Jarret Jack dribbles down the court for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, coached by Paul Hewitt, during a 2004-5 season game. Courtesy of Georgia Tech Sports Information 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.

Jasper, the seat of Pickens County, is located in north central Georgia, at the southern end of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Located in one of Georgia’s smallest counties, the town is sixty miles north of Atlanta and eighty-five miles southeast of Chattanooga, Tennessee. According to the 2020 U.S. census, Jasper’s population was 4,084, a slight increase from the 2010 population of 3,684. A small town for most of its existence, Jasper is beginning to grow and change as a result of the continued expansion of the Atlanta metropolitan area.

Georgia native Doc Holliday, a noted gambler and gunman of the Old West, or Wild West, became famous for his role at the O.K. Corral gunfight in Tombstone, Arizona, in 1881, and for his lifelong friendship with Wyatt Earp. Holliday, an icon of American folk history, has been immortalized in numerous film and television productions. Georgia Years John Henry “Doc” Holliday was born on August 14, 1851, in Griffin, in Pike County (now part of Spalding County), to Alice Jane McKey and Henry Burroughs Holliday.

Joseph M. Terrell, a native of Meriwether County, was known as Georgia's "education governor." He served two consecutive terms, from 1902 to 1907, during which time he passed legislation creating eleven district agricultural and mechanical schools. Terrell also served as the state attorney general and as a U.S. senator during his political career. 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.

Five years after leaving her hometown of Smyrna, in Cobb County, to begin an acting career, Georgia native Julia Roberts achieved international celebrity with her starring role in the 1990 film Pretty Woman. Today an established Hollywood icon, Roberts is an Academy Award winner, the owner of a production company, a philanthropist, and one of the highest-paid actresses in the film industry. Family and Childhood Julia Fiona Roberts was born in Atlanta on October 28, 1967, to Betty Lou Bredemus and Walter Grady Roberts.