/post/Recent content in Posts onHugo -- gohugo.ioen-us© 2022. All rights reserved.Sat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/altamaha-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/altamaha-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAltamaha Technical College is located in Jesup, the seat of Wayne County, with satellite campuses in Baxley (Appling County), Hazlehurst (Jeff Davis County), and Ludowici (Long County). Altamaha Tech provides postsecondary education programs in fields ranging from business technology and industrial technology to health sciences and personal services. The school’s mission is to meet the future economic challenges of southeast Georgia. Altamaha Tech is part of the Technical College System of Georgia, which is administered by the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG)./americus-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/americus-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAmericus, the county seat of Sumter County in southwest Georgia, is located approximately nine miles east of Plains and 150 miles south of Atlanta, in the middle of a triangle formed by Albany, Columbus, and Macon, sixteen miles west of the Flint River. The city was incorporated on December 22, 1832, and by the end of that century it had become the eighth largest city in the state. According to the 2020 U./archaic-period-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/archaic-period-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlStallings Island, located in the Savannah River eight miles upstream from Augusta, is best known for its very early pottery, a technological development that predated the advent of farming in Georgia by several millennia. Pictured are sherds of the punctated fiber-tempered pottery, ca. 3,800-3,500 years ago. The sherd on top is actually 11 centimeters wide. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcK3RnJ%2BaoZNivaa%2ByKibaA%3D%3D/arthur-m-blank-family-foundation.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/arthur-m-blank-family-foundation.htmlThe Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation is an independent foundation based in Atlanta. Its mission is “to promote positive change in people’s lives and to build and enhance the communities in which they live.” Trustees of the foundation include Arthur Blank, one of the founders of the Home Depot and the head of AMB Group, LLC (which owns the Atlanta Falcons, the Georgia Force, and the Mountain Sky Guest Ranch in Montana), as well as his wife, Stephanie, and adult children, Danielle, Dena, and Kenny Blank./associations-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/associations-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAt the age of nineteen, Frederic Ozanam organized the Conference of Charity in Paris, France, to provide assistance to the poor of the city. He chose the sixteenth-century cleric St. Vincent de Paul as patron of the organization, which later adopted its current name, the St. Vincent de Paul Society. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcK3SrKacoZGptrC60mg%3D/bacon-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bacon-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBacon County, in southeast Georgia, was named for U.S. senator Augustus Octavius Bacon, who served four terms and was president pro tempore of the Senate in 1912. The 285-square-mile county was created from portions of Appling, Pierce, and Ware counties in 1914. Because Bacon was the 151st county, an amendment was needed to override a previous limit of 145 counties set by Georgia voters in 1904. The area, part of the wiregrass region, was first settled by Creek Indians and then by pioneer families from the Carolinas who sought more affordable land./bernadette-smith-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bernadette-smith-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDobbs, Chris. "Bernadette Smith." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Jul 19, 2017. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/bernadette-smith/ Dobbs, C. (2017). Bernadette Smith. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved Jul 19, 2017, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/bernadette-smith/ Dobbs, Chris. "Bernadette Smith." New Georgia Encyclopedia, 08 March 2017, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/bernadette-smith/. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJqVp7uisMStq55lo6K2tbSO/berry-benson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/berry-benson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBerry Benson, a longtime citizen of Augusta, was a Civil War veteran, cotton broker, accountant, and writer. He served as the model for the anonymous soldier standing atop the Confederate Monument in Augusta, erected in 1878 on Broad Street. Courtesy of Edward J. Cashin 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./bill-elliott-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bill-elliott-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWith forty-four career wins by 2003 and the 1988 Winston Cup championship, Bill Elliott is one of the most  successful and popular drivers in the history of NASCAR Winston Cup racing. Bill Elliott was born on October 8, 1955, in Dawsonville. Growing up in a family passionate about stock car racing and in a community steeped in the wild and woolly traditions of moonshine running and stock car racing, Elliott developed an early interest in fast cars./birds-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/birds-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBirds, more than any other vertebrate (an animal with a backbone), dominate Georgia’s landscapes. The state’s diversity of habitats and physical features, from the northern mountains to the swamps and coastal islands, provides habitats for approximately 347 species of birds that live in Georgia at some point during their lifetimes. Between 90 and 110 species breed and nest in south Georgia. This number increases in north Georgia to almost 130 nesting birds./black-suffrage-in-the-twentieth-century.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/black-suffrage-in-the-twentieth-century.htmlThe twentieth-century effort to mobilize Black Georgians in the political process began during the 1930s and continues to the present. It involves a broad base of individuals and organizations whose common goal is to enhance Black political influence and representation in all three branches of government. During the first years of the twenty-first century, a renewed effort has been made to organize and mobilize the African American community. Historical Overview During the 1930s Atlanta University Center professors began to organize “citizenship schools” designed to prepare African Americans to participate in the political process./branch-mint-at-dahlonega-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/branch-mint-at-dahlonega-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1838 a federal Branch Mint went into operation at Dahlonega. It coined more than $100,000 worth of gold in its first year, and by the time it closed in 1861, it had produced almost 1.5 million gold coins with a face value of more than $6 million. Courtesy of Dahlonega Mountain Signal 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./bread-riots-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bread-riots-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHunger on the Georgia home front became so serious during the Civil War that food riots, with women as the main participants, broke out all across the state beginning in 1863. From Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper 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./bryan-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bryan-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBryan County, on the Georgia coast just south and west of Savannah, was created from Chatham County by an act of the state legislature on December 19, 1793. The county was named in honor of Jonathan Bryan, one of the leading colonial settlers in Georgia and a key figure in the colony’s movement toward independence and during the Revolutionary War (1775-83). In 1794 land from Effingham County was also transferred to Bryan./carson-mccullers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/carson-mccullers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCarson McCullers, considered one of the most significant American writers of the twentieth century, is best known for her novels The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, The Ballad of the Sad Cafe, Reflections in a Golden Eye, and The Member of the Wedding. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Photograph by Carl Van Vechten. 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./chateau-elan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/chateau-elan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAlmost 200 acres of vineyards at Chateau Elan, a winery in Braselton, are planted with Vitis vinifera varieties and French-American hybrids. Chateau Elan produces an average of 40,000 cases of wine annually. Courtesy of Gerard Krewer 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./chelsea-rathburn-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/chelsea-rathburn-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlChelsea Rathburn is the author of three award-winning poetry collections and has served as the poet laureate of Georgia since 2019. Her work is marked by quiet intensity and explores relationships between form and content, and between the self and the world. Rathburn was born in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1975 and raised in Miami, but her maternal family has lived in Georgia for nearly two centuries. She earned a B.A. in English from Florida State University in 1997 and an M./children-in-poverty-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/children-in-poverty-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThough some progress has been made in recent decades, Georgia still ranks among those states with the highest rates of childhood poverty and continues to perform poorly on other indicators of childhood wellness. According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, in Georgia, 519,000 related children under the age of eighteen were living below the poverty level in 2017. Of these, 258,000 were African American, a figure that represented 31 percent of all Black children in the state./circus-parade-thomasville-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/circus-parade-thomasville-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Ringling Brothers Circus band playing atop their circus wagon in a parade through the downtown area of Thomasville in 1904. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOrKeoqqSoerDB052mqKpdp7KkvsSaq6KnnmSwqr7Crqqeq1%2BienOBkW9m/cotton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cotton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFrom the late eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century, there was no more important single factor in Georgia’s agricultural economy than cotton. In 2014 the state ranked second in cotton production in the United States, behind Texas, planting 1.4 million acres. Introduction of Cotton There was little indication at the time of the American Revolution (1775-83) that cotton would become an integral part of the state’s history. Georgians imported Sea Island cotton from the West Indies to the state’s coastal areas around 1785 and, after some difficulty, successfully produced small amounts of cotton./cotton-expositions-in-atlanta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cotton-expositions-in-atlanta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn the late nineteenth century, fairs and expositions were an important way for cities to attractvisitors and investors who, in an era before radio and television, were eager to see new technological marvels on display. These events provided civic leaders with a showcase to lure visitors, who were urged to come and do business in the host location. In the years following the Civil War (1861-65), Atlanta’s leaders hosted a series of three “cotton expositions” that were important to the city’s recovery and economic development./cumming-country-fair-and-festival.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cumming-country-fair-and-festival.htmlThe Cumming Country Fair and Festival, held each October in Cumming, offers a variety of rides and games along the midway, as well as concerts, a petting zoo, and Heritage Village, which features historical exhibits. Photograph by Nancy Horton 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./downtown-macon-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/downtown-macon-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA row of storefronts in downtown Macon. The end of the twentieth century saw Macon's economic focus shift from agriculture and industry to retail and service. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia./earl-mann-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/earl-mann-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLong before Ted Turner and the Atlanta Braves, Earl Mann was known as “Mr. Atlanta Baseball” and the “Baseball Genius in Dixie.” Mann rose from humble beginnings as a Georgia farm boy to build a baseball dynasty. Born Otis Earl Mann on October 2, 1904, in Riverdale (Clayton County), Mann was selling peanuts, cushions, and soft drinks at Spiller Field (later known as Ponce de Leon Ballpark) by the time he was twelve./fay-and-eichberg-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fay-and-eichberg-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAlthough the partnership of Calvin Fay and Alfred S. Eichberg was fairly brief (1881-88), their combined careers as major Georgia architects spanned virtually the entire Victorian era, from 1851 to 1899. The work of these two men shows the great variety of architectural trends during these years and illustrates how Victorian architectural ideas were executed in Georgia. Born in upstate New York in 1819, Calvin Fay began his southern career in Savannah, as the supervising architect for St./flint-river-bridge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/flint-river-bridge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1858 Nelson Tift commissioned Horace King to build this bridge in Albany across the Flint River. In 1887 Tift sold the bridge to Dougherty County. Shown here in 1892, the bridge was destroyed in 1897 when the Flint overflowed its banks during a flood. 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-stallings-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/george-stallings-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia native George Stallings, known to baseball fans as the "Miracle Man," managed one of the most renowned teams in the game's history, the 1914 "Miracle" Boston Braves. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Bain News Service photograph collection. 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./georgia-military-institute-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-military-institute-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEstablished in Marietta and opened to students in July 1851, the Georgia Military Institute (GMI) was the principal source of education for new engineers and teachers in the state during the decade prior to the Civil War (1861-65). Originally funded by private subscription and donations, GMI began its official relationship with the state in 1852, when the legislature chartered the school and presented it with muskets, swords, and a battery of four cannons./georgia-state-flag-stamp-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-state-flag-stamp-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe U.S. Postal Service commemorated the nation's 1976 bicentennial anniversary with a stamp for every state flag. At the time, Georgia was still using the now-controversial 1956 state flag, featuring the Stars and Bars of the Confederate battle flag. Courtesy of Smithsonian National Postal Museum 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./glynn-county-marsh-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/glynn-county-marsh-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA marsh in Glynn County is pictured from Jekyll Island in 2004. Poet Sidney Lanier was inspired to write "The Marshes of Glynn" (1879) after a visit to Brunswick. The poem's narrator begins with a rhythmic description of the thick marsh before his vision expands seaward, culminating in an epiphany that the vast marshes and sea are filled with power and mystery. Photograph by Moultrie Creek 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./green-anole-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/green-anole-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGreen anoles (Anolis carolinensis) live in trees, shrubs, vines, and tall grasses. These lizards can often be found on fences and walls. Green anoles are also known as chameleons because they can quickly change color from green (when they fight) to brown (during cool weather). 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./habersham-family-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/habersham-family-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Habershams—James and his sons, James Jr., Joseph, and John—were prominent in the economic and political life of colonial, revolutionary, and early national Georgia. Their connection with Georgia history began with the arrival of James Habersham (ca. 1712-75) in colonial Georgia in 1738. Although trained as a merchant in his uncle’s firm in London, England, James Habersham developed a strong religious friendship with George Whitefield and, when asked, accompanied the evangelist to Georgia as a teacher./heritage-tourism-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/heritage-tourism-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTourism is Georgia’s second largest industry, and in 2004 it contributed $26 billion to the state’s economy. By marketing historic downtowns and neighborhoods, house museums, landscapes, and archaeological sites alongside nearby attractions, communities can enhance their appeal to tourists. To be successful, the historic properties must be properly maintained, accessible to the public, and accurately interpreted. Archaeological and historic properties play an important role in the tourism economies of Augusta, Macon, coastal Georgia, and the Georgia mountains./howard-swanson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/howard-swanson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHoward Swanson's classical music compositions have been performed by major orchestras and leading singers, including Leontyne Price and Marian Anderson. Courtesy of the Center for Black Music, Columbia College, Chicago. Photograph by Maurice Seymour, New York 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./hurt-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hurt-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Hurt Building, named for Atlanta developer Joel Hurt and completed in 1926, was the seventeenth-largest office building in the world; still standing, it remains a distinctive Atlanta landmark. Photograph by Ganeshk 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./inman-family-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/inman-family-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFour generations of the Inman family begin with (right to left) Shadrach W. Inman, Samuel M. Inman, Henry Arthur Inman, and Arthur Crew Inman. Shadrach arrived in Atlanta from east Tennessee in 1865 to join his brothers William H. and Walker P. Inman. The Inman family soon became among the most wealthy and prominent in the city. 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./jeff-sanders-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jeff-sanders-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia Southern basketball player Jeff Sanders (jersey number 42) is one of the university's best-known players. After excelling on the collegiate level during the late 1980s, Sanders went on to play for a few teams in the NBA, including the Atlanta Hawks. Courtesy of Georgia Southern Athletic Media Relations 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./joseph-vann-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/joseph-vann-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJoseph Vann, the son of Cherokee chief James Vann, inherited his father's Spring Place Plantation in Murray County. Before being dispossessed of the plantation in 1834, Vann was a successful businessman and member of the Cherokee legislature. Courtesy of Chief Vann House Historic Site 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./julien-green-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/julien-green-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJulien Green, novelist, autobiographer, dramatist, critic, and first non-French national elected to the Academie Francaise (1971), was greatly attached to his American nationality and to his roots in Georgia. A large section of his writing constitutes a quest for identity by an American living abroad in France. Early Life Green was born in Paris of American parents; his mother was from Savannah, Georgia, his father from Virginia. He was baptized Julien Hartridge Green in honor of his maternal grandfather, Georgia congressman Julian Hartridge./king-thackston-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/king-thackston-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDigging for Gold—From a Photograph by Sebastiao Salgado (1987) by King Thackston is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. According to Thackston, "A search for archetypal, universal images of mankind. This image was chosen for its non-specific location and place in time. Although it is a current image of a gold mine in South America, it could be a primitive culture, anywhere in the world." Pencil, 40 x 65 inches ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKOZo7RuwMeamqSrpKS7bn2YbXBmamBlgXA%3D/koinonia-farm-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/koinonia-farm-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAttempting to live out the principles of pacifism, simplicity, and racial integration, a pair of white Baptist ministers and their wives, Mabel and Martin England and Florence and Clarence Jordan, established Koinonia Farm on 400 acres in rural Sumter County in 1942. The ministers also hoped to teach improved farm practices. Named after the Greek word for fellowship and based on the early Christian church, Koinonia was to be a Christian community in which members pooled their resources into a common treasury and treated all persons as equals, regardless of race or class./large-oak-tree-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/large-oak-tree-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLarge Oak Tree (1985) by William T. Livesay is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Print (intaglio), 13 3/4 x 24 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts./lauren-gunderson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lauren-gunderson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOne of the most produced playwrights in the United States, Lauren Gunderson’s oeuvre includes plays, musicals, screenplays, and picture books. Many of her works focus on the lives of real and imagined heroines, particularly women in the sciences, and explore themes of innovation, morality, and discovery. Lauren Gunderson was born in Decatur to parents with careers in both the arts and sciences—influences that would later inform her work as a playwright./marion-montgomery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/marion-montgomery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPoet, novelist, intellectual, and literary critic, Marion Montgomery taught composition, literature, and creative writing at the University of Georgia for thirty-three years. He also wrote hundreds of poems, dozens of short stories, three novels, one novella, and more than twenty books of literary and cultural criticism. Montgomery received numerous awards for his fiction and verse in the 1960s and early 1970s. In 2001 he received the Stanley W. Lindberg Award (named for longtime Georgia Review editor Stanley Lindberg) for outstanding contributions to Georgia’s literary heritage./old-wilkes-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/old-wilkes-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe old courthouse in Wilkes County, pictured circa 1890, was constructed in 1817 and served until 1904. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOsKClo5WoeqS71KersmedYn5xfphqZg%3D%3D/olmstead-litigants-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/olmstead-litigants-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFrom left to right:  Sue Jamieson (Atlanta Legal Aid Society) and Olmstead case plaintiffs Elaine Watson and Lois Curtis in 2003. Photograph used by permission of Institute on Human Development and Disability (UCEDD), College of Family and Consumer Sciences, the University 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./peaches-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/peaches-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Elberta peach variety, which flourishes along the state's fall line, spurred Georgia peach production, and by the early 1900s Georgia was the leading peach grower in the nation. Photo by AbbydonKrafts 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./pemberton-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/pemberton-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis Greek revival-style cottage, at 11 Seventh Street in Columbus, was occupied by John Stith Pemberton and his family, 1855-60. Pemberton, a druggist in Columbus and later Atlanta, was the originator of Coca-Cola. The apothecary, once the kitchen, houses unique Coke memorabilia. Courtesy of Historic Columbus Foundation 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./philip-lee-williams-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/philip-lee-williams-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPhilip Lee Williams is an award-winning and prolific writer who has lived his entire life in Georgia. Williams has authored books in the genres of fiction, memoir, essay, poetry, and children’s literature. He also founded and edited the poetry journal Ataraxia. In 2007 Williams received a Governor’s Award in the Humanities in recognition of his many contributions to the state’s literary heritage, and in 2010 he was inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame./pierced-heart-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/pierced-heart-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPierced Heart (1989) by Bill Alexander is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Fiber, 54 x 34 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomqiknJqwtbXOp6pon5Wkv6i1wKxkrKyRqbJurdGtZJynnKGypMDIqKVoqJmav6Sxw2afnpmiqayiuMSxmKeclaescXyQaA%3D%3D/rashad-and-young-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rashad-and-young-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlActors Phylicia Rashad and Mark Young portray the characters Angel and Guy in the Alliance Theatre's 1995 production of Blues for an Alabama Sky, written by Georgia playwright Pearl Cleage. Photograph by Jennifer Lester 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./rose-lawn-museum-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rose-lawn-museum-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Rose Lawn Museum on Cherokee Avenue in Cartersville is the former house of evangelist Sam Jones, for whom Nashville's Union Gospel Tabernacle (Ryman Auditorium) was built. The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Image from Amesmultimedia 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./roswell-mill-women-housing-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/roswell-mill-women-housing-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Bricks, two apartment buildings totaling ten units, were erected circa 1840 as housing for mill workers in the Roswell mill village. The dilapidated structures were photographed prior to renovations in the 1980s and 1990s and conversion to commercial use. Courtesy of Roswell Historical Society 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./rudy-york-and-roy-henderson.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rudy-york-and-roy-henderson.htmlRudy York (left) sits with teammate Roy Henderson in 1930, when the two played together on the company team for the textile mill in Atco. York later went on to play professionally for the Detroit Tigers. Photograph from Collection of Bartow History Center, Cartersville 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./run-little-chillun-poster-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/run-little-chillun-poster-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe poster, created in the late 1930s, for the Federal Theatre Project presentation of Run Little Chillun at the Savoy Theatre in San Diego, California. Hall Johnson's folk opera opened on Broadway in New York in 1933. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection,, #LC-USZC2-5692. 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./russell-brasstown-scenic-byway-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/russell-brasstown-scenic-byway-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Russell-Brasstown Scenic Byway is a forty-one-mile paved loop that lies entirely within the Chattahoochee National Forest in Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountains. It extends north from Helen to Brasstown Bald and then southwest to Raven Cliff Falls and Wilderness Area and Dukes Creek Falls. Due to changes in elevation, the byway enjoys an extended fall color season. Image from Thomson200 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./second-atlanta-international-pop-festival.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/second-atlanta-international-pop-festival.htmlThe second Atlanta International Pop Festival took place July 3-5, 1970, in Byron. 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%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJmkoa6vwMBmoKeslae7osDIqKWapF2lvLF5xZ6qraGmlrm0e8Cto5qmpJZ6sbvPZp2eq6Sew6K4vmlnbWc%3D/sherman-s-march-to-the-sea.