Many of the buildings and surrounding grounds, including the Hart County Courthouse, in downtown Hartwell were renovated as part of the city's streetscape project. Hartwell is a Georgia Mainstreet City. Photograph by Amber Rhea 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.

J. M. Henson was a major contributor to the development of southern gospel music. In 1921 he and a group of other musicians and businessmen formed the Southern Music Plate Company of Atlanta. Henson and his partners engaged in a wide range of activities to meet the needs of the flourishing field of gospel music in Georgia and other parts of the country. They published music theory books and songbooks featuring the seven-shape notational system, a staple of vintage southern gospel music.

The January 1995 issue of GEORGIA Magazine featured articles on winemaking and filmmaking in Georgia.  Courtesy of GEORGIA Magazine 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%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrnyosc6rnqKZXaKuqK3ZoqWeZ5qWu259mHJsmGhgZnw%3D

This etching by John Norman, made around 1776, depicts the death of Joseph Warren at the Battle of Bunker Hill during the Revolutionary War. Both Warren County and its seat, Warrenton, in east central Georgia are named in his honor. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division 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.

A secret society dedicated to white supremacy in the United States, the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) has existed in various forms since it was first organized in Tennessee shortly after the end of the Civil War (1861-65). The original Klan of Reconstruction was suppressed by the federal government in the early 1870s, but in following decades its violent activities were increasingly rationalized and even romanticized, most notably in Thomas Dixon’s popular novels, The Leopard’s Spots (1902) and The Clansman (1905).