The Clay County Courthouse, located in Fort Gaines, was completed in 1873. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1873. Courtesy of Don Bowman 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.

Congregation Mickve Israel, pictured circa 1930, was built in 1878 on Bull Street, on the east side of Monterey Square. The synagogue is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives.

From October 13, 1990, through October 13, 1998, Conyers housewife Nancy Fowler claimed that the Virgin Mary appeared to her and relayed messages to all citizens of the United States. The messages ranged from admonitions to prayers to warnings of war. The Virgin’s supposed visits to Conyers, a suburban community about thirty miles east of Atlanta, make Conyers one of the longest-lived Marian apparition sites in the nation. In the early 1990s the roads to Conyers were clogged with pilgrims yearning to hear Mary’s message.

Dutchy, now housed in the Elberton Granite Museum and Exhibit, once stood in Elberton's town square. The statue was so disliked by locals that they buried it in a hole near where it once stood. It was exhumed in 1982. Photograph by Melinda S. Mullikin, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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.

Located within Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn district, the reputed cradle of the civil rights movement, Ebenezer Baptist Church was the home church of Martin Luther King Jr. and arguably the movement’s spiritual hub. A Progressive National Baptist Convention affiliate, one of three African American Baptist conventions in the country, Ebenezer remains socially and politically active while serving the community through various ministries. Ebenezer was founded in 1886, in a small structure on Airline Street.