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sherman-s-march-to-the-sea.htmlThe March to the Sea, the most destructive campaign against a civilian population during the Civil War (1861-65), began in Atlanta on November 15, 1864, and concluded in Savannah on December 21, 1864. Union general William T. Sherman abandoned his supply line and marched across Georgia to the Atlantic Ocean to prove to the Confederate population that its government could not protect the people from invaders. He practiced psychological warfare; he believed that by marching an army across the state he would demonstrate to the world that the Union had a power the Confederacy could not resist./sonny-perdue-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sonny-perdue-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSonny Perdue, a native of Houston County, became Georgia's first Republican governor in 130 years when he was inaugurated on January 13, 2003. He served two terms, leaving office in 2011. Courtesy of University of Georgia Photographic Services 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./southern-college-of-optometry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/southern-college-of-optometry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSouthern College of Optometry in Memphis, Tennessee, is one of four optometry schools in the Southeast. Because an optometry school does not exist in Georgia, the state covers out-of-state tuition costs for Georgia students who are accepted at Southern College. Image from Halpaugh 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./southern-gospel-music-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/southern-gospel-music-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOver the years Georgians have made significant contributions to the creation and survival of southern gospel music. Georgians have been in the forefront among the composers, publishers, and performers of music characterized by close harmonies and a strong religious lyrical content. Southern gospel music, whose performers and audiences are primarily white, is to be distinguished from the popular sacred music of African Americans, which is usually referred to as Black gospel music, or simply as gospel music./sparta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sparta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLocated in the old cotton plantation country of middle Georgia, Sparta is the seat of Hancock County. The town is situated near the fall line and lies roughly halfway between Macon and Augusta, twenty-three miles east of the old Georgia capital at Milledgeville, and sixty-five miles south of Athens. Bearing a historic name, Sparta is a small town with a rich history. The historian Phinizy Spalding once wrote that those curious about Georgia’s cultural roots might find answers “in that remarkable small town of Sparta where both races have seen such travail but where they have somehow survived and contributed to Georgia’s culture, via writing, education, and an extraordinary architectural legacy that cannot be equaled elsewhere in the state./springer-opera-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/springer-opera-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe restored Springer Opera House in Columbus, built in 1871, is the official state theater of Georgia. Courtesy of Springer Opera 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. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJ%2BVp8GzwcOeZKaZXaeuqrrEsmRqcGhrenKFknJmrKiinruosdFmpqmdopZ6qbvUrJyYaGBofA%3D%3D/thomas-butler-king-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/thomas-butler-king-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThomas Butler King is remembered primarily as a planter/politician from coastal Georgia who labored with mixed success to improve the nation’s nascent transportation and communication networks. King was born in Palmer, Massachusetts, the son of Daniel and Hannah Lord King. He attended Westfield Academy in Massachusetts and studied law under his brother Henry in Allentown, Pennsylvania. In 1823 he followed another brother, Stephen Clay King, to southeast Georgia and took up the practice of law./tommy-aaron-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tommy-aaron-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTommy Aaron, a native of Gainesville, won the Master's Tournament in Augusta in 1973. He was later inducted into both the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame and the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame.  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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./transportation-aerospace-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/transportation-aerospace-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWith a wide fuselage, distinctive high tail, and multiwheeled landing gear, the C-130 Hercules is one of the most versatile and rugged transport aircraft ever built. Beyond its role as a versatile cargo and troop transport, C-130s are used as bombers, cannon-firing gunships, hurricane hunters, aerial refueling tankers, air ambulances, firefighters, and even aerial sprayers. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcMDRmqWsqJ%2BnwaLAyKilZpmVp7y0vMCcnGg%3D/turner-broadcasting-headquarters-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/turner-broadcasting-headquarters-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe headquarters for Turner Broadcasting System, founded by Ted Turner in 1970, are located in Atlanta. Today the system comprises a variety of television networks, including TBS Superstation, CNN, Turner Classic Movies, and Cartoon Network, as well as Internet sites and radio networks. Courtesy of Turner Broadcasting 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./tybee-island-lighthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tybee-island-lighthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBecause of its strategic location at the mouth of the Savannah River, Tybee Island has played an important role in the military history of Georgia. The island's lighthouse, constructed in 1736, was used as part of a warning system during the War of 1812. 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./w-c-bradley-company-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/w-c-bradley-company-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe W. C. Bradley Company, headquartered in Columbus, comprises several manufacturing, sales, and real estate enterprises. The company’s products include such home and leisure consumer products as barbecue grills, outdoor lamps, and fishing tackle, and its real estate division is a major seller, developer, and redeveloper of commercial and residential properties in Columbus. In 2005 Georgia Trend reported that the W. C. Bradley Company was Georgia’s nineteenth-largest privately held company, with approximately $650 million in revenue and 2,500 employees./wallingford-riegger-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wallingford-riegger-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe composer Wallingford Riegger is pictured circa 1909 as a student in Berlin, Germany, where he studied the cello and composition for three years. A native of Albany, Riegger was summoned to testify before the Congressional House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1957, but he refused to answer their questions about suspected Communists. From Wallingford Riegger: Two Essays in Musical Biography, by S. Spackman 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./wesleyan-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wesleyan-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWesleyan College moved from downtown Macon to its current location in the suburb of Rivoli in 1928. The original master architecture and landscape plan has been maintained since that time, and the campus was named a National Register Historic District in 2004. 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./white-ibis-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/white-ibis-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe white ibis is one of many bird species inhabiting the Grand Bay Wildlife Management Area in Lowndes County. The Grand Bay wetland is a designated bird-watching site along the Southern Rivers Birding Trail and offers glimpses of a variety of birds, including egrets, hawks, owls, and woodpeckers. Photograph by Julius F. Ariail Jr. 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./whitfield-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/whitfield-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWhitfield County is located in northwest Georgia at the southern end of the Appalachian Mountains, about thirty miles south of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and eighty miles north of Atlanta. It shares a northern border with Tennessee and covers nearly 290 square miles. The county was formed from part of Murray County in 1851 and named for the Reverend George Whitefield, an Englishman who first visited Georgia in 1738. Whitefield created the Bethesda orphan house near Savannah in 1740./william-j-stanley-iii-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 22 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/william-j-stanley-iii-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWilliam J. "Bill" Stanley, a native of Atlanta, was the first African American to graduate from Georgia Tech with a degree in architecture. In 1978 he and his wife, Ivenue Love-Stanley, established the architectural firm Stanley, Love-Stanley in Atlanta, where he handles marketing and design. Courtesy of Stanley, Love-Stanley, P.C. 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./agriculture-in-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/agriculture-in-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia’s agricultural industry plays a significant role in the state’s economy, contributing billions of dollars annually. Agricultural labor, while no longer the largest source of work for Georgians today, has nevertheless shaped the culture and identity of the state. Once viewed primarily as a cotton state, Georgia now consistently ranks first in the nation’s production of poultry and eggs and is also a top producer of peanuts, pecans, tobacco, blueberries, and peaches./albany-civil-rights-movement-museum.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/albany-civil-rights-movement-museum.htmlThe Albany Civil Rights Movement Museum (later the Albany Civil Rights Institute) opened in 1998 in the former Old Mt. Zion Church. In 1961 Martin Luther King Jr. organized a mass meeting of civil rights activists, which met at the church. The museum moved to a new facility adjacent to Old Mt. Zion in 2008. 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./altamaha-river-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/altamaha-river-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe third largest contributor of freshwater to the Atlantic Ocean on North America’s eastern shore, the Altamaha River basin lies entirely within the state of Georgia. The Altamaha River, formed by the confluence of the Ocmulgee and Oconee rivers near Lumber City and joined farther downstream by the Ohoopee River, flows more than 130 straight-line miles from its northernmost points to its entry into the Atlantic Ocean north of Brunswick. The Altamaha River basin drains nearly one quarter of the state of Georgia, with its 14,000-square-mile watershed reaching from the upper Piedmont to the Lower Coastal Plain and encompassing the cities of Athens, Macon, Milledgeville, and parts of Atlanta./andrew-young-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/andrew-young-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAndrew Young’s lifelong work as a politician, human rights activist, and businessman has been in great measure responsible for the development of Atlanta’s reputation as an international city. Early Life and Career Andrew Jackson Young Jr. was born on March 12, 1932, in New Orleans, Louisiana, into a prosperous middle-class family. His mother, Daisy Fuller, was a schoolteacher, and his father, Andrew Young, was a dentist. Born during the depths of the Great Depression and Jim Crow segregation, Young was brought up to believe that “from those to whom much has been given, much will be required./atlanta-in-ruins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-in-ruins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAn illustration, originally from Harper's New Monthly (October 1865), depicts Atlanta after the evacuation of Confederate troops in late 1864. 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%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6aq6WZnqmubq%2FApqeaoZejfK55kG9ucmc%3D/augustin-verot-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/augustin-verot-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn the aftermath of the Civil War, Augustin Verot called for Catholic bishops to support the construction of schools and churches for freedmen.  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./beall-springs-hotel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/beall-springs-hotel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlVisitors gather in 1908 outside the Beall Springs Hotel, a popular resort destination in Warren County during the early twentieth century. Built around a mineral springs, the town of Beall Springs developed after the state acquired the springs and surrounding land in 1773. 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./bobby-cox-and-an-umpire.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bobby-cox-and-an-umpire.htmlOne of the greatest managers in the history of major league baseball, Bobby Cox (left) led the Atlanta Braves of the 1990s to an unprecedented domination of the National League.  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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./camp-hancock-formation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/camp-hancock-formation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis military formation, shown from an aerial view circa 1918, included 22,500 soldiers and 600 machine guns to replicate the insignia of the Machine Gun Training Center at Camp Hancock, near Augusta. 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./cherokee-phoenix-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cherokee-phoenix-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Cherokee Phoenix, the first Native American newspaper in the United States, was first printed in 1828 in New Echota, Georgia, the capital of the Cherokee Nation. The paper was published weekly until May 1834, when the Cherokee annuity was not paid and the presses came to a stop. This issue is dated January 28, 1829. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6cn56qn6CypnnPoaaeppmtfK55l21paA%3D%3D/colquitt-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/colquitt-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Colquitt County Courthouse, built in 1902, is located in Moultrie. The courthouse, along with the Moultrie Commercial Historic District and several other downtown buildings, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./community-preservation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/community-preservation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe story of historic preservation in Georgia, as in the nation, is one of the rebirth of neighborhoods and downtowns. Since 1955, when the Historic Savannah Foundation began reclaiming that city’s historic downtown neighborhoods, historic preservation has increasingly been used in Georgia as the basis for community development. This direction was encouraged by the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, which promoted the preservation of the nation’s history as “a living part of community life and development./delta-gate-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/delta-gate-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDelta employees board passengers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Reprinted by permission of Delta Air Lines 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%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrnylscutmGaZmad6rbXNnqpopV1ogneDjg%3D%3D/denmark-groover-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/denmark-groover-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRepresentative Denmark Groover, pictured in 1984, was considered one of the shrewdest members of the General Assembly because of his prodigious memory for legislation. He was also involved in some of the state's most controversial political events, including two redesigns of the state flag. 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./dexter-weaver-soul-food-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dexter-weaver-soul-food-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDexter Weaver, owner of Athens eatery Weaver D's, explains that is food for the soul. Video by Darby Carl Sanders, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./eugene-talmadge-memorial-hospital-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/eugene-talmadge-memorial-hospital-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Eugene Talmadge Memorial Hospital in Augusta, built by the state for the Medical College of Georgia (later Georgia Health Sciences University), opened in June 1956 with six buildings. Courtesy of Historical Collections and Archives, Robert B. Greenblatt, M.D. Library, Georgia Health Sciences University 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./fitzgerald-settlers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fitzgerald-settlers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSome of the earliest settlers of Fitzgerald, the seat of Ben Hill County, are pictured in front of their tent in "Shacktown." Fitzgerald was established by Philander H. Fitzgerald as a soldiers' colony for Union veterans in 1896. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./fox-theatre-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fox-theatre-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Fox Theatre in Atlanta, pictured from the south in 2002, was originally designed as the Yaraab Temple by the architectural firm Marye, Alger, and Vinour. The building opened as a theater in 1929. Photograph by Mary Ann Sullivan 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./frances-newman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/frances-newman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlNewman's novels, The Hard-Boiled Virgin (1926) and Dead Lovers Are Faithful Lovers (1928), portrayed the widely acclaimed social change in the South at the turn of the century as superficial rather than substantial for women, who continued to have restrictive roles in marriage and limited educational and career opportunities. 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./georgia-dome-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-dome-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Georgia Dome in downtown Atlanta was best known as the home of the Atlanta Falcons football franchise, but the facility, which opened in 1992 and was demolished just twenty-five years later, also hosted a variety of sporting competitions and other functions, ranging from concerts to trade shows to religious events. In addition to Falcons football, the dome hosted the 1994 and 2000 Super Bowls, the 1996 Olympic Games, the 2002 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men’s Final Four basketball playoffs, the 2003 NCAA women’s Final Four, the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Atlantic Coast Conference men’s basketball tournaments, the SEC football championship game, and the USA Indoor Track and Field championships./gordon-county-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gordon-county-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe city park next to the Calhoun-Gordon County Library. Courtesy of Harold Rose 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%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOoKarnJ%2BjeqS71KersmedYoBxgZho/great-migration-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/great-migration-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Great Migration was a mass movement of millions of African Americans that forever changed the state of Georgia and the United States. It developed in two general phases, with an initial wave that occurred between 1910 and 1930 and a second that unfolded between 1940 and 1970. Over the course six decades, roughly 6 million Black southerners moved from the South to the North, Midwest, and West. Although millions of white southerners also moved during this period, scholars use the term “Great Migration” to refer only to the movements of African Americans—a choice indicative of their history as a racialized minority throughout slavery and Jim Crow./henry-clay-white-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/henry-clay-white-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAn internationally known scientist, Henry Clay White served as professor of chemistry at the University of Georgia from 1872 to 1927. White was especially interested in the application of chemistry to the improvement of crops, and he advanced agricultural science and education in Georgia. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, on December 30, 1848, White was the son of Louisa Elvira Brown and Levi Stratton White, a merchant. After graduating from the University of Virginia in 1870, he worked briefly for a chemical company in Baltimore and presented lectures at the city’s Maryland Institute for the Promotion of Mechanic Arts./herman-talmadge-and-ellis-arnall.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/herman-talmadge-and-ellis-arnall.htmlEllis Arnall, far left, shakes hands with Herman Talmadge, who is obscured, on January 7, 1947. Running for office on the heels of the Cocking affair, the thirty-five-year-old Arnall defeated Eugene Talmadge to become the youngest governor in the nation. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJ2coba0ecCrpZqknGJ%2BenyWZmhycWJktaa%2BzJqlZqyRobqisMaeZJqmlGKus7rApaNmq5iWuKarj2loZmpf/hofwyl-plantation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hofwyl-plantation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Hofwyl Plantation (later the Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation) in Glynn County, a state historic site, is pictured circa 1910. The plantation, established in 1801, produced rice until shortly after the Civil War ended in 1865. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./ivan-allen-jr-1993-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ivan-allen-jr-1993-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1981 Allen received the Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize, presented by Coretta Scott King. A year after his death in 2003 the city of Atlanta honored their former mayor by naming a street after him. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./j-richardson-jones-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/j-richardson-jones-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJ. Richardson Jones was an actor, a cinematographer, and a journalist for the Atlanta Daily World, the largest circulating Black southern newspaper during the first half of the twentieth century. Jones’s radio broadcasts, stage productions, race movies, and wartime newsreels celebrated African American life along Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn Avenue. Working in the Jim Crow era, he also attempted to undermine segregation through his work by presenting Black citizens as patriotic, industrious, and cultured./james-blount-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/james-blount-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFor twenty years after Reconstruction, James Blount represented the Sixth District of Georgia (Macon and middle Georgia) in the U.S. House of Representatives. Serving from 1873 to 1893, he was among the southern Democrats known as the Redeemers. Unlike some southern congressmen who separated themselves from national issues, Blount gained the respect of national Democrats and served as chair of both the Post Office Committee and the Committee on Foreign Affairs./jefferson-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jefferson-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJefferson County, in east central Georgia southwest of Augusta, was established in 1796 as the state’s twenty-third county on land formerly a part of Burke and Warren counties. It was named after U.S. president Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and the first U.S. secretary of state. Louisville, the county seat, was the third capital of Georgia. Unlike its predecessors, Savannah and Augusta, it was founded specifically as the permanent state capital, with the first planned capitol building, which was completed in 1796./jekyll-island-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jekyll-island-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSince 1950 Jekyll has operated under the auspices of the Jekyll Island Authority. The island has become renowned for the preservation of its natural and historic resources, and it provides public access to thousands of visitors annually. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia./jerry-reed-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jerry-reed-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJerry Reed's long career in the country and pop music industry began in 1955, when he was eighteen years old, and continued into the twenty-first century. In addition to writing and recording his own songs, Reed has worked as a session musician for such artists as Willie Nelson and Elvis Presley and as a producer on his own record label. 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./john-donald-wade-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-donald-wade-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlNative Georgian John Donald Wade contributed to I'll Take My Stand (1930), the manifesto of the Agrarian literary movement, while teaching at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1934 Wade returned to the University of Georgia, where his academic career began, and twelve years later founded the Georgia Review, a renowned literary journal. From Selected Essays and Other Writings, edited by D. Davidson 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./john-macpherson-berrien-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-macpherson-berrien-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJohn Macpherson Berrien was an eloquent lawyer, a U.S. senator, and the attorney general of the United States during U.S. president Andrew Jackson’s administration. Berrien County, created in south Georgia in 1856, is named for him. He was born on August 23, 1781, in Rockhill, New Jersey, at the home of his grandfather, John Berrien. His grandfather, of French Huguenot ancestry, was one of New Jersey’s colonial justices and a close friend of George Washington; his home may have served as Washington’s headquarters while he wrote his famous farewell address to the troops./julia-harris-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/julia-harris-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJulia Harris (left) poses with artist Marcel Lenoir. An Atlanta native, Harris was co-owner of the Columbus Enquirer-Sun, along with her husband, Julian Harris, during the 1920s. The couple's editorials against the Ku Klux Klan won a Pulitzer Prize in 1926, and in 1998 Harris was inducted into Georgia Women of Achievement. 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./knights-of-labor-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/knights-of-labor-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe largest labor organization in late-nineteenth-century America, the Order of the Knights of Labor claimed more than 700,000 members at its apex in 1886. The Knights’ membership peaked simultaneously in Georgia at about 9,000. Although the Knights faded from Georgia by the early 1890s, the Order led some significant labor conflicts and local political challenges and recruited workers regardless of skill, race, or gender. Origins and Growth Formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1869, the Knights first appointed southern organizers nine years later./leaving-atlanta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/leaving-atlanta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLeaving Atlanta, the debut novel of Atlanta native Tayari Jones, chronicles the child murders of 1979-81 in Atlanta's Black community. Told from the perspective of three elementary school children, the novel received several awards and honors, including the Lillian Smith Book Award in 2005. 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./lillian-smith-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lillian-smith-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLillian Smith was one of the first prominent white southerners to denounce racial segregation openly and to work actively against the entrenched and often brutally enforced world of Jim Crow. From as early as the 1930s, she argued that Jim Crow was evil (“Segregation is spiritual lynching,” she said) and that it leads to social and moral decay. Literary Works Smith gained national recognition—and regional denunciation—by writing Strange Fruit (1944), a bold novel of illicit interracial love./lookout-mountain-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lookout-mountain-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe narrow, flat top of Lookout Mountain in Walker County is large enough for small communities and a few roads. 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%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOpaaoo5%2BqwW65zq6lrZmZo3yueZJrcGpn/lutheran-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lutheran-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLutheranism, with more than 60 million members, is the largest of the Protestant denominations. It was founded in the early sixteenth century when a German monk, Martin Luther, protested the Roman Catholic Church’s practice of selling indulgences as part of the penance, or punishment, for those who sinned against church teachings. Lutheranism is thus central to the Protestant Reformation and, aided by the rulers of many German principalities rebelling against the centralized power of the Holy Roman Empire, it rapidly spread throughout Germany and Scandinavia./oconee-river-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/oconee-river-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Oconee River begins in the Appalachian Mountains and joins with the Ocmulgee River to form the Altamaha River in Georgia's Upper Coastal Plain. The cities of Athens, Milledgeville, and Dublin are located along the Oconee. