Pulitzer Prize–winner Mike Luckovich, a nationally syndicated editorial cartoonist, uses his offbeat wit and deft drawing skills to skewer politicians and comment on world events in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. His provocative visual satires have a mused and enraged both Democrats and Republicans. Michael Edward Luckovich was born on January 28, 1960, to Marilyn Westwood and John Luckovich in Seattle, Washington. His family moved often, and he learned that drawing caricatures of his new teachers proved an effective ploy in making friends, even if his creativity was not necessarily appreciated by his subjects.

The Paulding County Courthouse, located in Dallas, was built in 1892 and is designed in the Queen Anne style. The structure was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, and a three-story annex was added in 1990. It is the county's third courthouse. 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.

A peanut field in Stewart County is watered by a center-pivot irrigation system. In Georgia approximately 10,000 center-pivot systems, primarily found in the Dougherty Plain of the Flint River, are used to irrigate a variety of crops. Courtesy of Matthew M. Moye 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.

The Piedmont geologic province, underlain by igneous and metamorphic rocks, forms the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. The region contains some of the most distinctive landmarks in Georgia and is the source for many of the state’s most important raw materials. The Piedmont extends west to east across Georgia, from the edge of the Coastal Plain in the south to the Blue Ridge chain of the Appalachian Mountains in the north.

The Piedmont Hotel was located on Main Street a few blocks from the Southern Railway depot in Gainesville. Confederate General James Longstreet purchased the hotel after the Civil War, and he and his family operated it and lived there during the winter months. 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.