eighteenth century, but their numbers remain relatively low across the state. Early History Puritanism was founded on, among other things, a belief in God’s supreme authority as expressed in the Bible, simplicity in worship, and opposition to the supremacy of a monarch in the church.

The motto of the Court of Appeals of Georgia was engraved into the wall of its former courtroom in the State Judicial Building in Atlanta. Fifteen judges serve on the Court of Appeals, which was established in 1906 to ease the caseload of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Photograph by S. Sean Barrett 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.

Fossilized crab burrows on Cumberland Island were formed in sand deposits during the Pleistocene. Such burrows are found throughout the barrier islands and are typically about one meter deep. Photograph by David R. Schwimmer 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.