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia./odum-school-of-ecology-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/odum-school-of-ecology-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Eugene P. Odum School of Ecology is the primary academic unit for ecological research and teaching at the University of Georgia. Courtesy of University of Georgia Photographic Services. Photograph by Paul Efland 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./olaudah-equiano-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/olaudah-equiano-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOlaudah Equiano published one of the earliest known slave narratives, The Interesting Narrative, in London in 1789. The work chronicles his years of enslavement, which he spent sailing trade ships both at sea and along the Savannah River. Equiano purchased his freedom in 1766 and traveled widely thereafter. From The Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, by O. Equiano 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./paradise-garden-wall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/paradise-garden-wall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe entrance to Howard Finster's outdoor sculpture garden, Paradise Garden, in Chattooga County features a concrete wall embedded with small toys, shards of glass and pottery, and various other found objects. Photograph by Sarah E. McKee, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./patience-on-a-monument-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/patience-on-a-monument-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDetail from an 1868 Thomas Nast illustration. The monument reads, "The whipping post - hunted down with blood hounds - slavery for years - branded and manacled -- the auction block -- husband and wife, parent and child, sold apart. Daughters, mothers, wives, and sisters ruined." Nast aimed to arouse sympathy for freedpeople following emancipation. From the Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture View on source site/peabody-award-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/peabody-award-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe George Foster Peabody Award is given annually by the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia to honor "distinguished achievement and meritorious service" by individuals, networks, stations, and organizations in the media industry. Courtesy of University of Georgia Photographic Services 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./petersburg-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/petersburg-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOnce Georgia’s third largest town, Petersburg, located in the forks of the Broad and Savannah rivers in Elbert County, is now submerged under the waters of Clarks Hill Lake. During prolonged droughts, or when lake levels are down, it is possible to walk along the site and see the remnants of what was, from the 1780s to the 1820s, a thriving frontier community. Early History of Site Before the founding of Petersburg, the naturalist William Bartram traveled through the area and left his account of Fort James, a small British outpost located on the town’s future site and named after Georgia’s colonial governor, James Wright./plant-atkinson-dedication-1930-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/plant-atkinson-dedication-1930-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPlant Atkinson on the Chattahoochee River in Cobb County was dedicated in 1930 and was Georgia Power Company's first modern steam plant. Courtesy of Georgia Power Corporation Archives 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./pulaski-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/pulaski-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEstablished in 1808, Pulaski County is situated in central Georgia and comprises 247 square miles. It was initially created from Laurens County, but its boundaries shifted several times during the century following its establishment. In 1870 the state created Dodge County from a portion of Pulaski; then in 1912 the state took a portion of northwest Pulaski to create Bleckley County. Named for Casimir Pulaski—a Polish officer who died of injuries sustained during the American Revolution (1775-83)—Pulaski County includes several communities./quitman-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/quitman-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlQuitman County, in southwest Georgia, was established by an act of the state legislature in 1858. It became Georgia’s 128th county and was named for General John A. Quitman within five months of his death. Quitman never lived in Georgia, but as the governor of Mississippi in the mid-1800s, he spoke persuasively in defense of states’ rights and was instrumental in shaping Georgia’s decision to secede from the Union. The legislature acknowledged his popularity and named the new county in his honor./ralph-david-abernathy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ralph-david-abernathy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCivil rights leader Ralph David Abernathy speaks on April 9, 1968, at a press conference held during the week of Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral in Atlanta. Photograph from Corbis 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. 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Photograph by Larry Lamsa  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./riverside-etowah-indian-mound-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/riverside-etowah-indian-mound-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Etowah mounds were built during the Lamar Period. Modern-day steps allow tourists to climb to the summit of the Etowah mounds. Photograph by Muora 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./robert-b-greenblatt-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/robert-b-greenblatt-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRobert B. Greenblatt was an eminent physician, medical researcher, and scholar at the Medical College of Georgia (later Georgia Health Sciences University) in Augusta. At MCG Greenblatt pioneered endocrinology as an independent discipline and from 1946 to 1972 served as professor and chair of the school’s department of endocrinology, the first such academic department in the United States. Born on October 12, 1906, in Montreal, Canada, Robert Benjamin Greenblatt attended McGill University in Montreal, where he received his B./rockdale-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rockdale-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRockdale County in north central Georgia was created from parts of Henry and Newton counties in 1870. Its name was inspired by the granite strata underlying the surface soil in the area, which was originally inhabited by mound dwellers, and then by Creek and Cherokee Indians. The first white settlers arrived in Rockdale County during the 1820s. The only incorporated community in the 131-square-mile county is Conyers, the county seat, although two other communities, Magnet and Milstead, are included on current maps./roddenbery-memorial-library-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/roddenbery-memorial-library-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1964 the family of Walter Blair Roddenbery (in portrait), owners of the W. B. Roddenbery Company, donated $185,000 for the construction of a library in Cairo. Pictured at the library's dedication are, from left, Ralph Roddenbery, Fred Roddenbery, librarian Wessie Connell, J. B. Roddenbery, and J. B. Roddenbery Jr. 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./roosevelt-warm-springs-institute-for-rehabilitation.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/roosevelt-warm-springs-institute-for-rehabilitation.htmlOn a quarter-by-quarter basis, disabled young people from all over Georgia can reside at the Vocational Rehabilitation Unit while improving their academic, job, and independent-living skills. Courtesy of the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation 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./scientists-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/scientists-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis Greek revival-style cottage, at 11 Seventh Street in Columbus, was occupied by John Stith Pemberton and his family, 1855-60. Pemberton, a druggist in Columbus and later Atlanta, was the originator of Coca-Cola. The apothecary, once the kitchen, houses unique Coke memorabilia. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcL%2FCopynrJmowbR7/self-taught-artists-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/self-taught-artists-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFrom small, idiosyncratic drawings to elaborate outdoor environments, Georgia’s self-taught artists have made significant contributions to the state’s artistic heritage. Many of these self-taught artists—so called because they received no formal artistic training—began to make art after life-changing experiences such as an illness, a religious vision, or retirement. In the late twentieth century, as Georgia’s artists began to gain international recognition, the state became known as a bastion of self-taught art./south-georgia-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/south-georgia-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSouth Georgia Technical College, established in Americus in 1948, serves a six-county delivery area, including Crisp, Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, and Webster counties. It is the only technical school in the state to offer on-campus housing and intercollegiate athletics. Courtesy of Technical College System 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./stanley-v-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/stanley-v-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe U.S. Supreme Court’s most famous abortion decision, Roe v. Wade (1973), as well as its companion case out of Georgia, Doe v. Bolton (1973), focused on the proper contours of the substantive protection of liberty enforceable against states afforded by the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. An earlier decision concerning this same subject, though in a very different context, came in Stanley v./the-cloister-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-cloister-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Cloister (1928), a resort on Sea Island, was designed by architect Addison Mizner. The structure is representative of the Spanish-style architecture popular in Georgia during the 1920s. Courtesy of Sea Island Company 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./the-negro-motorist-green-book-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-negro-motorist-green-book-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Negro Motorist Green-Book, also known as the Negro Traveller's Green-Book, was an essential guide for Black travelers between 1936 and 1966. This yearly publication, created by postal employee Victor Hugo Green, helped readers avoid sundown towns and locate safe lodging, gas stops, and eateries. 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./theater-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/theater-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe television film Andersonville (1996), directed by John Frankenheimer, portrays the experiences of Union soldiers held at Andersonville Prison, the notorious Civil War prison located in Sumter County. The miniseries, starring Carmen Argenziano, Jarrod Emick, Frederic Forrest, and Ted Marcoux, was filmed partially in Coweta County. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcMDHnpitnaJk/thomson-depot-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/thomson-depot-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Thomson Depot, built around 1860 and located in the center of Thomson's commercial historic district, today houses the Thomson-McDuffie Chamber of Commerce and a community center. Courtesy of Steve Storey 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./tim-rudeseal-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tim-rudeseal-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDobbs, Chris. "Tim Rudeseal." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Jul 19, 2017. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/tim-rudeseal/ Dobbs, C. (2017). Tim Rudeseal. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved Jul 19, 2017, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/tim-rudeseal/ Dobbs, Chris. "Tim Rudeseal." New Georgia Encyclopedia, 02 May 2017, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/tim-rudeseal/. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKyZonqzwcOeqp6ZnGQ%3D/trans-oconee-republic-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/trans-oconee-republic-new-georgia-encyclopedia.html“Trans-Oconee Republic” is the name used by later historians to describe the short-lived independent state established by Elijah Clarke west of the Oconee River in 1794. While occupying areas in present-day portions of Greene, Morgan, Putnam, and Baldwin counties, Clarke and his followers erected as many as six fortified settlements, wrote a constitution, and elected their own officials. But after a few months, pressure from the federal government forced the governor to take action, and Clarke’s independent state came to an end./untitled-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/untitled-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis untitled sculpture by Maurice Blaine Caldwell is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Eucalyptus wood, 13 inches (height) 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKWRqr%2Bqr8RmmaWZmaOybq%2FApZuwnZyhfLa606KrpZ2UlLCiuMOwnKWkj2V9cns%3D/vidalia-onion-crop-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/vidalia-onion-crop-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDirect seeded onions are grown for the production of transplants, which are later pulled and replanted by hand. Photograph by Jimmy Emerson, DVM  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./walters-lobby-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/walters-lobby-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Jim and Peggy Walters Lobby opened in 2004, following the expansion and renovation of the Quinlan Visual Arts Center in Gainesville. Other additions include classroom and gallery space, a conference room, and a gift shop. Courtesy of Quinlan Visual Arts Center 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./westo-indians-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/westo-indians-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Westo Indians, who lived along the Savannah River near Augusta from about 1660 to 1680, were one of the most important Native American groups in the southeastern United States. They obtained firearms from the English in Virginia before most other Indians in the Southeast did, which gave them a tremendous military advantage over bow-and-arrow Indians. The Westos used this advantage to enslave natives throughout Georgia, Florida, and the Carolinas. They then traded their captives to colonists in Virginia and South Carolina for items of European manufacture, including guns, ammunition, steel hatchets, blankets, and glass beads./wilkes-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wilkes-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Wilkes County Courthouse, completed in 1904, is designed with a Richardsonian Romanesque influence. Located in Washington, the courthouse is the county's second. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./william-j-hardee-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/william-j-hardee-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlConfederate lieutenant general William J. Hardee fought in major battles in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia throughout the Civil War. His army eventually surrendered after one last charge near Bentonville, South Carolina, in March 1865. Courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration 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./young-mill-worker-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/young-mill-worker-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA young girl, pictured in 1909, works as a spinner in a Georgia cotton mill. Children were a signficant presence in the state's textile mills, accounting for 24 percent of the workforce in 1890. 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./actors-filmmakers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/actors-filmmakers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJoanne Woodward, a Georgia native, married fellow actor Paul Newman in 1958 and starred with him in a number of films, including The Long Hot Summer (1958), The Drowning Pool (1975), and Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (1990). The couple also established the food-products line Newman's Own, which donates all proceeds to charity, as well as the Scott Newman Foundation, which works to prevent drug abuse. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcK3Craarq12btq25zJqinqqjZA%3D%3D/aflac-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/aflac-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAflac, based in Columbus, is a leading writer of voluntary insurance coverage. Founded in 1955 by brothers John, Paul, and William Amos and incorporated as American Family Life Insurance Company, the company grew from 6,426 policyholders in 1956 to more than 40 million policyholders worldwide in 2003. Early Growth Viewed historically, growth followed a number of innovations and management decisions. Expanding from life insurance, American Family Life pioneered cancer insurance in 1958./airplane-1904-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/airplane-1904-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAn early airplane is pictured in Clay County, circa 1904. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOnKOasV2YvLa607JmpmVnaYV1ew%3D%3D/alligator-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/alligator-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAlligators are among the hundreds of animal species to make their home in the Okefenokee Swamp. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoJyon6KWvanFjJ6lr6GipLuusc2tZqeZpKq%2ForiMoaCsrJ%2Bnxm67xWaroZ1dpLimssSnpqSdlWLAuK3MqWamZWFmfnV7/atlanta-constitution-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-constitution-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLocated at the corner of Alabama and Forsyth streets, the Atlanta Constitution Building is pictured in 1895. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJqZoblurdGpZJygkae5pr%2BMoZynqqliwK6106FkanBia3pyhY9sZqZlaW2Bcns%3D/atlanta-daily-world-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-daily-world-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Atlanta Daily World, Atlanta's oldest African American newspaper, was established in 1928 by W. A. Scott II. The paper has remained in the hands of the Scott family since its founding. 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./augusta-riot-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/augusta-riot-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOn May 11, 1970 thousands of Black Augustans participated in a major uprising against police violence. Known thereafter as the Augusta Riot, the event resulted in $1 million in property damage and was the largest Black rebellion in the civil rights South. From the Augusta Chronicle 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./bainbridge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bainbridge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDowntown Bainbridge is pictured in the early 1900s, before the streets were paved. A water tower can be seen on the right side of the photograph. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./barrow-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/barrow-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOn July 7, 1914, Barrow County was formed from portions of Gwinnett, Jackson, and Walton counties. Located in Winder, the Barrow County Courthouse was built in 1920. Photograph by C Smith 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./birdsville-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/birdsville-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe original home of Francis Jones, a colonial settler in Georgia, stands on the site of his Birdsville plantation in Jenkins County and represents one of the few colonial residential dwellings still standing in the state. The home was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. 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./brown-stetson-sanford-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/brown-stetson-sanford-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Brown-Stetson-Sanford House in Milledgeville, the former home of the State's Rights Hotel, was moved from its original location on North Wilkinson Street to West Hancock Street in 1966. Today the home, pictured in 2006, houses a museum and civic center operated by the Old Capital Museum. Courtesy of Georgia's Old Capital Museum 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./brumby-delivery-truck-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/brumby-delivery-truck-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA Brumby Chair Company delivery truck is pictured, circa 1928. The Brumby Chair Company, based in Marietta, was incorporated in 1884 by brothers Jim and Thomas Brumby. The company, which the family continues to operate, is best known for its iconic rocking chair. 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./c-141-starlifter-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/c-141-starlifter-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe C-141 Starlifter is a versatile jet aircraft known as the "workhorse" of the U.S. Air Force. Initially introduced in 1963 by Lockheed-Georgia, the aircraft has been updated twice since that time and is used for more than thirty types of transport missions. 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./carrollton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/carrollton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCarrollton, the seat of Carroll County, is a major educational, economic, and health care center for several counties in western Georgia and eastern Alabama. It is located approximately 50 miles west of Atlanta, 85 miles north of Columbus, 95 miles south of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and 100 miles east of Birmingham, Alabama. Carrollton is rapidly being drawn into the Atlanta metropolitan area; it is approximately fifteen miles south of Interstate 20 and fifty miles west of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport./charles-herty-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/charles-herty-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCharles Herty, an internationally recognized chemist, revolutionized the southern forestry and naval stores industry. During his years at the University of Georgia (UGA), he also contributed to the development of collegiate athletics. Born in Milledgeville on December 4, 1867, Charles Holmes Herty was educated as a chemist at the University of Georgia in Athens and earned his doctorate in 1890 from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. After graduating from Johns Hopkins, he returned to Athens, where he spent a year as an assistant chemist at the Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station (later the Georgia Experiment Station in Griffin)./chattahoochee-river-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/chattahoochee-river-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Chattahoochee River is a popular recreation spot for canoers, kayakers, and tubers. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoJyon6KWvanFjJ6lr6GipLuusc2tZpygkanBorTOqJqhnZViv6rCxKuinp2gmr9wuYxqbGtrXw%3D%3D/chattooga-river-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/chattooga-river-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Chattooga River descends rapidly from the Blue Ridge geologic province and forms the majority of Georgia’s northeast boundary between Rabun County and South Carolina’s Oconee County. Today, the National Forest Service manages the Chattooga, also known as James Dickey’s “Deliverance River,” as a National Wild and Scenic River. The Chattooga remains one of the only major free-flowing southern Appalachian rivers. Chattooga Geography The  fifty-mile Chattooga River begins at the base of Whitesides Mountain (elevation 4,930 feet) near Cashiers, North Carolina./cotton-bales-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cotton-bales-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCotton bales are stacked and ready to be placed into storage in the warehouses on Thomas Street, behind the Franklin House, in Athens circa 1915. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./creek-indians-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/creek-indians-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe history of early Georgia is largely the history of the Creek Indians. For most of Georgia’s colonial period, Creeks outnumbered both European colonists and enslaved Africans and occupied more land than these newcomers. Not until the 1760s did the Creeks become a minority population in Georgia. They ceded the balance of their lands to the new state in the 1800s. Early History The Creek Nation is a relatively young political entity./crisp-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/crisp-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCrisp County, in south Georgia, is Georgia’s 138th county. The 274-square-mile county was carved from Dooly County in 1905, after residents successfully petitioned for a division of that county. It was named for statesman Charles Crisp, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1891 to 1894, and Cordele was selected as the county seat. History The area now forming Crisp County was once a province called Chisi, Ichisi, or Achese, which was inhabited by the Lower Creek division of the Muskogee Indians./decatur-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/decatur-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe neoclassical revival-style Decatur County courthouse was built in Bainbridge, the county seat, in 1902. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOnZycmaSqv26vzq6lrbFfmbKkrdOuqWabn6q%2FtbTOrqqeZZKkxK6tzZhnaWldZ3w%3D/deforest-kelley-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/deforest-kelley-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia native DeForest Kelley was an actor best known for his role as Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy in the Star Trek television series and feature films. Jackson DeForest Kelley was born on January 20, 1920, in Atlanta. He was the second son of Clora Casey and the Reverend Ernest David Kelley. His father’s work as a Baptist minister kept the family moving throughout Georgia before they settled down in Conyers in 1930./dooly-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dooly-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Dooly County Courthouse, completed in 1892, is the third to be erected in Vienna, the county seat. Designed in the Romanesque revival style, the courthouse underwent renovations in both 1963 and the late 1980s. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./eatonton-historic-district-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/eatonton-historic-district-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMany antebellum houses and other structures have survived and have been restored in Eatonton. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOnpitp56pvK97zGZpcnBmZA%3D%3D/ebb-tide-delta-system-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ebb-tide-delta-system-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWithin the ebb-tide delta system, sediments are brought into the marshlands by flooding tides and then redeposited seaward of the inlet by ebbing tides. Shoals formed as a result of this tidal action eventually drift south with the currents and weld onto the northern portion of barrier islands. Courtesy of V. J. Henry 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./emancipation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/emancipation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEmancipation did not come suddenly or easily to Georgia. The liberation of the state’s more than 400,000 enslaved African Americans began during the chaos of the Civil War (1861-65) and continued well into 1865. Emancipation also demanded the reconfiguration of the full range of social and economic relations. What would replace slavery was unclear. Freedpeople, ex-slaveholders, and the Northerners responsible for enforcing freedom had their own ideas about what the future should bring./flooded-rice-field-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/flooded-rice-field-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA stereoscopic image of a flooded rice field in Savannah, circa 1880. Photograph from O. Pierre Havens, Wikimedia 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%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrnyztcKeZqyslaeysL%2FCqKeim12bubC7w56bZqqZmLJussieo52XYGV%2BcA%3D%3D/gene-patterson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gene-patterson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGene Patterson, an influential editor of the Atlanta Constitution, was known for his thundering daily columns in defense of civil rights and against the violence sweeping the South in the 1960s. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing in 1967, and in 1985 he founded Georgia Trend, a monthly business magazine. Early Life and Career Eugene Corbett Patterson was born in Valdosta on October 15, 1923, to Annabel Corbett and William C./george-whitefield-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/george-whitefield-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAn engraving of Anglican minister George Whitefield, created in 1774, depicts him preaching at a church in New York. A popular figure of the eighteenth-century Great Awakening in America, Whitefield founded the Bethesda orphanage near Savannah in 1740. 