On the quiet evening of February 15, 1898, the American exercise in saber rattling with Spain over the Cuban insurrection came to a sudden and violent end. Resting at anchor in the large harbor of Havana, Cuba, the battleship USS Maine erupted in flames, with no warning, as an explosion nearly tore the ship in two. More than 250 sailors died in the vessel’s sinking, and within days Spain was blamed for the attack as many American journalists and politicians cried for war.

Tanner Health System operates a 220-bed acute-care hospital in Carrollton. It is the second-largest employer in Carroll County. Photograph by Myron Wade House 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.

A large granite boulder with a decorative copper plate was installed in Savannah's Wright Square, southeast of the original grave marker, on April 21, 1899. The plate is inscribed to "the mico of the Yamacraws, the companion of Oglethorpe, and the ally of the colony of Georgia." 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.

Arabidopsis seedlings genetically engineered to resist toxic heavy metals grow on the right side of a petri dish in Richard Meagher's genetics laboratory at the University of Georgia. (Wild-type plants grow on the left.) Plants resistant to heavy metals and other toxins are used to clean the environment in a process known as phytoremediation. Photograph by Melissa Pischke LeBlanc 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.

Basketball player Walt Frazier rose to national prominence on the strength of his athletic prowess and dynamic personality. Excelling on both the college and professional levels, the Atlanta native won numerous awards, set records, and spearheaded several championship teams during the 1960s and 1970s. His flamboyant lifestyle off the court augmented his fame. Walter Frazier Jr.  was born in Atlanta on March 29, 1945, the eldest of nine children of Eula and Walter Frazier.