The Reverend Dwight Andrews (left), of First Congregational Church, and Steven Darsey, of Meridian Herald, are pictured at the Atlanta Music Festival in 2009. The two cofounded the festival in 2001. Courtesy of Meridian Herald 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.

Julian Harris, editor and co-owner, with his wife, Julia, of the Columbus Enquirer-Sun, reads mail at his desk in the late 1920s. Harris, the son of Georgia folklorist Joel Chandler Harris, and his wife jointly won a Pulitzer Prize in 1926 for their reporting in the Enquirer-Sun on state officials with ties to the Ku Klux Klan. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLHAq6OyZWJlwal5wp6lra2irnqovs6up6xln6e0orrIs5itoZ%2BjwHA%3D

Located in Effingham County about twenty-five miles northwest of Savannah on the banks of Ebenezer Creek, Ebenezer was one of Georgia’s original settlements and was Effingham’s county seat from 1797 to 1799. Established in 1734 as a military defense for Savannah, Ebenezer (meaning “stone of help” in Hebrew) was the recipient of Georgia’s first religious refugees. The original colonists emigrated from Salzburg in central Europe (present-day Austria), from where they were expelled in the early 1730s for their religious beliefs.

Fish Out of Water I (1985) by Connie Thomas is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. According to Thomas, "Fish have always been an interest of mine, but especially in the past few years. Inspired by frequent trips to the north Georgia mountains, I use wild life surroundings and nature fish as well as tropical fish for subjects." Fiber (cross-stitch), 16 x 25 1/2 inches 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.

George Cooke typified the ambitious American painter of the early nineteenth century. He began his artistic career as a self-taught itinerant painter in northern Virginia; in 1826 he went to Europe. His exposure to the old masters of the Renaissance and baroque periods encouraged him to try his hand at history painting and landscapes while continuing to derive his livelihood from portraiture. Back in the United States, Cooke found a generous patron in Daniel Pratt.