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./georgia-guidestones-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-guidestones-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlKnown as "America's Stonehenge," the Georgia Guidestones in Elbert County were unveiled on March 22, 1980, after a mysterious man known as R. C. Christian commissioned a local company to engrave the stones with ten maxims to "an age of reason." The text on the guidestones was presented in twelve different languages. Photograph by Melinda Smith Mullikin, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./gold-nuggets-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gold-nuggets-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA tour guide at the Consolidated Gold Mine demonstrating a gold panning technique used by those hoping to strike it big during the Georiga Gold Rush. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia./gordon-state-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gordon-state-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGordon State College is a four-year state college in Barnesville, fifty-five miles south of Atlanta and thirty-five miles northwest of Macon. Part of the University System of Georgia, Gordon offers bachelor and associate degrees in specific areas, prepares students for transfer to other four-year institutions, and provides educational and cultural opportunities for the local community. History In 1852 the Barnesville Male and Female High School opened as a private school. In 1872 the name changed to Gordon Institute in honor of General John B./heat-n-serve-shrimp-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/heat-n-serve-shrimp-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHeat 'N' Serve Shrimp is one of many seafood products sold by Brunswick-based King and Prince Seafood. The product was first developed at the company's research and development facility in the 1960s. From The Story of King & Prince Seafood Corporation, by L. Faulkenberry 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./henry-o-flipper-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/henry-o-flipper-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHenry O. Flipper, pictured circa 1877, was the first African American to graduate and receive his commission from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. A native of Thomasville, Flipper attended Atlanta University for one year before enrolling at West Point.  Courtesy of U.S Military Academy at West Point 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./howard-coffin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/howard-coffin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA successful pioneer in the automobile industry, Howard Coffin rebuilt an abandoned antebellum mansion on Sapelo Island and revitalized the agricultural potential on it, developed St. Simons Island and Sea Island as Georgia’s premier coastal tourist destinations, and provided seed money for the mighty pulpwood industry that continues to thrive in the state’s Coastal Plain. Born in 1873, Howard Earle Coffin grew up on an Ohio farm and in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he studied engineering at the University of Michigan./john-adam-treutlen-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-adam-treutlen-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJohn Treutlen was a leader in Georgia during the American Revolution and helped to write Georgia's first constitution. In 1777 he became Georgia's first elected governor. Image from Internet Archive Book Images 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./john-forsyth-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-forsyth-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOne of the most accomplished statesmen in Georgia’s history, John Forsyth led a political career that lasted more than thirty years. He was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, on October 22, 1780, to Fanny Johnston Houston and Robert Forsyth. He attended Springer Academy in Wilkes County, Georgia, before attending the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University), from which he graduated in 1799. After his college graduation, Forsyth moved to Augusta, where he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1802./john-m-slaton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-m-slaton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJohn M. Slaton was Georgia’s sixtieth governor, serving two terms, in 1911-12 and 1913-15. He was also a state representative and state senator, and he practiced law in Atlanta. John Marshall Slaton was born on December 25, 1866, to Nancy Jane Martin and William Franklin Slaton near Greenville, in Meriwether County. After the Civil War (1861-65) his father came to Atlanta, where he became superintendent of the public schools. Slaton attended Sam Bailey Institute in Griffin and graduated from Boys High School in Atlanta in 1880./john-mcgee-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-mcgee-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDobbs, Chris. "John McGee." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Jul 19, 2017. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/john-mcgee/ Dobbs, C. (2017). John McGee. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved Jul 19, 2017, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/john-mcgee/ Dobbs, Chris. "John McGee." New Georgia Encyclopedia, 02 May 2017, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/john-mcgee/. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKKfnbtuucKgnJ5n/judith-ortiz-cofer-writing-a-novel.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/judith-ortiz-cofer-writing-a-novel.htmlOrtiz Cofer discusses how she brings her experience as a poet to the page of the novel, using words economically and out of the poetic sense of urgency. Video by Darby Carl Sanders, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./land-lottery-system-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/land-lottery-system-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBetween 1805 and 1833, the state of Georgia conducted eight land lotteries (one each in 1805, 1807, 1820, 1821, 1827, and 1833 and two in 1832) in which public lands in the interior of the state were dispersed to small yeoman farmers (i.e., farmers who cultivate their own land) based on a system of eligibility and chance. During the twenty-eight years in which the lottery operated, Georgia sold approximately three-quarters of the state to about 100,000 families and individuals for minuscule amounts of money./lowndes-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lowndes-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLowndes County in southwest Georgia was created in 1825 by an act of the state legislature. The county was named for William Jones Lowndes, whose father, Rawlins Lowndes, had been a Revolutionary War (1775-83) leader from South Carolina. Lowndes County was originally bordered by Irwin County to the north, Ware County to the east, Florida to the south, and Thomas County to the west. In 1827 settlers established the first town, Franklinville, and designated it the county seat./ludowici-billboard-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ludowici-billboard-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlC. W. Herndon, a Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent, stands before a billboard, erected at his suggestion, in 1970. During the mid-twentieth century, the town of Ludowici in east Georgia acquired the reputation of being a speed trap, in which tourists traveling to and from Florida were often stopped. 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./margaret-mitchell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/margaret-mitchell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMargaret Mitchell, the author of the best-selling novel Gone With the Wind (1936), began writing stories and plays early in her life. As a teenager, she was a founding member and officer of her high school's drama club as well as the literary editor of the yearbook. 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./marine-corps-logistics-base-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/marine-corps-logistics-base-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHeadquarters of the Marine Corps Logistics Base, located in Dougherty County in southwest Georgia, approximately five miles southeast of Albany. Photograph by Corporal Andrew Roufs 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./mark-smith-planetarium-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mark-smith-planetarium-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn the Museum of Arts and Science's planetarium the night sky is recreated with more than 4,000 twinkling stars. Planetarium shows are presented daily, and a weekly program provides the latest information about current and upcoming celestial events. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia./mary-e-hutchinson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mary-e-hutchinson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMary E. Hutchinson practiced as a professional artist in New York and Atlanta during the mid-twentieth century. Though little known today, she achieved critical recognition and produced more than 250 works, including oil paintings, drawings, and etchings. Her artwork features highly finished, introspective portraits, especially of women and African Americans, and is significant for its critical engagement of gender, sexuality, and race. Early Life Mary Elisabeth Hutchinson was born on July 11, 1906, to Minnie Belle and Merrill Hutchinson in Melrose, Massachusetts, her mother’s ancestral hometown./mission-santa-catalina-de-guale.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mission-santa-catalina-de-guale.htmlThe Guale (pronounced “wally”) Indians of coastal Georgia were among the first indigenous peoples met by Europeans exploring north of Mexico. Beginning in the 1560s, the Guale were exposed to a long, intensive period of Spanish mission activity. Because the Spanish colonists were few in number, they employed the missions as an agency to occupy, hold, and settle the Georgian frontier. Mission Santa Catalina de Guale was established on St. Catherines Island off the Georgia coast sometime in the early 1590s./moonshine-kate-and-john-carson.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/moonshine-kate-and-john-carson.htmlFiddlin' John Carson was frequently accompanied on radio, records, and stage by his daughter Rosa Lee (1909-92), a guitarist, singer, and dancer. Under the pseudonym Moonshine Kate, Rosa Lee established herself as an independent performer, thus becoming a pioneer among women country music performers. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJ6ZmbGttc1moaignmKwor7SqKVmm5FifnmCl2ZocmxpZLqwu82sn6KmlWK4osDEZqGooJ5isKK%2B0qilmGhgZnw%3D/municipal-services-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/municipal-services-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTraditionally, local governments are divided into two categories: general purpose and special purpose. The distinction depends on the number of areas or functions in which services are to be provided. General-purpose governments provide services in many areas. Special-purpose districts may provide many services, but the services are all targeted on one type of function. In Georgia, however, the definition of special-purpose districts is narrower. Services Georgia law declares that the terms city, town, municipality, and village are identical in meaning./national-prisoner-of-war-museum.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/national-prisoner-of-war-museum.htmlApproximately 45,000 prisoners were held at Andersonville Prison, or Camp Sumter, the largest prison camp of the Confederacy. In 1998 the National Prisoner of War Museum opened at Andersonville. Courtesy of Americus-Sumter Tourism Council 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./nonfiction-authors-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/nonfiction-authors-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlImage of Eliza Frances Andrews in the War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl, 1864-1865, one of the most compelling first-person accounts of the Civil War (1861-65) home front, published in 1908. Eliza Frances Andrews was a writer, newspaper reporter, editor, columnist, social critic, scientist, and educator. By the time of her death in 1931 in Rome, Georgia, Andrews had written three novels, more than a dozen scientific articles on botany, two internationally recognized botany textbooks, and dozens of articles, commentaries, and reports on topics ranging from politics to environmental issues./ogeechee-river-watershed-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ogeechee-river-watershed-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Ogeechee River, one of only forty-two free-flowing rivers in the United States longer than 200 kilometers, drains from the eastern part of Georgia to the Atlantic Ocean. Courtesy of Georgia Rivers LMER 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./old-fayette-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/old-fayette-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Old Fayette County courthouse in 2015. Today, this building is used as office space for several organizations, including the Fayette County Development Authority. The Fayette County Superior Court is located at One Center Drive in Fayetteville. 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./peanut-scarf-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/peanut-scarf-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPeanut scarf for Governor and Mrs. Jimmy Carter, 1973, silk. Courtesy of Ashley Callahan 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%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJ6ilrustcRmrp6kk518p77Ap6KinV2ssq2vx5hna3Bf/perry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/perry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPerry, the seat of Houston County, is sometimes called the “Crossroads of Georgia” because the Interstate 75 and U.S. Highway 41 corridors run north-south and U.S. Highway 341 runs northwest-southeast through the city. In 1986 Perry adopted the council-manager form of government, with seven operating departments. According to the 2020 U.S. census Perry’s population was 20,624. Originally called Wattsville and founded in 1823 for the purpose of conducting the county’s legal affairs, the town was placed in the geographic center of Houston County, which was then much larger than it is today./pickens-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/pickens-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPickens County, located at the foot of the Appalachian Mountains in north central Georgia, was formally created on December 5, 1853, from Gilmer and Cherokee counties. The county was named for Andrew Pickens, a South Carolinian who served as a general during the American Revolution (1775-83). In the first decades following its creation, the county gained small tracts from Gilmer County and Cherokee County, while giving land to Dawson, Gordon, and Cherokee counties./pigeon-mountain-salamander-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/pigeon-mountain-salamander-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Pigeon Mountain salamander (Plethodon petraeus) is found only on the eastern slopes of Pigeon Mountain in northwestern 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources./rail-depot-calhoun-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rail-depot-calhoun-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlElberta peaches are about to be shipped by rail from the Oothcaloga Depot in Calhoun, 1908. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOnJiloJ%2Bqu3C5jGxnbm9f/refugees-on-march-to-the-sea.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/refugees-on-march-to-the-sea.htmlA sketch, published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper on March 18, 1865, depicts newly emancipated African Americans following Union general William T. Sherman's march to the sea at the end of 1864. As many as 7,000 freedmen and freedwomen may have joined in the march. From Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper 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./roswell-king-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/roswell-king-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRoswell King—native New Englander, manager of the Pierce Butler coastal plantations, and industrialist and businessman in Glynn and McIntosh counties—was in his seventies when he founded his namesake town, Roswell. He established the Roswell textile mills in the late 1830s and enticed wealthy coastal families to join his enterprise, thus changing the economy and the population mix of northern Fulton County. The influence of King’s late-life accomplishments remains a part of Roswell’s historic district./roy-barnes-1982-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/roy-barnes-1982-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRoy Barnes served eight terms as a Georgia state senator (1974-1990). After his second term he was named chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and also served as floor leader for Governor Joe Frank Harris. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to Special Collections and Archives at Georgia State University./samuel-nunes-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/samuel-nunes-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSamuel Nunes (or Nunez), a physician, was one of the first Jewish immigrants to the Georgia colony in 1733. He provided vital medical aid, which helped the settlement survive its first year of existence. Life in Europe Born Diogo Nunes Ribeiro in Portugal, in 1667 or 1668, into a respected medical family, he married Gracia Caetana da Veiga in June 1699. They had several children, and their youngest daughter, Sipra (also spelled “Zipra” or “Zipporah”), lived to be eighty-six years old; she recalled many events affecting the life of her father and family in Portugal, England, and America./ss8h6-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ss8h6-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAnalyze the impact of Reconstruction on Georgia. Featured articles: Black Legislators during Reconstruction, Rufus Bullock, Camilla Massacre, Tunis Campbell, Constitutional Convention of 1877, Convict Lease System, Cotton, Henry O. Flipper, Freedmen’s Bureau, Freedmen’s Education during Reconstruction, Georgia General Assembly, Gone With the Wind, Gone With the Wind, John B. Gordon, Lucius Holsey, Charles Jones Jenkins, James Johnson, Horace King, Ku Klux Klan in the Reconstruction Era, Jefferson Franklin Long, Lost Cause Religion, McIntosh County Shouters, Reconstruction Conventions, Reconstruction in Georgia, Redemption, Thomas Ruger, Sharecropping, James M./ss8h7-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ss8h7-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEvaluate key political, social, and economic changes that occurred in Georgia during the New South Era. a. Identify the ways individuals, groups, and events attempted to shape the New South; include the Bourbon Triumvirate, Henry Grady, International Cotton Expositions, and Tom Watson and the Populists. b. Analyze how rights were denied to African Americans or Blacks through Jim Crow laws, Plessy v. Ferguson, disenfranchisement, and racial violence, including the 1906 Atlanta Riot./stone-mountain-1929-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/stone-mountain-1929-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAn unknown group on a bus trip tours the site of Stone Mountain in June 1929. Work on a Confederate memorial had begun on the side of the granite mountain, but the carving would not be completed until the 1950s. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./third-street-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/third-street-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMacon's Third Street Park stretches from Plum Street to Walnut Street. Cherry trees line the walkways. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOppicp55kum59lWtqaA%3D%3D/thomas-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/thomas-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe current courthouse in Thomas County was constructed in 1858 and remodeled thirty years later. Located in the county seat of Thomasville, the courthouse is a three-story brick building designed in the Greek revival style. Photograph by Jimmy Emerson, DVM 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./tiger-flowers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tiger-flowers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1926  Theodore “Tiger” Flowers became the first Black boxer to capture the world middleweight championship. He was the first African American after Jack Johnson to challenge for a world title. Flowers helped to reform the image of Black prizefighters, prefiguring the great Joe Louis with his ability to garner broad support among both whites and Blacks. Flowers was born in Camilla, in Mitchell County, in 1895 and moved with his family to Brunswick as an infant./voodoo-woman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/voodoo-woman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlVoodoo Woman by Jill Ruhlman is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Clay, 18 x 8 1/2 x 6 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomqiknJqwtbXOp6pon5Wkv6i1wKxkrKyRqbJurdGtZJynnKGypMDIqKVorp%2BksbC7jLCmppmelL%2B2tMummKeXYGV%2BcA%3D%3D/water-resources-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/water-resources-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLake Hartwell, named after Revolutionary War hero Nancy Hart, provides drinking water, hydropower, and public entertainment to millions of people each year. The reservoir, which borders Georgia and South Carolina, exists because of Hartwell Dam on the Savannah River. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcMPArZyrZaKawLDB0ZycrGc%3D/wilson-s-raid-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wilson-s-raid-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn mid-March 1865, as the Confederate States of America struggled through its final days, Union major general James Harrison Wilson began a month-long cavalry raid that laid waste to much of the productive capacity of Alabama and Georgia. In a war where cavalry troops were underutilized, frequently mixed with infantry troops, or simply relegated to hauling supplies and delivering mail, Wilson’s approach to warfare was innovative: he used his 13,480 horsemen, without any infantry troops, in lightning quick raids against the productive centers of the Deep South./woolfolk-family-marker-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/woolfolk-family-marker-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlNine members of the Woolfolk family were murdered in their Bibb County home on August 6, 1887, by relative Thomas G. Woolfolk. The victims are buried together at Rose Hill Cemetery in Macon. 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./georgia-tom-dorsey-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-tom-dorsey-new-georgia-encyclopedia.html“Georgia Tom” Dorsey first gained recognition as a blues pianist in the 1920s and later became known as the father of gospel music for his role in developing, publishing, and promoting the gospel blues. He was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 1981. Early Life and Career Thomas Andrew Dorsey was born in Villa Rica on July 1, 1899, to Etta Plant Spencer and Thomas Madison Dorsey, an itinerant preacher and sharecropper./2001-georgia-state-flag-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/2001-georgia-state-flag-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe controversial "Barnes flag" was passed in private by the state house and senate and approved by Governor Roy Barnes in January 2001. The flag violated many canons of flag design and was rated the worst-designed state flag or provincial flag in North America. Photograph from Wikimedia 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./alexander-stephens-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/alexander-stephens-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAlexander Stephens was selected in 1866 by the Georgia legislature to represent the state, along with Herschel Johnson, in the U.S. Senate. Because he had served as vice president of the Confederacy, however, the Senate did not allow Stephens to take his seat. 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./andersonville-prison-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/andersonville-prison-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlUnion prisoners of war are pictured at the Andersonville Prison in Macon County on August 17, 1864. Malnutrition and poor sanitary conditions at the camp led to the deaths of nearly 13,000 of Andersonville's 45,000 prisoners, the highest mortality rate of any Civil War prison. Courtesy of Civil War Treasures, New-York Historical Society 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./andersonville-prison-as-seen-by-john-l-ransom.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/andersonville-prison-as-seen-by-john-l-ransom.htmlJohn Ransom, a Union prisoner at Andersonville Prison during the Civil War, first published his journal, Andersonville Diary, in 1881. One of the best-known Civil War narratives, the diary includes graphic descriptions of the camp's deplorable conditions. 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./anne-rivers-siddons-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/anne-rivers-siddons-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThough all of her twenty books are set in Georgia or concern southerners living elsewhere, Anne Rivers Siddons was best known for books about Atlanta and its environs. Two novels, Homeplace (1987) and Nora, Nora (2000), take place in a fictionalized version of Fairburn, her hometown, in Fulton County. She was also the author of two books of nonfiction, Go Straight on Peachtree (1978), a McDonald City Guide to Atlanta, and John Chancellor Makes Me Cry (1975), a series of essays patterned around the changing seasons in Atlanta./augustin-smith-clayton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/augustin-smith-clayton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAugustin Smith Clayton was a politician and jurist of national significance in the early nineteenth century. Both Clayton County and the town of Clayton, the seat of Rabun County, are named in his honor, as are major streets in Athens and Lawrenceville. Clayton first gained national prominence in the late 1820s while serving as the judge of original jurisdiction over the cases leading to the removal of the Cherokee Indians from Georgia./battle-of-kennesaw-mountain-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/battle-of-kennesaw-mountain-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOn June 27, 1864, Kennesaw Mountain, located about twenty miles northwest of Atlanta in Cobb County, became the scene for one of the Atlanta campaign’s major actions in the Civil War (1861-65). Beginning of the Atlanta Campaign One month earlier, Union major general William T. Sherman led a force of three armies from Chattanooga, Tennessee, into Georgia. His objective was the destruction of Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston’s Army of Tennessee./carter-boyhood-farm-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/carter-boyhood-farm-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJimmy Carter's boyhood home and farm in Plains, where the family grew peanuts, are managed today by the National Park Service. Photograph from National Park Service 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./carter-family-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/carter-family-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe election of Plains native Jimmy Carter to the U.S. presidency in 1976 brought members of his immediate and extended family into the public eye. Carter is the oldest of four children born to Earl Carter and Lillian Gordy Carter, as well as the husband of Rosalynn Carter, with whom he has four children. Earl Carter James Earl Carter, called Earl, was born in 1894 in Calhoun County. He attended Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville and served during World War I (1917-18)./central-state-hospital-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/central-state-hospital-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCentral State Hospital in Milledgeville, pictured in 2000, has provided mental health care in Georgia since 1837. Today the hospital's services include specialized care as well as secure facilities for the state's criminal justice system. Courtesy of Central State Hospital 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./charlayne-hunter-gault-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/charlayne-hunter-gault-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault became a CNN correspondent in 1999, reporting from South Africa. Image from Charlayne Hunter-Gault 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%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJuYlr%2BtrdinnGagpaPBpr6MoJiupKRir259mG1paKSmncKvwMSrZg%3D%3D/colonial-places-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/colonial-places-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJerusalem Church was established by the Salzburgers in Ebenezer during the 1730s. Ebenezer, left in ruins after the Revolutionary War, had disappeared by 1855, but Jerusalem Church, now known as Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, still stands. It is one of the few buildings in Georgia left intact after the Revolutionary War. