Carrollton, the seat of Carroll County, is a major educational, economic, and health care center for several counties in western Georgia and eastern Alabama. It is located approximately 50 miles west of Atlanta, 85 miles north of Columbus, 95 miles south of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and 100 miles east of Birmingham, Alabama. Carrollton is rapidly being drawn into the Atlanta metropolitan area; it is approximately fifteen miles south of Interstate 20 and fifty miles west of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Charles Herty, an internationally recognized chemist, revolutionized the southern forestry and naval stores industry. During his years at the University of Georgia (UGA), he also contributed to the development of collegiate athletics. Born in Milledgeville on December 4, 1867, Charles Holmes Herty was educated as a chemist at the University of Georgia in Athens and earned his doctorate in 1890 from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. After graduating from Johns Hopkins, he returned to Athens, where he spent a year as an assistant chemist at the Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station (later the Georgia Experiment Station in Griffin).

The Chattahoochee River is a popular recreation spot for canoers, kayakers, and tubers. 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 may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoJyon6KWvanFjJ6lr6GipLuusc2tZpygkanBorTOqJqhnZViv6rCxKuinp2gmr9wuYxqbGtrXw%3D%3D

The Chattooga River descends rapidly from the Blue Ridge geologic province and forms the majority of Georgia’s northeast boundary between Rabun County and South Carolina’s Oconee County. Today, the National Forest Service manages the Chattooga, also known as James Dickey’s “Deliverance River,” as a National Wild and Scenic River. The Chattooga remains one of the only major free-flowing southern Appalachian rivers. Chattooga Geography The  fifty-mile Chattooga River begins at the base of Whitesides Mountain (elevation 4,930 feet) near Cashiers, North Carolina.

Cotton bales are stacked and ready to be placed into storage in the warehouses on Thomas Street, behind the Franklin House, in Athens circa 1915. 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.