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcK%2FOpaanoZGherG4wJycrGc%3D/confederate-veteran-organizations-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/confederate-veteran-organizations-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlConfederate veteran organizations were formed to alleviate and address many of the challenges facing former soldiers and their communities in the aftermath of the Civil War (1861-65). The objectives of these organizations included burying and commemorating dead soldiers; caring for cemeteries; providing aid to widows, orphans, and indigent veterans; and preserving the Confederate interpretation of the war’s history (often referred to as Lost Cause ideology). These organizations later served an important social function by helping veterans maintain ties to those with whom they had served, both through reunions and through such magazines as Confederate Veteran, which was founded in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1893 and published until 1932./cotton-crop-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cotton-crop-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn the twenty-first century, most of the cotton in Georgia is produced by agribusinesses that manage large tracts of cotton land. In 2000 Georgia ranked second in the country in acreage of cotton. Photograph by Kimberly Varderman  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./douglas-dc-8-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/douglas-dc-8-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe DC-8 inaugurated Delta's transition to jet service in 1959. Cruising at 590 miles per hour with 119 seats, the DC-8 was an important step in Delta's rise as a nationally competitive airline. The DC-8 pictured is at a passenger boarding "jetway" at Hartsfield International Airport. Reprinted by permission of Delta Air Lines 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./dutchy-statue-elberton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dutchy-statue-elberton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe unveiling of the statue that would come to be known as "Dutchy," on Elberton's town square, 1898. The statue depicts a Confederate soldier, but the figure is clothed in northern attire. Courtesy of the Elberton Granite Museum and Exhibit 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./erk-russell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/erk-russell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlErskine "Erk" Russell coached the Georgia Southern Eagles to three national championships during his tenure as head coach from 1981 to 1989. Before coaching the Eagles, Russell was the UGA Bulldogs defensive coordinator for seventeen years. Courtesy of Georgia Southern Athletic Media Relations 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./franklin-d-roosevelt-in-georgia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/franklin-d-roosevelt-in-georgia.htmlBetween 1924 and 1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Warm Springs and Georgia forty-one times. In the early years, he spent his days exercising at the pools at the Warm Springs resort as he tried to rebuild his leg muscles from the debilitating effects of polio. After being elected as the thirty-second president of the United States in 1932, he used his new home at Warm Springs, “The Little White House,” as a retreat from the rigors of leading a nation through the Great Depression./fried-green-tomatoes-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fried-green-tomatoes-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMary-Louise Parker (left) and Mary Stuart Masterson are pictured during the filming of Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), adapted from a novel by Fannie Flagg. Although set in Alabama, the film was shot in the small town of Juliette, in Monroe County. Portions of the film set, including the Whistle Stop Cafe, are now open to visitors. 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./g8-summit-security-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/g8-summit-security-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA police officer in Brunswick stands at the ready during the G8 Summit in June 2004 on Sea Island. Security in the area around Sea Island was heightened as world leaders gathered for the annual meeting. Although some protestors were arrested, security problems did not disrupt the summit. Photograph by Staci Atkins 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-foster-peabody-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/george-foster-peabody-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorge Foster Peabody, noted banker and businessman, left his mark on American society through his philanthropic work. He was born on July 27, 1852, in Columbus, the oldest of four children born to native New Englanders Elvira and George Henry Peabody. Peabody’s father had relocated the family from Connecticut to Columbus, where he ran a general store. Growing up in Columbus, Peabody attended private school and later studied at Deer Hill Institute in Danbury, Connecticut./georgia-public-broadcasting-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-public-broadcasting-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia Public Broadcasting (GPB), which includes GPB Television, GPB Radio, and the Education and Technology Services (ETS) Division, serves Georgia by providing music, news, and educational products and services. GPB Television is affiliated with the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), while GPB Radio is affiliated with National Public Radio (NPR). GPB Television In 1960 public television in the state, known as Georgia Educational Television, began with station WGTV, located in Athens at the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education./georgia-southwestern-state-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-southwestern-state-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLocated 135 miles south of Atlanta in Americus, amid the lush farmland of Sumter County, Georgia Southwestern State University is a senior unit of the University System of Georgia and the alma mater of former president Jimmy Carter. History Granted 270 acres of land by Sumter County along the Seaboard Airline Railroad, the school was originally founded in 1906 as the Third District Agricultural and Mechanical School. Its primary mission was to provide male and female students over the age of thirteen skills in all aspects of farming and agricultural business as well as basic business and industrial training./georgia-state-parks-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-state-parks-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia State Parks and Historic Sites, a division of the Department of Natural Resources, protects more than 85,000 acres of natural beauty at more than sixty parks and historic sites in the state. The diversity of landscape within the state parks system includes inland and coastal sites of geographic importance. The Blue Ridge Mountains, with perhaps its most scenic stretch at Georgia’s Black Rock Mountain State Park, are located along the Eastern Continental Divide, while Georgia’s “Colonial Coast” encompasses a portion of the eastern Atlantic coastline and includes all the Sea Islands./goose-pond-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/goose-pond-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Goose Pond community of Oglethorpe County was named for a pond of at least fifty acres located near a small stream that connects to the Broad River of Georgia. Tradition claims that the pond was named for the wild geese that gathered there during the winter. Goose Pond has always retained occupants, but its heyday as a prosperous plantation and political community began to decline during the nineteenth century./green-kimono-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/green-kimono-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlChristopher Murphy Jr., a Savannah native and artist, painted a number of portraits, such as his undated Green Kimono (oil on canvas, 22" x 18"). The painting's dark background and the serene expression of the sitter contrast with the vibrant pattern of her kimono. Courtesy of Morris Museum of Art 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./greene-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/greene-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Greene County Courthouse in Greensboro, designed in the Greek revival style, was completed in 1849. The top floor of the building has been used as a Masonic lodge since the time of its construction. The courthouse was remodeled in 1938 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 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./harry-james-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/harry-james-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHarry James, a renowned swing trumpet player during the 1930s and 1940s, rehearses for the Coca-Cola radio show in New York City around 1946. James was born in Albany to traveling circus performers and began playing the trumpet as a child. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Music Division, William P. Gottlieb/Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Fund Collection. 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./holly-hunter-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/holly-hunter-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHolly Hunter, a Georgia native, has distinguished herself as an actress on the stage, in Hollywood, and on television by choosing many roles that require her to play intelligent and often unconventional women. While many of her most memorable characters have been southern, Hunter has successfully portrayed women of various backgrounds and circumstances, demonstrating an impressive dramatic and comedic range over the course of her career. Born to Opal Marguerite and Charles Edwin Hunter on March 20, 1958, in Conyers, Hunter was brought up on a farm and is the youngest of seven children./houston-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/houston-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBecause of the need for a larger and more modern facility, Houston County voters approved a special purpose local-option sales tax to fund construction of a new courthouse in Perry. Construction of the new courthouse began in 2000 and was completed in 2002. 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./howell-cobb-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/howell-cobb-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA mid-nineteenth-century politician, Howell Cobb served as congressman (1843-51; 1855-57), Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (1849-51), governor of Georgia (1851-53), and secretary of the treasury (1857-60). Following Georgia’s secession from the Union in 1861, he served as president of the Provisional Confederate Congress (1861-62) and a major general of the Confederate army. Cobb was born in Jefferson County on September 7, 1815, the eldest child of Sarah and John Cobb./jackie-robinson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jackie-robinson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJackie Robinson became the first Black man to play major league baseball in the twentieth century when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. He went on to become the first Black player to be named Rookie of the Year, to win the Most Valuable Player award, and to be inducted into major league baseball’s Hall of Fame. Early Life Jack “Jackie” Roosevelt Robinson was born near Cairo on January 31, 1919./james-brown-and-aretha-franklin.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/james-brown-and-aretha-franklin.htmlJames Brown, pictured with Aretha Franklin, was instrumental in pioneering soul music, a dynamic blend of gospel and rhythm and blues. Two of Brown's singles in 1965, "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag-Part 1" and "I Got You (I Feel Good)," were milestones of the genre. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKqYrsGpuYyapZ1lkqHCpr%2BMpqysoZNivLex0a%2Bgnq9fonpzfo9yZg%3D%3D/james-sala-and-william-r-pullen.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/james-sala-and-william-r-pullen.htmlJames Sala, a leader in the AFL-CIO, presents a check to William R. Pullen for the establishment of the Southern Labor Archives at Georgia State University in Atlanta, circa 1969. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to Special Collections and Archives at Georgia State University./jarret-jack-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jarret-jack-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJarret 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-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jasper-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJasper, 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./john-henry-doc-holliday-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-henry-doc-holliday-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia 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-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/joseph-m-terrell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJoseph 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./julia-roberts-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/julia-roberts-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFive 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./king-george-ii-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/king-george-ii-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlKing George II of England signed the charter creating the colony of Georgia on April 21, 1732. Originally administered by a board of trustees, the colony later came under the direct governance of the king, from 1752 until his death in 1760, when his grandson George III assumed the throne. 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./margaret-mitchell-stamp-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/margaret-mitchell-stamp-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAtlanta author Margaret Mitchell, recognized on this 1986 Great Americans Series stamp, sold over 30 million copies of her novel, Gone With the Wind. Courtesy of Smithsonian National Postal Museum 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./michael-plant-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/michael-plant-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFormer Olympic speedskater Michael Plant, pictured in his Atlanta office in 1997, served as president of the Goodwill Games from 1995 until 2001. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./moina-michael-stamp-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/moina-michael-stamp-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA commemorative stamp honoring Moina Belle Michael, a Walton County native and originator of the red memorial poppy, was first issued in November 1948. After World War I, paper poppies were sold and worn on Remembrance Day (Armistice Day), held on the second Sunday in November in Britain, to fund soldier rehabilitation. Courtesy of Smithsonian National Postal Museum 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./national-center-for-civil-and-human-rights.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/national-center-for-civil-and-human-rights.htmlThe National Center for Civil and Human Rights (NCCHR), located in downtown Atlanta, is a museum devoted to exploring the connections between the U.S. civil rights movement and the global struggle for human rights. The 42,000 square-foot facility opened in 2014 and features among its permanent exhibits the papers of Martin Luther King Jr. Though discussion of such a facility had circulated among Atlanta leaders for years, the effort only gained momentum when Ambassador Andrew Young and Evelyn Lowery approached Mayor Shirley Franklin about the matter in the early 2000s./on-the-stump-what-does-it-take-to-get-elected-in-georgia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/on-the-stump-what-does-it-take-to-get-elected-in-georgia.htmlAfter months, and sometimes years, on the campaign trail, candidates reach an emotional finish line on election night. Some host festivities with their supporters at campaign headquarters, while others await the returns quietly with family and friends. They hope for victory and fear defeat, but are sometimes granted neither. In 1946 Georgians elected Eugene Talmadge to succeed progressive up-and-comer Ellis Arnall as governor. Talmadge was in poor health, though, and his inner circle feared he might not live to be sworn into office./pacific-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/pacific-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia-Pacific, a multinational corporation that manufactures paper, pulp, packaging, tissue, building products, and construction-related chemicals, is the largest wholesale supplier of building products in North America; only one corporation, International Paper, ranks higher than Georgia-Pacific in the production of paper products. Georgia-Pacific operates more than 600 facilities in the United States, Canada, and eleven other countries, and the company and its subsidiaries employ more than 61,000 people in North America./paleoindian-period-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/paleoindian-period-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Early Paleoindian subperiod is characterized by Clovis and related projectile point forms, relatively large lanceolate (lance-shaped) points with nearly parallel sides, slightly concave bases, and single or multiple basal flutes (channels) that rarely extend more than a third of the way up the body. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLzApZyooZ6ZtqK6jKmcq6GfmXw%3D/peach-bowl-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/peach-bowl-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Peach Bowl, renamed the Chick-fil-A Bowl in 2006, takes place each year in Atlanta. Established in 1968, the bowl draws the highest attendance of all the bowl games outside the Bowl Championship Series and offers the second-highest payout to participating teams. 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./piedmont-exposition-1887-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/piedmont-exposition-1887-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis drawing shows the 1887 Piedmont Exposition's main building. Located in Atlanta's Piedmont Park, the structure was 570 feet long, 126 feet wide, and two stories high. The Exposition opened on October 10 to nearly 20,000 visitors. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Atlanta History Center./pilgrim-health-and-life-insurance-company.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/pilgrim-health-and-life-insurance-company.htmlFounded  in 1898 in Augusta, Pilgrim Health and Life Insurance Company became the first insurance provider for African Americans in Georgia. A Black-owned and-operated company, Pilgrim was one of the largest employers of African Americans in Augusta and issued tens of thousands of policies in the first decades of the twentieth century. The company had an improbable beginning. Solomon W. Walker, a Black grocery delivery boy in his late teens, had the idea of starting an insurance company after repeatedly crossing paths with white insurance salesmen while making his deliveries./polk-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/polk-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCovering 311 square miles in northwest Georgia, Polk County is the state’s ninety-sixth county, created in 1851 from Floyd and Paulding counties. It was named for U.S. president James K. Polk. Originally held by Creek Indians, the land was lost to the Cherokee Nation before white settlers arrived there in the nineteenth century. Many of the first white settlers migrated from other parts of Georgia and from other states soon after gold was discovered in northwest Georgia in 1829./rice-fields-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rice-fields-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Ogeechee, together with the Savannah, Altamaha, and Satilla rivers, made up the principal "rice rivers" over the course of the entire history of rice cultivation in 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./roberta-ca-1900-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/roberta-ca-1900-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe business section of Roberta in Crawford County, around 1900, included the Roberta Drug Company (center). An advertisement for the Middle Georgia Loan and Realty Company hangs over the well in front of the drugstore. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./rock-eagle-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rock-eagle-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLocated north of Eatonton in Putnam County, Rock Eagle is an Indian-made rock structure dating back to the Middle Woodland period (300 B.C. to A.D. 600). Photograph by Brian McInturff 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./sarah-sallie-conley-clayton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sarah-sallie-conley-clayton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSallie Clayton, an adolescent at the time of the Civil War, recounted memories of her own and her family's ordeal in Requiem for a Lost City. Courtesy of Atlanta Historical Society 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./schley-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/schley-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Schley County Courthouse was built in 1899 in the Romanesque revival style. Nearly a century later, the structure, located in Ellaville, underwent modern renovation. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./singer-moye-mounds-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/singer-moye-mounds-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDating to the Mississippian Period (A.D. 800-1600), the Singer-Moye site, located in south central Stewart County, is home to eight earthen mounds ranging from three to forty-six feet in height. The well-preserved site, which occupies approximately thirty-five acres of mixed pine and hardwood forest, is named for the families who donated this land in 1968 to the Columbus Museum in Columbus. In 2008 the Georgia Museum of Natural History, at the University of Georgia in Athens, assumed ownership of the property./splash-dam-rabun-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/splash-dam-rabun-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA splash dam built by the Gennett Lumber Company on Camp Creek, in Rabun County. Splash dams are log structures that raise the water level enough to back up a large quantity of cut timber. Courtesy of Mars Hill College, Appalachian Room Archives, Gennett Collection. 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./stanley-lindberg-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/stanley-lindberg-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAs editor of the Georgia Review from 1977 until his death, Stanley Lindberg was nationally and internationally recognized for transforming a good regional literary magazine into one of the best magazines of its time, a handsome and colorful quarterly filled with excellent essays, poetry, fiction, and artwork created by distinguished artists from the state, the South, the nation, and abroad. In addition, he conceived and produced, or shared responsibility for, some of the most daring and stimulating cultural events the state of Georgia has hosted, including a celebration of Georgia’s own heritage in creative writing—the “Roots in Georgia” Literary Symposium of 1985—and a remarkable international gathering of recipients of the Nobel Prize in Literature held in conjunction with the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta./sumter-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sumter-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSumter County, in southwest Georgia, was established by an act of the state legislature on December 26, 1831, just four years after the Creek Indians vacated the region when the state acquired the territory from them in the 1825 Treaty of Indian Springs. Sumter, the state’s eightieth county, was created entirely from Lee County, now situated to its south. The county was named for General Thomas Sumter (1734-1832) of South Carolina./superfund-site-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/superfund-site-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHercules Inc. in Brunswick, pictured in 2004, is an active chemical processing plant. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency identified the plant as a Superfund site because of contamination from toxic waste. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./suzuki-manufacturing-of-america-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/suzuki-manufacturing-of-america-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSuzuki Manufacturing of America is one of the companies contributing to the growing industry of technical metals and automotive parts in Rome. This industry has largely replaced the textile and carpet industry that was prominent in the area during much of the twentieth century. Photograph by George Pullen 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./tabby-ruins-at-wormsloe-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tabby-ruins-at-wormsloe-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlNoble Jones used tabby, a mixture of limestone, sand, and shells, to build fortifications at Wormsloe in 1740 for the defense of Savannah. In 1793 he began construction on a new tabby home, the ruins of which are still standing. 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./ted-turner-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ted-turner-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTed Turner, a media magnate, philanthropist, and restauranteur, has played a significant role in the Atlanta business and entertainment communities since the establishment of his Turner Broadcasting System in 1970. As the creator of CNN, the owner of the Atlanta Braves, and cofounder of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, Turner has influenced a variety of arenas from the local to the international. 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./telfair-academy-of-arts-and-sciences.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/telfair-academy-of-arts-and-sciences.htmlSculptures donated by Mary Telfair grace the interior of the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences (later Telfair Museums) in Savannah, circa 1900. Telfair bequeathed the family home, designed by William Jay, for the establishment of the museum upon her death in 1875. 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./turner-field-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/turner-field-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTurner Field was the home stadium of the Atlanta Braves baseball team from 1997 to 2016 and was named for former Braves owner Ted Turner. Originally known as Centennial Olympic Stadium, the venue was constructed for track-and-field events for the 1996 Olympic Games and was subsequently remodeled by architect George T. Heery to become a baseball park in time for the 1997 major league season. Situated south of downtown Atlanta, Turner Field replaced Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, once the home of both the Braves and the National Football League’s Atlanta Falcons, who moved to the Georgia Dome in 1992./uga-military-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/uga-military-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGraffiti left by antiwar protestors marks the military building at the University of Georgia in Athens during the Vietnam War (1964-73). Student activists at UGA attempted to burn down the building five times between 1968 and 1972. The slogan "Che Lives" is a reference to Che Guevara, a leader of the socialist revolution in Cuba and an icon of the American New Left. He was captured and executed in Bolivia in 1967./w-w-orr-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/w-w-orr-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPringle and Smith's eleven-story W. W. Orr Building (1930) was one of their five landmark Atlanta skyscrapers. 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%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJ6ilruktdJmp5qknZq%2Fbr%2FMoquhZWFthXd5kHJuamedYoN1go4%3D/william-t-sherman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/william-t-sherman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWilliam T. Sherman issued Field Order No. 15 in January 1865, calling for the redistribution of confiscated Southern land to freedmen in forty-acre plots. The order was rescinded later that same year, and much of the land was returned to the original white owners. From The History of the State of Georgia, by I. W. Avery 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./writers-cartoonists-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/writers-cartoonists-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJulian 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. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcMPRoqueqqNisKK%2B06imp6GjqcBw/zoroastrianism-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/zoroastrianism-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlZoroastrianism is an ancient religion based on the teachings of the prophet Zarathushtra (also known by his Greek name, Zoroaster), who may have been the first monotheist. Tradition teaches that Zarathushtra lived about 600 B.C., but scholars have dated his life in what is now Iran to between 1500 and 1000 B.C. Adherents of Zoroastrianism are found throughout the world, with the largest populations residing in Iran and India. Approximately 18,000 Zoroastrians are found in North America, and as of 2007 around 250 reside in Georgia./1989-national-championship-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/1989-national-championship-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Georgia Southern Eagles football team celebrates its national championship win in 1989 after a 15-0 season. Courtesy of Georgia Southern Athletic Media Relations 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-ten-eyck-brown-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/a-ten-eyck-brown-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA. Ten Eyck Brown was the prominent architect of public buildings in Atlanta for the first third of the twentieth century; he was rivaled only by Morgan and Dillon (later Morgan, Dillon, and Lewis). Brown built county courthouses in Spalding (1911, destroyed by fire), Fulton (1911-14, with Morgan and Dillon), Clarke (1914), and Cherokee (1926) counties. During the mid-1920s, as supervising architect for a group of Italian Romanesque revival public school buildings in Atlanta, he collaborated with the best Atlanta firms of the decade and produced some of the finest public school architecture in the region./antebellum-topics-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/antebellum-topics-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1849 George W. Crawford, a former governor of Georgia, joined U.S. president Zachary Taylor's cabinet as secretary of war. From left, Reverdy Johnson, William M. Meredith, William B. Preston, Zachary Taylor, Crawford, Jacob Collamer, Thomas Ewing, and John M. Clayton. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcK3NrZybnZyhwq5506inopujZA%3D%3D/anthony-grooms-reads-from-bombingham.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/anthony-grooms-reads-from-bombingham.htmlAnthony Grooms reads from his novel (2001). Video by Darby Carl Sanders, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJmeqbWwuthmnqunn6LAbq6ManBubV%2BXvK6uyKeeoZmdlMFyq49o/arthur-j-moore-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/arthur-j-moore-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlArthur Moore was a Methodist bishop, evangelist, and leader in the Atlanta area from 1940 to 1960. The title”Ambassador of Methodism” resulted from his supervision of mission work for the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, from 1934 to 1941 and his assignments after World War II (1941-45) in Asia, Europe, and North Africa. Arthur James Moore was born on December 26, 1888, in Argyle to Emma Victoria Cason and John Spencer Moore./atlanta-symphony-orchestra-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-symphony-orchestra-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) is the most widely recognized orchestra and largest arts organization in the southeastern United States. It offers a variety of concerts year-round, in addition to outreach and educational programs in area schools and communities. The ASO’s recordings are widely praised and have won many honors, including dozens of Grammy awards. It is a constituent of the Woodruff Arts Center and receives strong community support through its volunteer guild, the Atlanta Symphony Associates./barnes-hotel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/barnes-hotel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe postcard picturing the Barnes Hotel in Baxley.  The hotel was built in the 1880s by Simon Barnes and remained in open until 1955. Courtesy of Jerry Wiggins 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./benjamin-mays-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/benjamin-mays-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPerhaps best known as the longtime president of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Benjamin Mays was a distinguished African American minister, educator, scholar, and social activist. He was also a significant mentor to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and was among the most articulate and outspoken critics of segregation before the rise of the modern civil rights movement in the United States. Mays also filled leadership roles in several significant national and international organizations, among them the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the International Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), the World Council of Churches, the United Negro College Fund, the National Baptist Convention, the Urban League, the Southern Conference for Human Welfare, the Southern Conference Educational Fund, and the Peace Corps Advisory Committee./bus-desegregation-in-atlanta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bus-desegregation-in-atlanta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn January 1957, following the successful bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama (1955-56), a group of Black ministers launched the Love, Law, and Liberation (or Triple L) Movement to desegregate Atlanta’s city buses. Under the leadership of the Reverend William Holmes Borders, the ministers staged a violation of the state law requiring segregation on common carriers, thereby securing the grounds for a legal challenge to the very foundation of Georgia’s Jim Crow architecture./charles-lindbergh-prepares-to-depart.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/charles-lindbergh-prepares-to-depart.htmlOctober 12, 1927, was a sunny day, perfect for flying. Charles Lindbergh poses in his flight suit in front of a parked biplane (not to be confused with the Spirit of St. Louis) at Candler Field, ready for his departure. Second from the right is Doug Davis, who owned the hangar where the Spirit of St. Louis was parked. William Lee, a U.S. mail pilot, stands to the far right. 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./charlie-d-tillman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/charlie-d-tillman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCharlie D. Tillman (photo taken ca. 1930), who called Atlanta home for most of his career, was a pioneer composer, performer, and publisher of southern gospel music. During the almost sixty years that he was involved in the music business, he wrote some one hundred songs and published twenty-two songbooks. Courtesy of Charles L. Douglas 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./colonoware-jar-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/colonoware-jar-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis colonoware jar, uncovered in South Carolina in the 1990s, dates to the mid-eighteenth century. Colonoware was made by African Americans on coastal plantations and has been found on several Georgia sites. Courtesy of New South Associates 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./creek-indian-leaders-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/creek-indian-leaders-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCreek Indian society contained an unknown number of leaders in the pre-removal era. Each village had civil, religious, and war chiefs of various ranks. Leaders wielded authority only as long as they could persuade others to agree with their decisions. As a result, leadership positions frequently changed hands. The most important Creek leader was the mico or village chief. In addition to providing domestic leadership , micos served as diplomatic representatives./css-chattahoochee-remains-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/css-chattahoochee-remains-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe engines and lower hull of the CSS Chattahoochee, a steam-powered gunship built by the Confederate navy during the Civil War, are pictured circa 1964. In 1865 Confederate forces burned the ship on the Chattahoochee River to prevent it from falling into Union hands. The remains of the were raised from the riverbed in the mid-1960s. Courtesy of U.S. Naval Historical Center 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./cumberland-island-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cumberland-island-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSand dunes are a prominent feature on Cumberland Island, one of the barrier islands lining the coast of Georgia. Facing the ocean on the eastern side of the islands, the sand dunes are formed by wind and waves and stabilized by such plants as sea oats and morning glories. 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./decatur-neighborhood-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/decatur-neighborhood-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDowntown Decatur is surrounded by historic neighborhoods reflecting a variety of architectural styles, including Craftsman bungalows, Victorian and Tudor homes, and townhouses. The tree-lined streets and a strong sense of community characterize Decatur. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOnZycmaSqv3C5jG5obmtf/douglas-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/douglas-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDouglas, the seat of Coffee County, is located in south Georgia 92 miles west of Brunswick and 120 miles northwest of Jacksonville, Florida. The city is located at the intersection of U.S. 441 and 221 and Georgia 32. Its population, according to the 2020 census, was 11,722. Industries include poultry processing, manufactured housing, jet engine parts, and small engines. One of the major employers is a wholesale distribution center. The campuses of South Georgia State College and Wiregrass Georgia Technical College serve students in Coffee and surrounding counties./dungeness-ruins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dungeness-ruins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRuins of the Dungeness Mansion on Cumberland Island. The mansion, built by Thomas Carnegie on the former site of Catharine Greene Miller's estate, burned in the mid-twentieth century. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia./elena-diaz-verson-amos-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/elena-diaz-verson-amos-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlElena Diaz-Verson Amos poses with her husband, Aflac cofounder John Amos, in the 1980s. Born in Havana, Cuba, Amos studied as an exchange student at the University of Miami in Florida and remained active in Cuban advocacy and humanitarian causes throughout her life. In 1955 she and her husband moved to Columbus, where she became active in a variety of philanthropic causes. Courtesy of Aflac 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./evolution-controversy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/evolution-controversy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe theory of evolution was developed by the English naturalist Charles Darwin in 1859 as a scientific explanation of the phenomenon of species formation. With later modifications, it is accepted as valid by most scientists, despite some disagreements over the processes involved. Strongly opposed by a considerable number of people, however, the theory continues to arouse debate. As elsewhere in the United States, responses to Darwin’s theory in Georgia have varied from full acceptance to strenuous opposition./female-house-finch-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/female-house-finch-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe colorful and musical house finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) has taken over habitat once used by the house sparrow. From 1980 to 2000 the house finch population exploded in Georgia's suburbs and towns. Image from Rhododendrites 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./florence-marina-state-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/florence-marina-state-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Florence Marina State Park, about sixteen miles west of Lumpkin, is situated at the northern end of Lake Walter F. George. The park is one of many attractions in the area. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./g8-summit-in-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/g8-summit-in-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe G8 Summit is an annual meeting of the eight largest industrial nations. The leaders of these nations meet to discuss major economic and political issues of global importance. In June 2004 the G8 Summit was hosted by the United States on Sea Island. In 1975 France, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and West Germany met for the first time. They were joined by Canada in 1976. Their yearly meetings became known as the Group of Seven Nations (G7) Summit, which was changed to the G8 Summit after Russia officially became a member in 1998./garnett-andrews-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/garnett-andrews-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGarnett Andrews was a jurist, writer, politician, and Know-Nothing candidate for governor, and the father of diarist Eliza Frances Andrews. He was born on October 30, 1798, to Ann Goode and John Andrews on the family plantation near Washington, Georgia, in Wilkes County. Andrews was one of sixteen children and, according to family records, the only child to live past middle age. Early Life Andrews’s father was a Revolutionary War (1775-83) soldier who served with the Continental Army that accepted the surrender of Lord Cornwallis’s British forces at Yorktown, Virginia./georgia-colony-boundaries-1764-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-colony-boundaries-1764-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe appointment of James Wright in 1760 as governor of Georgia coincided with a period of expansion. By 1764 the boundaries of the colony had expanded to include those territories between the Mississippi and Chattahoochee rivers that had not been granted to the Florida colonies. Map by John Nelson. Reprinted by permission of William J. Morton 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./georgia-historical-commission-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-historical-commission-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Georgia Historical Commission was the earliest statewide force for historic preservation in Georgia; the advent of the commission was the first time state government, rather than a private organization, became involved in historic preservation. Much of the work accomplished during its relatively brief existence—including the erection of hundreds of historical markers—survives today. The commission was created by the Georgia legislature in February 1951 to promote and increase knowledge and understanding of the history of the state./georgia-nigger-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-nigger-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1932 the radical journalist John Spivak published Georgia Nigger, a thinly fictionalized condemnation of Georgia’s penal system that unveiled the harsh working conditions and brutal treatment suffered by African Americans in the state’s convict camps. Walter White, the executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), described Spivak’s novel as “the most devastating expose of the treatment of Negroes in the Georgia chaingang that has ever been written./german-lutheran-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/german-lutheran-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe German Lutheran Church in Augusta, pictured in 1895, was one of the many Lutheran churches to spring up around the state during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./gordon-military-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gordon-military-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCadets gather on the campus of Gordon Military College in the 1960s. Both high school and junior college students attended class on this campus from the mid-1930s until 1972. Courtesy of Gordon State College 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./governor-eugene-talmadge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/governor-eugene-talmadge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDespite Governor Eugene Talmadge's determination to block equality at the polls for the state's Black citizens, a federal court declared the white primary in Georgia unconstitutional in King v. Chapman (1946). 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to Special Collections and Archives at Georgia State University./graham-jackson-sr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/graham-jackson-sr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGraham Washington Jackson Sr. was a musician and band leader best known for his personal connection to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He performed for six presidents and was affectionately known as “The Ambassador of Good Will” during his lengthy career. Jackson was born in Portsmouth, Virginia on February 22, 1903. He was raised in poverty by his aunt after his father lost his arm in a hunting accident and his mother was committed to a mental hospital./gulfstream-aerospace-corporation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gulfstream-aerospace-corporation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGulfstream Aerospace Corporation, based in Savannah, is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics. Since 1958 the company has produced more than 2,000 aircraft for corporations, governments, and individuals around the world, and by 2012 it employed more than 11,500 people at eleven major locations. Two of these locations, Savannah and Brunswick, are located in Georgia. The other nine are found in Appleton, Wisconsin; Dallas, Texas; Las Vegas, Nevada; Lincoln, California; London, England; Long Beach, California; Mexicali, Mexico; Westfield, Massachusetts; and West Palm Beach, Florida./henry-cumming-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/henry-cumming-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHenry Cumming, a lifelong resident of Augusta, was actively involved in the legal, social, and economic affairs of that city during the antebellum period. He is perhaps best known for conceiving of, and promoting, the construction of the Augusta Canal, which became a reality in 1846. Henry Harford Cumming was born in 1799 to Ann Clay and Thomas Cumming. His was a prominent and accomplished Georgia family. His father, Thomas, served as Augusta’s first mayor after the city’s incorporation in 1798./historic-westville-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/historic-westville-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHistoric Westville is a living history museum that conserves both the material and the intangible culture of the nineteenth century. As the state’s earliest major experiment in living history, Westville’s interpretive strategy asks the visitor to “travel back in time” to the year 1850. Originally located in Lumpkin, in Stewart County, the site was eventually relocated to Columbus. Westville conserves and perpetuates the work skills of antebellum west Georgia. Blacksmithing, split-white-oak basketmaking, cotton weaving, quilting, potting, hearth cooking, clothes washing, soapmaking, planting, animal-powered cotton ginning and baling, and cane syrup making are some of the work skills practiced for the public./inman-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/inman-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1969 Robert Griggs purchased and restored this Queen Anne-style house on Euclid Avenue, thereby launching the Inman Park restoration movement. Photograph by Ted Bazemore 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./insects-and-spiders-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/insects-and-spiders-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlInsects and spiders are invertebrates that belong to the phylum Arthropoda, which also includes such animals as millipedes, lobsters, and crabs. The arthropods represent both the largest number of species on Earth (approximately four-fifths of all known living species) and the largest number of individual organisms. Like all other arthropods, insects and spiders are characterized by segmentations, chitin exoskeletons, and appendages. Insects and spiders are crucial contributors to their local environments, and they affect agricultural efforts wherever food and fiber are grown./jesse-o-thomas-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jesse-o-thomas-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJesse O. Thomas, a Mississippi native, moved to Atlanta in 1919 and opened the Field Secretary Office of the National Urban League. During his tenure, he hired the first two Black public school nurses in Atlanta and organized the school of social work at Atlanta University (later Clark Atlanta University). During the 1940s the American Red Cross recruited him as its first African American employee, and he led the racial integration efforts of that organization until 1950./john-hope-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-hope-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJohn Hope  was an important African American educator and race leader of the early twentieth century. In 1906 he became the first Black president of Morehouse College—the alma mater of Martin Luther King Jr.—in Atlanta. Twenty-three years later, in 1929, Hope went on to become the first African American president of Atlanta University (later Clark Atlanta University). To accomplish his goals, Hope embraced several civil rights organizations, including W. E. B./john-ruggles-cotting-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-ruggles-cotting-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA chemist, geologist, and instructor, John Ruggles Cotting conducted a significant geological survey of Georgia’s Burke and Richmond counties in 1836. As the first state geologist of Georgia, he completed a study in 1839 of the topography, geology, mineral resources, and soils in more than two dozen counties. Although Cotting diligently performed his duties, a series of obstacles prevented the publication of his work, which remains lost to Georgians today./john-twiggs-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-twiggs-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA prominent militia leader during the Revolutionary War (1775-83), John Twiggs led Georgia forces against both the British and the Cherokee Indians in the backcountry. After the war he remained active on a variety of political and military fronts, statewide and in and around Augusta, including involvement in the Yazoo land fraud. Twiggs County, created in 1809, was named in his honor. Early Life Twiggs was born on June 5, 1750, in Maryland./king-and-prince-seafood-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/king-and-prince-seafood-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA freezer building for King and Prince Seafood, based in Brunswick, was built in 1987. Founded in 1924 as a seafood wholesaler, the company produces a variety of frozen food products for both the retail and restaurant markets. From The Story of King & Prince Seafood Corporation, by L. Faulkenberry 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./larry-jon-wilson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/larry-jon-wilson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCritics have used many labels—”storyteller,” “folk poet,” “troubadour”—in trying to capture the essence of Georgia singer, songwriter, and composer Larry Jon Wilson. Like Wilson himself, his music has defied easy categorization, and such descriptions as country folk, country blues, folk blues, country-narrative folk, and a mixture of soul and country all represent attempts to characterize Wilson’s work. Born on October 7, 1940, in Swainsboro, in Emanuel County, to Louise Phillips and John Tyler Wilson, Larry Jon Wilson was raised in Augusta./laura-belle-barnard-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/laura-belle-barnard-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLaura Belle Barnard, a Free Will Baptist missionary, humanitarian, and educator, was born on February 13, 1907, and reared in Glennville. After graduation from high school, she attended South Georgia Teachers College (later Georgia Southern University) in Statesboro, and then transferred to Columbia Bible College in Columbia, South Carolina. She graduated from Columbia in 1932, and shortly thereafter she sensed a call to evangelical mission work. In 1935 Barnard was commissioned for mission work in India by the General Conference of Free Will Baptists of the South./leila-ross-wilburn-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/leila-ross-wilburn-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe practice of Atlanta architect Leila Ross Wilburn emerged from and reflected the values of the Craftsman movement. Craftsman architecture promoted craftsmanship, solid construction, family life, and egalitarian values embodied in small houses for middle-class Americans. Encouraging homeownership for large numbers of clients, Wilburn was the only woman known to have published plan books for contractors and house builders. She was responsible for a vast number of houses built in Georgia but still unidentified in the field./literature-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/literature-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAmong southern states, only Mississippi, by virtue of William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Tennessee Williams, and Richard Wright, has produced a richer literature than Georgia. With such authors as Conrad Aiken, Erskine Caldwell, James Dickey, Joel Chandler Harris, Carson McCullers, Flannery O’Connor, and Alice Walker (not to mention Margaret Mitchell), Georgia holds a position of considerable literary prominence.   Georgia writing developed in response to the same events and forces that shaped the national literature: the disappearance of the frontier, the expansion of industry, the growth of cities, the trauma of war and depression, and the tumultuous events of the twentieth century./madison-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/madison-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe most recognizable site in Madison County, the Old Madison County Courthouse stands in the middle of the square in Danielsville. The brick structure was completed in 1901 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 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./margaret-edson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/margaret-edson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMargaret Edson, a playwright and kindergarten teacher in Atlanta, is best known for Wit, a play about a literary scholar diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. Although Edson considers herself first an educator and then a playwright, her play has won many prestigious awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1999. Early Life and Education Edson was born in Washington, D.C., on July 4, 1961. Her father, Peter Edson, was a newspaper columnist, and her mother, Joyce Edson, was a medical social worker./mccamy-home-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mccamy-home-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe family home of writer Marian McCamy Sims, pictured circa 1921, was built in Dalton around 1918. Originally located on South Thornton Avenue, the house was later moved to another site. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./mills-b-lane-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mills-b-lane-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn the 1950s and 1960s Mills B. Lane Jr. played an important role in Atlanta’s political development and economic expansion. As president of Atlanta-based Citizens and Southern National Bank (C&S), Lane pioneered innovative lending practices and earned national prominence for the bank, while financing much of the city’s physical redevelopment. It was in Atlanta’s political arena, however, that his impact was perhaps most keenly felt. Working behind the scenes as a political insider, Lane leveraged his influence to promote good government and progressive candidates, and helped to build an institutional framework capable of resolving municipal disputes./mrs-pope-s-museum-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mrs-pope-s-museum-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLaura Pope Forrester, a self-taught artist from south Georgia, created one of the state's first outdoor art environments during the 1940s and 1950s. Her concrete figures, depicting such historical and literary personages as Nancy Hart and Scarlett O'Hara, came to be known as "Mrs. Pope's Museum." 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./neighborhood-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/neighborhood-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Neighborhood Union was formed in 1908 by Lugenia Burns Hope and other community organizers to combat social decay in Atlanta's Black neighborhoods. The Neighborhood Union offered assistance with housing, education, and medical care, and provided recreational opportunities. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6lrKCdnp6ubq7Uq6WsZZikvaZ5kHFuamVhboF4e8xmaGppYGt8/newspapers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/newspapers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMarietta leaders gather in the law office of Rip Blair (seated right) to honor Niles Trammel (seated left), circa 1940. Otis Brumby Sr. (standing far left) was the vice president of Brumby Chair Company. Also standing, from left: Stanton Read, Ed Massey, Jake Northcutt, Eugene McNeel Sr., unknown, Ryburn Clay, J. J. Daniell, Morgan McNeel. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLrEsKqpmaCav7R7/oglethorpe-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/oglethorpe-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Oglethorpe County Courthouse stands at the corner of Gilmer and Main streets. Photograph by Jimmy Emerson, DVM 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%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOqJ6lnaSdvLO8xGaaqK2eqcZwuYxraGpsXw%3D%3D/phil-niekro-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/phil-niekro-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPhil Niekro fashioned a long, successful sports career by mastering the most confounding pitch in the history of baseball—the knuckleball. During his twenty-one seasons with the Atlanta Braves, “Knucksie,” as he was known, became one of the most popular players in franchise history. Philip Henry Niekro was born on April 1, 1939, in Blaine, Ohio. His father, a coal miner and pitcher in the Mine Workers League, taught the knuckleball to both of his sons, Phil Jr./pierce-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/pierce-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCovering 343 square miles in southeast Georgia, Pierce County is the state’s 120th county, created in 1857 from Appling and Ware counties. It was named for Franklin Pierce, the fourteenth president of the United States and an anti-abolitionist from New Hampshire. The land was originally held by Creek Indians who were expelled from their territory by General David Blackshear under orders from the U.S. government after the start of the War of 1812 (1812-15)./red-cockaded-woodpecker-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/red-cockaded-woodpecker-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) is one of many species endangered by the destruction of the longleaf pine-grassland ecosystem. The only woodpecker species to make cavities in living pine trees, the red-cockaded woodpecker prefers to make its home in longleaf pines. Its cavities are later inhabited by other species in the longleaf forest, including other birds, squirrels, insects, and reptiles. Photograph by Erich G. Vallery, USDA Forest Service. Courtesy of Forestry Images/rhythm-and-blues-music-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rhythm-and-blues-music-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRhythm  and blues (R&B), which combines soulful singing and a strong backbeat, was the most popular music created by and for African Americans between the end of World War II (1941-45) and the early 1960s. Such Georgia artists as Ray Charles, Little Richard, and James Brown rank among the most influential and innovative R&B performers. Surging employment during World War II accelerated the migration of the rural poor to cities and helped create a younger, more urban Black audience./savannah-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/savannah-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFounded in 1733 by colonists led by James Edward Oglethorpe, Savannah is the oldest city in Georgia and one of the outstanding examples of eighteenth-century town planning in North America. Colonial and Revolutionary Eras Savannah was, by design, the first step in the creation of Georgia, which received its charter from King George II in April 1732, as the thirteenth and last of England’s American colonies. In November 1732 Oglethorpe, with 114 colonists, sailed from England on the Anne./savannah-river-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/savannah-river-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Savannah River, one of Georgia’s longest and largest waterways, defines most of the boundary between Georgia and South Carolina. The river originates at the confluence of the Seneca and Tugaloo rivers in Hart County in eastern Georgia. The confluence also forms Lake Hartwell, a large reservoir built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Though the Savannah itself begins in the Piedmont geologic province, its tributary headwaters originate on the southwestern slopes of the rugged Blue Ridge geologic province of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina./segregation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/segregation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBeginning in the 1890s, Georgia and other southern states passed a wide variety of Jim Crow laws that mandated racial segregation or separation in public facilities and effectively codified the region’s tradition of white supremacy. The name “Jim Crow” refers to a minstrel character popular in the 1820s and 1830s, but it is unknown how the term came to describe the form of racial segregation and discrimination that prevailed in the American South during the first half of the twentieth century./slater-king-and-laurie-pritchett.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/slater-king-and-laurie-pritchett.htmlCivil rights activist Slater King confronts Albany police chief Laurie Pritchett. Courtesy of Cochran Studios/A. E. Jenkins Photography 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%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6ao5uZnq56rrvVnqSepqRkum5%2Bk2loaA%3D%3D/south-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/south-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSouth University, a private academic institution in Savannah, was founded in 1899 as Draughon's Practical Business College. Today the school offers degree programs in business and health disciplines. Courtesy of South University 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./spaghetti-junction-in-atlanta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/spaghetti-junction-in-atlanta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Tom Moreland Interchange, commonly called Spaghetti Junction. Image from Elaine Chambers, Wikimedia Commons 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%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrnyqutOeqayskamybrTIoJ%2BwmaliwLq%2F056kaKVdZ4J5gY4%3D/ss2h1-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ss2h1-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmla. James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, and Mary Musgrove (founding of Georgia) b. Sequoyah (development of a Cherokee alphabet) c. Jackie Robinson (sportsmanship and civil rights) d. Martin Luther King, Jr. (civil rights) e. Juliette Gordon Low (Girl Scouts and leadership) f. Jimmy Carter (leadership and human rights) ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoqq2Znpmus7DSaKqsaphmfA%3D%3D/ss8h3-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ss8h3-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAnalyze the role of Georgia in the American Revolutionary Era. a. Explain the causes of the American Revolution as they impacted Georgia; include the French and Indian War, Proclamation of 1763, and the Stamp Act. b. Interpret the three parts of the Declaration of Independence (preamble, grievances, and declaration) and identify the three Georgia signers of the document. c. Analyze the significance of the Loyalists and Patriots as a part of Georgia’s role in the Revolutionary War; include the Battle of Kettle Creek and Siege of Savannah./state-colleges-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/state-colleges-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThrash Hall, on the campus of South Georgia College in Coffee County, is named for the first president of the college and originally housed the school's library. Today the building, pictured circa 2002, serves as the president's office. Founded in 1907, South Georgia College is a four-year institution of the University System of Georgia. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcL%2FTmqueZZOkua2xxp6qaA%3D%3D/stephen-elliott-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/stephen-elliott-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1841 Stephen Elliott Jr. was appointed the first Episcopal bishop in Georgia. During the Civil War, Elliott led the movement that formed the Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America. He was later instrumental in reconciling Northern and Southern churches at the war's end in 1865. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJ2gnsCku8%2Bao2abmKq%2FpLSOpmRya2lrfA%3D%3D/swing-music-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/swing-music-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia, though far from the jazz centers of New Orleans, Louisiana; Chicago, Illinois; and New York City, produced some of the most important swing musicians of the big band era. Many of these gained their fame after migrating to northern urban centers, but the musicians who stayed in the South contributed to the thriving swing scene in Savannah during the 1930s and 1940s. Fletcher Henderson Fletcher Henderson from Cuthbert, in Randolph County, is credited with forming the first swing band in 1924, which included drummer Joseph “Kaiser” Marshall from Savannah./trappist-monk-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/trappist-monk-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Trappist monks at the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers are members of the Order of the Cistercians of the Strict Observance, a sect of Cistercian monks that originated in France and follows the teachings of the seventeenth-century abbot Armand de Rance. Courtesy of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Monastery 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./tyler-perry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tyler-perry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTyler Perry, an Atlanta-based writer, producer, and performer, is one of the most commercially successful African American filmmakers in history. Tyler Perry Studios, which first opened in Atlanta in 2008, is the first major film studio in the nation to be solo-owned by an African American. Perry is best known for his signature character, Madea, whom he has portrayed in both stage plays and films. Early Career Emmitt Perry Jr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on September 14, 1969, to Maxine and Emmitt Perry./ups-foundation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ups-foundation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe UPS Foundation headquarters are located in Atlanta at the UPS corporate office building, designed by the architectural firm Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback, and Associates. The foundation, which was established in 1951, provides grant money to organizations working to combat hunger and illiteracy, and also encourages volunteerism among UPS employees. Courtesy of UPS 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./webster-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/webster-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Webster County Courthouse, located in Preston, was built in 1915 and designed by T. F. Lockwood Sr. It is an example of neoclassical revival architecture. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./white-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/white-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWhite County, covering 242 square miles, is located on the eastern flank of the Appalachian Mountain chain approximately eighty miles northeast of Atlanta. It encompasses most of the headwater streams of the Chattahoochee River and is thus a major source of Atlanta’s water supply. Georgia’s 123rd county, carved out of Habersham County by an act of the state legislature in 1857, was named for David White, a legislator from Newton County./woodrow-wilson-in-1871-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/woodrow-wilson-in-1871-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1871, when Woodrow was about fifteen years old, the Wilson family moved from Augusta to Columbia, South Carolina. The previous year, in an early indication of his leadership abilities, the young Woodrow had been elected president of the Lightfoot Baseball Club. 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./little-richard-penniman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/little-richard-penniman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLittle Richard, also known as “the Georgia Peach,” was credited as the “architect of rock and roll”—a title he claimed for himself, but few disputed. In the mid-1950s, his wildly energetic rhythm-and-blues records crossed over to the pop charts and made him one of the first rock stars. His pounding piano, screaming vocals, and exuberant stage persona have been emulated but rarely matched by several generations of rock musicians. Born Richard Wayne Penniman in Macon on December 5, 1932, Little Richard was one of twelve children./1891-paine-institute-class-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/1891-paine-institute-class-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe 1891 class of the Paine College normal school, which trained preachers and teachers, is pictured. The college was founded in Augusta in 1884 to provide a liberal arts education to African American students of both genders. Courtesy of Paine College 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./adel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/adel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAdel, incorporated in 1889 and now the seat of Cook County, is located about thirty miles north of Valdosta in south Georgia on Interstate 75. According to the 2020 U.S. census, Adel’s population was 5,571. Long before pavement covered its roads, Adel was called Puddleville. The name stood as a testament to the many water puddles that saturated low-lying streets after a rainfall. Rumor has it that the first postmaster, Joel J./alice-hand-callaway-visitor-center-and-conservatory.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/alice-hand-callaway-visitor-center-and-conservatory.htmlThe Alice Hand Callaway Visitor Center and Conservatory was completed in 1984 and contains offices, classrooms, a gift shop, the Garden Room Cafe, and a 10,000-square-foot conservatory featuring tropical plants of economic interest. Courtesy of the State Botanical Garden 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./anne-cox-chambers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/anne-cox-chambers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAnne Cox Chambers was a media mogul, philanthropist, and former U.S. ambassador. She was the primary owner of Cox Enterprises, a privately held media empire comprised of newspapers, including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, as well as television, radio, and other businesses. For thirty-three years, she co-owned the company with her sister, Barbara Cox Anthony, who died in May 2007. In 2016, Chambers had an estimated worth of $17 billion. Anne Cox was born on December 1, 1919, in Dayton, Ohio, to Margaretta Blair and James Middleton Cox./antebellum-era-1800-1860-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/antebellum-era-1800-1860-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1849 George W. Crawford, a former governor of Georgia, joined U.S. president Zachary Taylor's cabinet as secretary of war. From left, Reverdy Johnson, William M. Meredith, William B. Preston, Zachary Taylor, Crawford, Jacob Collamer, Thomas Ewing, and John M. Clayton. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcK3NrZybnZyhwq55xKuYZmloZX1ufZdvZ2g%3D/atlanta-compromise-speech-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-compromise-speech-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOn September 18, 1895, the African American educator and leader Booker T. Washington delivered his famous “Atlanta Compromise” speech at the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta. Considered the definitive statement of what Washington termed the “accommodationist” strategy of Black response to southern racial tensions, it is widely regarded as one of the most significant speeches in American history. Two years earlier, Washington had spoken in Atlanta during the international meeting of Christian Workers./atlanta-history-museum-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-history-museum-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Atlanta History Museum, located on the campus of the Atlanta History Center, is one of the Southeast's largest history museums. The 30,000-square-foot facility, designed by architect George T. Heery, opened in 1993 and houses four permanent exhibitions, as well as two galleries for traveling exhibitions. 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./atlanta-metropolitan-state-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-metropolitan-state-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFounded in 1974, Atlanta Metropolitan State College was for several decades the only predominantly Black two-year institution in Georgia. In 2012 the college began offering four-year degree programs as well. It is located in southwest Atlanta, five minutes from downtown, on an expansive sixty-eight-acre wooded tract. The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority bus line stops at the campus, which is adjacent to Interstate 75/85. Enrollment in 2011 was 2,782 students, most of whom were nontraditional (the average student is twenty-seven years old)./auburn-avenue-research-library-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/auburn-avenue-research-library-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, pictured in 1994, is located on the west end of the Sweet Auburn historic district in Atlanta. The library offers reference and archival collections dedicated to African American culture and history. Courtesy of Archives Division, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System 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./battle-of-chickamauga-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/battle-of-chickamauga-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Battle of Chickamauga, the biggest battle ever fought in Georgia, took place on September 18-20, 1863, during the Civil War (1861-65). With 34,000 casualties, it is generally accepted as the second bloodiest engagement of the war; only the Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, with 51,000 casualties, was deadlier. The campaign that brought the Union and Confederate armies to Chickamauga began in late June 1863, when the Union Army of the Cumberland under Major General William S./battle-of-resaca-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/battle-of-resaca-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Battle of Resaca was fought during the Civil War on May 14-15, 1864, in Gordon County. Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston's troops were able to slow, but not halt, the progress of Union general William T. Sherman's forces into Georgia. 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./big-bethel-ame-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/big-bethel-ame-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBig Bethel AME, on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta, is pictured circa 1975. Throughout its history, Big Bethel has been a pillar of the Sweet Auburn district., working to maintain the historical integrity of the neighborhood in addition to its ministries. Courtesy of Archives Division, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, Ann States Collection. 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./bill-burson-s-family-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bill-burson-s-family-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA candidate’s family members and friends created the foundation of a campaign. Membership in social, civic, and religious organizations also offered access to would-be constituents and potential forums for political speechmaking. Perhaps most crucial was securing the backing of small-town political power brokers—figures who could use their influence to mobilize and deliver votes in small, rural counties. Bill Burson, pictured sitting above, traveled across the state with his family in a station wagon during his 1970 state treasurer campaign./blues-r-b-soul-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/blues-r-b-soul-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWillie Lee Perryman, a blues pianist, created the Dr. Feelgood persona for his WAOK radio show, and he performed under the name with his band, the Interns. From left, Perryman, Curtis Smith, Bobby Lee Tuggle, Roy Lee Johnson, Beverly Watkins, and Howard Hobbs. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcK7LrpysZaKXerS71KVm/brims-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/brims-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAs the forceful ruler of the Creek town of Coweta, on the Chattahoochee River fifteen miles south of Columbus, Brims was the first of a line of strong Lower Creek leaders during the eighteenth century and set the standard for their diplomatic policy of neutrality. His stance of regular interaction with all European empires—Spanish, French, and British—earned him mixed evaluations among foreigners and natives, who applauded his clever schemes or condemned his crafty fluctuations./construction-of-pinewood-atlanta-studios.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/construction-of-pinewood-atlanta-studios.htmlWith increased financial incentives to film in Georgia, international studios invested resources to produce in the state. These three photographs show the Pinewood Atlanta Studios site in Fayette County before, during, and after construction. Originally part-owned by British Pinewood Studios, the Fayette location has since become an independent venture named Trilith Studios. From USDA-FSA Aerial Photography Field Office. Collage by Jonathan D. Hepworth, New Georgia Encyclopedia. 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./davis-love-iii-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/davis-love-iii-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDavis Love III of Sea Island has distinguished himself as one of the top career money winners on the Professional Golf Association (PGA) tour. As of 2016 Love has won twenty-one PGA tournaments, including one major—the 1997 PGA championship. He finished second at the 1995 Masters Tournament, which is played annually at the Augusta National Golf Club. Love was inducted into the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame in 2001. Love was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, on April 13, 1964./donald-hollowell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/donald-hollowell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAs one of a handful of Black lawyers practicing civil rights law in the 1950s and 1960s, Donald Hollowell was instrumental in the movement to desegregate public institutions throughout Georgia. During his long career Hollowell provided counsel to student activists during the Atlanta sit-ins, defended Martin Luther King Jr. and other demonstrators during the Albany Movement, and successfully litigated the landmark case integrating the University of Georgia (UGA). In 1966 he became the first African American regional director of a major federal agency when U./drawing-war-crime-study-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/drawing-war-crime-study-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDrawing, War Crime Study (1969) by Richard Scott Hill is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Mixed media, 24 x 35 inches with matte 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts./dream-castle-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dream-castle-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDream Castle by Harry Aiken is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. According to Aiken, "Traveling through France I was taken by this castle surrounded by a lily pond. What I was really taken with was the second castle lying on the water. That was the one I wanted to explore." Color photograph, 16 3/4 x 12 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./earthenware-container-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/earthenware-container-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEarthenware Container by Susan Loftin is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Clay, 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 4 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomqiknJqwtbXOp6pon5Wkv6i1wKxkrKyRqbJurdGtZJynnKGypMDIqKVonZGnwamxzbCYq51dmLyvwMCipZ6qj6G8p8DIp5ZpaGFif3A%3D/edward-daugherty-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/edward-daugherty-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEdward Daugherty began the study of landscape architecture after the onset of Modernism and was the first and most important of this new generation of practitioners in Atlanta and the Southeast. Daugherty’s work ranges from small gardens and estates to schools, colleges, cultural institutions, and environmentally sensitive large developments. Notable achievements of Daugherty’s career include the preservation of the Marietta Square (1961) in downtown Marietta and the subsequent plan for downtown redevelopment in Atlanta (1970), the grounds of Georgia’s Governor’s Mansion (1967), the Atlanta Botanical Garden (1981-95), and the Georgia Institute of Technology (1955-75)./emory-eye-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/emory-eye-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Emory Eye Center is currently in the top ten eye-research institutions in the country in the amount of funds granted by the National Institutes of Health. Courtesy of Emory Eye Center 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./evans-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/evans-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEvans County, in southeast Georgia, is the state’s 152nd county. Almost entirely a product of the railroad age, the 185-square-mile county was formed from sections of Bulloch and Tattnall counties in 1914 and named for Clement Evans, a Confederate general. Claxton, the county seat, was founded when the 400-mile Savannah and Western Railroad came through the area in the 1890s. Store owner Remer Hendricks and his parents, Glenn and Nancy Hendricks, granted the railroad right-of-way across a large tract of their land and induced the company to establish a station there by promising to provide a free well for trains stopping on their property for water./first-presbyterian-church-augusta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/first-presbyterian-church-augusta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1857 Joseph Ruggles Wilson, father of Woodrow Wilson, accepted the pastorate of First Presbyterian Church, located at 642 Telfair Street in Augusta. The church was used as a Confederate hospital during the Civil War. 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./georgia-tech-basketball-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-tech-basketball-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLuke Schenscher attempts to score for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets during the 2004-5 basketball season. 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. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOrKeoqqSoerDB052mqKpdp7KkvsSaq6KnnmS0prvRoKCaZaSasKl5zJ6lrGWSlsCssdObmKWkX6J6eX2YcGY%3D/governor-s-awards-in-the-humanities.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/governor-s-awards-in-the-humanities.htmlThe state of Georgia inaugurated the Governor’s Awards in the Humanities in 1986. Through the initiative of Governor Joe Frank Harris, Georgia Humanities was designated as the convener and organizer of this annual event, which recognizes outstanding contributions to the humanities. Georgia’s program is among the first of its kind in the nation. Other states that offer governor’s awards programs are Alaska, Montana, and Missouri, and the National Endowment for the Humanities awards the National Humanities Medal (presented by the president of the United States) to individuals for distinguished contributions to the humanities./helen-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/helen-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHelen is a small community in the heart of Georgia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. In the late 1960s its residents transformed this economically depressed town, long since abandoned by the timber industry that had created it, into a Bavarian village of shops and restaurants that is now the third most popular tourist destination in the state; only Atlanta and Savannah attract more visitors annually. Located on the headwaters of the Chattahoochee River at the edge of the Nacoochee Valley in White County, Helen is about sixty miles north of Athens./high-museum-of-art-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/high-museum-of-art-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLocated in Midtown Atlanta, the High Museum of Art is one of the most important art museums in the Southeast. Its permanent collection of more than 11,000 objects includes a range of significant works by nineteenth- and twentieth-century American artists, a highly respected collection of American decorative arts from 1825 to 1917, notable European holdings in paintings and prints, and growing collections of modern and contemporary art, photography, African art, and works by African Americans./historic-columbus-foundation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/historic-columbus-foundation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Historic Columbus Foundation office is located at 708 Broadway, in what is still known as the Woodruff Farm House. The double-pen structure dates to the 1840s and was moved to Broadway in the 1980s. Courtesy of Historic Columbus Foundation 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./ida-cox-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ida-cox-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIda Cox was a vaudeville performer and a pioneering blues singer who, along with Gertrude “Ma” Rainey and Bessie Smith, founded the female blues genre. Cox was born Ida Prather on February 25, 1894, in Toccoa. She grew up in Cedartown, near Rome, and left home as a teenager to tour with a minstrel revue. Cox excelled at vaudeville singing, but when the popularity of vaudeville shows began to fade, she transformed herself into a formidable blues singer./interior-of-st-peter-s-rome.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/interior-of-st-peter-s-rome.htmlGeorge Cooke's painting, Interior of St. Peter's Rome (1847), hangs in the University of Georgia Chapel in Athens. Painting by George Cooke 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%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJ%2BVpL%2BosYycpqijlWJ%2BeIWSZmhxbGlkum5%2BkHFraA%3D%3D/james-h-blanchard-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/james-h-blanchard-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJames H. Blanchard served as chief executive officer of Synovus, a financial services company based in Columbus, from 1971 to 2005, when he became the corporation’s chairman of the board. His tenure has spanned the periods of greatest growth and prosperity at the company, which was founded in 1888 as Columbus Bank and Trust Company. Born on July 22, 1941, in Augusta, James Hubert Blanchard earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Georgia in 1963 and a law degree from the University of Georgia in 1965./jeannette-rankin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jeannette-rankin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJeannette Rankin, a native of Montana, became the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1916 and later purchased property in Georgia, first in Bogart and then in Watksinsville. After her death in 1973, proceeds from the sale of her Watkinsville land were used in 1976 to found the Jeannette Rankin Foundation, which is headquartered in Athens. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, George Grantham Bain Collection, #LC-DIG-ggbain-23835./jesse-mercer-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jesse-mercer-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJesse Mercer was a prominent Baptist pastor, philanthropist, and publisher. He focused much of his efforts toward promoting cooperation among Baptists in antebellum Georgia, particularly for the support of religious benevolence and ministerial education. Mercer University in Macon is named for him. Mercer was born in Halifax County, North Carolina, on December 16, 1769. He migrated to Georgia with his family when he was a child. Mercer converted to Christianity in July 1787, and his minister father, Silas Mercer, baptized him into the membership of Phillips Mill Baptist Church in Wilkes County./john-b-amos-cancer-center.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-b-amos-cancer-center.htmlThe new free-standing facility for the John B. Amos Cancer Center of the Columbus Regional Healthcare System was dedicated in 2004. The center was established through an endowment provided by Aflac cofounder John Amos in 1990; he died of lung cancer that same year. Courtesy of Aflac 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./lake-rabun-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lake-rabun-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLake Rabun was created in 1915 by the Georgia Power Company. Today, residents enjoy water sports, such as jet-skiing, at the Rabun County lake. Photograph from Wikimedia Commons 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./lawrenceville-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lawrenceville-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLawrenceville is the seat of Gwinnett County, one of the fastest-growing in the United States. The city is thirty-one miles northeast of Atlanta, with an area of thirteen square miles. History Gwinnett County, once Creek Indian territory, was created in 1818, before the land had been surveyed and distributed in a land lottery. When the lottery was held in 1820, county officials chose a site near the geographic center of the county for the seat, and Elisha Winn, an inferior court judge, traveled to Milledgeville, then the state capital, to buy the 250-acre property for $200./lgbtq-rights-protest-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lgbtq-rights-protest-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSupporters of LGBTQ+ rights gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court Building during oral arguments for Bostock v. Clayton County (2020). By a 6-3 majority, the Court ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees against discrimination and unjust termination based on their sexual orientation. 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./lottie-moon-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lottie-moon-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAfter  a brief teaching career in Cartersville, Charlotte “Lottie” Digges Moon spent nearly forty years (1873-1912) in China as a Baptist missionary. In an extraordinary life punctuated with selfless acts of devotion and faith in God, the teacher and evangelist paved the way for Baptists’ traditionally solid support for missions. Moon was born on December 12, 1840, to affluent and staunchly Baptist parents, Anna Maria Barclay and Edward Harris Moon. She grew up (to her full height of 4 feet 3 inches) on the family’s ancestral plantation, Viewmont, in Albemarle County, Virginia./marietta-cobb-museum-of-art-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/marietta-cobb-museum-of-art-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Greek revival–style building housing the Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art in Marietta was previously used as a post office and a library. The museum opened in 1990 and specializes in nineteenth- and twentieth-century American art. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./mary-frances-early-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mary-frances-early-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMary Frances Early, the first African American to graduate from the University of Georgia, sits in her Center Myers dorm room, which also housed Charlayne Hunter-Gault, the first African American woman to be admitted to the university. A riot erupted outside of this room two days after Hunter arrived on campus in 1961. Courtesy of Mary Frances Early 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./middle-georgia-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/middle-georgia-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlNote from the Editors: In January 2013 Middle Georgia College merged with Macon State College to form Middle Georgia State College (later Middle Georgia State University). This article chronicles the history of Middle Georgia College from its founding until the time of the merger. Middle Georgia College is a comprehensive two-year college within the University System of Georgia. In addition to its main campus in Cochran and selected off-campus sites, the college collaborates with Georgia Southern University to offer courses at the Dublin Center in Dublin./moonshine-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/moonshine-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgians have made moonshine since the late eighteenth century. During the colonial and antebellum periods, its production played an important role in the state’s agrarian economy. The distillation of apples, corn, or peaches into whiskey, brandy, or other alcoholic forms became a cottage industry that allowed small farmers to obtain cash. Though most often associated with the mountainous area of north Georgia, moonshining was practiced by farmers throughout the state./mule-plowing-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mule-plowing-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlVisitors to the Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village can experience everyday nineteenth-century-style farming practices, such as mule plowing. Courtesy of Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village 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./museum-of-arts-and-sciences.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/museum-of-arts-and-sciences.htmlEstablished in 1956, the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Macon is Georgia’s largest institution devoted to the arts and sciences. It serves as a regional resource for lifelong learning and enrichment by providing exhibitions and programming of scientific, historical, cultural, and artistic value. The museum offers a multidisciplinary facility housing art and science galleries, a planetarium and observatory, the three-story interactive Discovery House, a live-animal complex, nature trails, and an off-site nature preserve./nancy-johnson-hardy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/nancy-johnson-hardy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDobbs, Chris. "Nancy Johnson Hardy." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Jul 19, 2017. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/nancy-johnson-hardy/ Dobbs, C. (2017). Nancy Johnson Hardy. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved Jul 19, 2017, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/nancy-johnson-hardy/ Dobbs, Chris. "Nancy Johnson Hardy." New Georgia Encyclopedia, 09 May 2017, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/nancy-johnson-hardy/. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKaRo7C6ecmon6ern6N6qa3RnbBo/new-hampshire-landscape-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/new-hampshire-landscape-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlNew Hampshire Landscape by Jennine Hough is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Oil, 40 x 49 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomqiknJqwtbXOp6pon5Wkv6i1wKxkrKyRqbJurdGtZJynnKGypMDIqKVoppWseqmtzKmqoaGimnqtrc2dqpyZoJqsqbvUoJ%2BYaGBmfA%3D%3D/olive-ann-burns-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/olive-ann-burns-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOlive Ann Burns was a professional writer, journalist, and columnist for most of her life. She published two novels, one posthumously, and for many years was a staff writer for Atlanta newspapers and the Atlanta Journal Magazine. Her most notable achievement was Cold Sassy Tree, a novel that describes rural southern life and a young boy’s coming-of-age at the turn of the century. Early Years Olive Ann Burns was born in Banks County on July 17, 1924, to Ruby Celestia Hight and William Arnold Burns./paul-anderson-s-home-gym-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/paul-anderson-s-home-gym-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Russians called strongman Paul Anderson chudo prirody, "a wonder of nature," and Anderson quickly became a cold war symbol of America's massive strength and superiority. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./paulding-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/paulding-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPaulding County, in northwest Georgia, is the state’s eighty-ninth county, created in 1832 as one of nine counties carved from the original Cherokee County. It was named for John Paulding, one of three New Yorkers who captured the British spy John Andre. Andre was the accomplice of Benedict Arnold, a general during the Revolutionary War (1775-83) who hatched a treasonous plot to surrender an American fort to the British enemy./peachtree-arcade-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/peachtree-arcade-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEvangelist minister Billy Graham holds a noon prayer meeting at the Peachtree Arcade in Atlanta during his six-week crusade to the city in 1950. The arcade, built in 1916-17, is an example of the Beaux-Arts style of architecture popular during the late Victorian period. It was designed by A. Ten Eyck Brown, a prominent Atlanta architect. 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./penfield-baptist-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/penfield-baptist-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPenfield Baptist Church, pictured in the 1940s, was built in 1845 as the chapel for Mercer University in Penfield. The university gave the chapel to Penfield Baptist Church in 1871, when the campus moved to Macon. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./pike-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/pike-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1822 Pike County, the state’s fifty-sixth county, was created from Monroe County in west central Georgia by the state legislature. Later, parts of Pike County were used to create Upson (1824), Spalding (1851), and Lamar (1920) counties. Pike County, which comprises 218 square miles, and its county seat, Zebulon, are named after Zebulon Pike, a general in the War of 1812 (1812-15) and an explorer of the Louisiana Territory. Pike’s name was made famous by his discovery of a Colorado mountain, subsequently named Pikes Peak./public-school-buildings-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/public-school-buildings-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia’s statewide system of tuition-free public schools dates from the late nineteenth century. Because the architectural styles of school buildings vary from one time period to another and according to local district preference, Georgia’s public schools are often easily categorized by type. A building type identifies the overall form or outline of the main or original part of the building, as well as the general layout of interior rooms. State funding for public education has varied from minimal support throughout the early nineteenth century to more substantial assistance through the state Board of Education (later the Georgia Department of Education), which was established in 1870./richard-b-russell-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/richard-b-russell-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA U.S. senator from Georgia for thirty-eight years, Richard B. Russell Jr. became one of the most influential senators of his time. From 1935 until the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964, Russell used his clout as leader of the Southern Bloc in the Senate to prevent the passage of national civil rights legislation. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKqZmLWivsNmmWaqpajAprjLZqGrZWFthnh5kHJuamedYoN1hJFo/ringgold-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ringgold-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBusinesses line U.S. 41 in Ringgold, the county seat of Catoosa County, ca. 1930s-40s. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOq6Cnn5ekuaV7zGZram5kZA%3D%3D/river-basins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/river-basins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia’s natural resources include fourteen river basins, which support a rich diversity of native fish and mussel species. A river basin consists of the entire geographic area (hillside, valley, plain) from which water flows into the primary river, which is made up of an intricate network of smaller rivers and streams. Rain falling within a river basin, or watershed, runs downhill until it reaches a stream. Small streams join other streams and flow into a river, and eventually that river flows into the sea./robert-scott-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/robert-scott-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRobert Scott was one of Georgia’s most prominent World War II heroes, as well as a best-selling author. A fighter pilot in World War II (1941-45) until 1943, Scott returned to Georgia to become an integral part of the state’s war effort, and he was later instrumental in the founding of the Museum of Aviation at Robins Air Force Base. Robert Lee Scott Jr. was born in Waynesboro on April 12, 1908, to Ola Burkhalter and Robert Lee Scott Sr./roland-hayes-concert-program-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/roland-hayes-concert-program-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRoland Hayes, the famous Black tenor, often incorporated "Aframerican religious folk music," or spirituals, into his classical repertoire, as demonstrated by this 1937 program. Hayes arranged the spirituals, which had been passed down orally from generation to generation, for orchestral accompaniment. Courtesy of University of Iowa Libraries, Redpath Chautauqua Collection. 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./science-medicine-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/science-medicine-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMembers of the board for the Nuclear Threat Initiative include, back row, left to right: Fujia Yang, Eugene E. Habiger, Hisashi Owada, Susan Eisenhower, Sam Nunn, Ted Turner, Andrei Kokoshin, Jessica Mathews, Charles B. Curtis, Prince El Hassan bin Talal. Front row, left to right: William Perry, Rolf Ekeus, Richard G. Lugar, Nafis Sadik. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcL%2FCopynm5ViuqawyJygp51f/small-woman-vase-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/small-woman-vase-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSmall Woman Vase (1991) by Jill Ruhlman is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Clay, 7 1/2 x 2 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomqiknJqwtbXOp6pon5Wkv6i1wKxkrKyRqbJurdGtZJynnKGypMDIqKVoq52Wua151qikmqZdq660sYybo5qbm2LEsLnAp2SwoaSdeqS7wZqjrWWSocKmecOrnKyrj6fCqbjMmqWYaGBmfA%3D%3D/st-vincent-s-academy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/st-vincent-s-academy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSt. Vincent's Academy in Savannah was founded in the 1840s by the Sisters of Mercy, an order of nuns established by John England during his time as bishop of the Diocese of Charleston. The academy continues to operate as an all-girls' Catholic school in Savannah. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Historic American Engineering Record Collection, #HABS GA,26-SAV,81-1. 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./tenant-farming-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tenant-farming-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlUnlike sharecroppers, who could only contribute their labor but had no legal claim to the land or crops they farmed, tenant farmers frequently owned plow animals, equipment, and supplies. Because farm credit was lacking in the South, landowners often provided food and other necessities, then deducted the cost from the workers’ share of the harvested crops. Tenant farmers usually received between two-thirds and three-quarters of the harvest, minus deductions for living expenses./the-georgia-review-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-georgia-review-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Georgia Review is an internationally distributed quarterly journal of arts and letters featuring general interest and interdisciplinary essays as well as short stories, poems, book reviews, and full-color visual art. First published in 1947 at the University of Georgia (UGA) and based there to the present day, this highly regarded literary periodical has published such notable authors as Conrad Aiken, Harry Crews, Rita Dove, William Faulkner, Robert Frost, Ernest J./the-spirit-of-delta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-spirit-of-delta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA two-engine, wide-body jet with transcontinental range, the Boeing 767 entered service with Delta in 1982. This model was the first to fly for Delta. Reprinted by permission of Delta Air Lines 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./tillman-family-ca-1880-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tillman-family-ca-1880-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCharlie D. Tillman (seated) exhibited early in life a better-than-average talent and inclination for music. His parents were evangelists, and he grew up traveling with them and taking an active role in the musical portion of their services. Courtesy of Charles L. Douglas 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./u-s-president-cleveland-at-1887-piedmont-exposition.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/u-s-president-cleveland-at-1887-piedmont-exposition.htmlU.S. president Grover Cleveland (foreground) walks past the Georgia Building at the 1887 Piedmont Exposition, held in October at Atlanta's Piedmont Park. More than 50,000 visitors attended the exposition that day. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./valdosta-state-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/valdosta-state-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlValdosta State University became the second regional university in the University System of Georgia in 1993. To accommodate the rapid expansion of the university's programs, a building boom began in the 1990s, with careful attention given to maintaining the Spanish Mission style established in existing campus buildings. Courtesy of Valdosta State University 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./walter-griffin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/walter-griffin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPoet, teacher, and founder of the Atlanta Poets Workshop, Walter Griffin spent his career identifying with and celebrating what he called “the Blue Glass Charlies”: the transients, the losers, and the outsiders down on their luck whose lives go unnoticed in the boarding houses, cheap hotels, and bus stations of middle America. He was born Jasper Walter Griffin on August 1, 1937, in Wilmington, Delaware, the only child of Nina Blalock and William Samuel Griffin./window-and-weeds-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/window-and-weeds-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWindow and Weeds by Keith Maltbey is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. According to Maltbey, "The photograph Window and Weeds is a continuation of a series I began in 1980 called Openings. I've always been intrigued by the endless variety of doors and windows that exist in our world, and the meanings and purposes that they have to us." Photograph, 22 1/4 x 17 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./world-carpets-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/world-carpets-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWorld Carpets, which merged with Mohawk Industries in 1998, is one of the largest tufted carpet companies in the nation. Its founder, Shaheen Shaheen, introduced numerous innovations to the carpet industry in the latter half of the twentieth century. The son of Azeez Shaheen and Saleemeh Balluteen, both Palestinian immigrants, Shaheen Azeez Shaheen was born on January 23, 1928, in Chicago, Illinois. He attended public schools in Chicago and graduated with a B./141a-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/141a-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA C-141A Starlifter flies over the Rocky Mountains in 1972. The first C-141A, a troop transport and cargo carrier for the U.S. Air Force, was completed in 1963. The aircraft was designed and built by Lockheed-Georgia in Marietta. Courtesy of Robins Air Force Base 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./1895-cotton-states-and-international-exposition.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/1895-cotton-states-and-international-exposition.htmlGrant Williams, a civil engineer, turned Atlanta's 1887 Piedmont Exposition grounds into a larger venue to accomodate the more ambitious 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition. Williams's plan included twenty-five buildings, a lake, fountains, and statuary. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./amethyst-dusk-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/amethyst-dusk-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAmethyst Dusk (1984) by Chery L. Baird is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. According to Baird, "At first I was satisfied with the organic plant shapes against geometric backgrounds; then I became more interested in the shadow pattern as an additional shape." Watercolor, 26 x 20 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./baseball-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/baseball-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlChuck Tanner, Atlanta Braves manager from 1986 to 1988, promised Atlanta a world championship, but his Braves teams finished last and next to last. When the Braves fired him in May 1988, the team had won twelve games, lost twenty-seven, was in last place, and already out of contention for the division title. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcK7ArJybmZyhfA%3D%3D/bobby-dodd-stadium-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bobby-dodd-stadium-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBobby Dodd Stadium, named for former head coach Bobby Dodd, was built in 1913 by students at Georgia Tech and is today the oldest on-campus stadium in NCAA Division I-A football. Renovated in 2003, the stadium is home to the Georgia Tech football team. 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./briarcliff-hotel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/briarcliff-hotel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlArchitect G. Lloyd Preacher's Briarcliff Hotel, also known as the "Seven Fifty," was built in Atlanta on the corner of Ponce de Leon and North Highland avenues in 1924-25. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./byron-herbert-reece-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/byron-herbert-reece-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlByron Herbert Reece was the author of four books of poetry and two novels. During his short career he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, earned two Guggenheim awards, and served as writer-in-residence at the University of California at Los Angeles, Emory University in Atlanta, and Young Harris College in Towns County. Lauded by the Atlanta Constitution editor Ralph McGill as “one of the really great poets of our time, and one to stand with those of any other time,” Reece never achieved wide recognition./canals-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/canals-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe canal era in the United States represented a major phase of the nineteenth-century economic boom known as the market revolution. Canals lowered transport costs, connected eastern and western markets, fueled economic growth, and in some cases generated waterpower for manufacturing. In Georgia good transportation facilities were essential to growth and prosperity. Until the 1820s most Georgia citizens relied upon rivers to fulfill their long-distance transportation needs, but rivers proved inadequate as the population expanded into the state’s interior Piedmont region./capture-of-jefferson-davis-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/capture-of-jefferson-davis-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn  early May 1865 the Confederate States of America was greatly disorganized, largely because of the frenetic events of the previous month. General Robert E. Lee had surrendered the Confederate armies at the Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia, and most Americans believed the Civil War (1861-65) was over. The assassination of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C., by John Wilkes Booth and other sympathizers with the Southern cause, cast suspicion over many in the Confederate government./care-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/care-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCARE is one of the largest private humanitarian organizations in the world. The nonprofit organization, which is based in Atlanta, works with poor communities worldwide to find a lasting solution to the problem of poverty through education, economic security, and civic participation. CARE employs about 12,000 people globally, including approximately 300 staff members who work at CARE’s Atlanta headquarters. CARE’s poverty-fighting work reaches about 55 million people through 861 projects in 66 countries./carrie-steele-logan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/carrie-steele-logan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCarrie Steele Logan founded the Carrie Steele Orphan Home in Atlanta, recognized as the oldest predominantly Black orphanage in Georgia and possibly the oldest organization of its type in the country. She was born enslaved in Georgia in 1829, according to interviews; as with many formerly enslaved people, there is no birth certificate and no information about her parents. Unlike many African Americans of her time, however, she learned to read and write./centennial-olympic-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/centennial-olympic-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCentennial Olympic Park, one of the most enduring legacies of the 1996 Olympic Games, was carved out of a blighted area in downtown Atlanta. The twenty-one-acre swath of greenspace and bricks was closed after the games, redesigned for permanent use, then reopened in 1998.  Photograph by Wikimedia 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./cherokee-trail-of-tears-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cherokee-trail-of-tears-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn his 1942 painting Cherokee Trail of Tears, Robert Lindneux depicts the forced journey of the Cherokees in 1838 to present-day Oklahoma. Courtesy of Woolaroc Museum, Bartlesville, Oklahoma 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./chuck-tanner-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/chuck-tanner-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlChuck Tanner, Atlanta Braves manager from 1986 to 1988, promised Atlanta a world championship, but his Braves teams finished last and next to last. When the Braves fired him in May 1988, the team had won twelve games, lost twenty-seven, was in last place, and already out of contention for the division title. Courtesy of Atlanta National Baseball Club, Inc. Copyright 2002. All Rights Reserved. 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./circuses-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/circuses-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSince the early nineteenth century the circus has been a favorite form of professional entertainment for Georgians. The circus first appeared in America in 1793, and Georgia hosted a circus as early as 1801 in Savannah. Just like circuses of today, these early shows emphasized horseback riding, acrobatics, and clowning. The circus’s appeal in Georgia from the early nineteenth century to the present day provides a window into how southern tastes in popular culture and southern norms of public behavior have changed over time./civil-war-reenacting-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/civil-war-reenacting-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlConfederate reenactors crew a half-scale cannon at the Civil War centennial reenactment of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in June 1964. From Centennial Commemoration, Battle of Kennesaw Mountain--June 27, 1864-1964: Official Souvenir Program 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./colonial-era-1733-1775-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/colonial-era-1733-1775-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe inventor of the cotton gin, Eli Whitney lived in Georgia for just a year, on Catharine Greene's Mulberry Grove plantation near Savannah. After learning of the difficulty planters had with separating seeds from fibers in upland, or "short-staple," cotton, he set out to create a machine that could perform such a task more efficiently. His invention, the cotton gin, revolutionized the southern economy. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcK%2FOpaanoZGheqa%2BwGZocGtjYn54g5Ro/columbia-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/columbia-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Columbia County Courthouse, built in Appling in 1856, was designed in the vernacular style with Greek revival and Italianate influences. The core of the structure is formed by an earlier courthouse constructed in 1812. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./cornelia-bailey-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cornelia-bailey-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAs a member of the last generation of African Americans born and educated on Sapelo Island, Cornelia Bailey became one of Georgia’s most vocal defenders of her homeland and its African American heritage. Sapelo Island, a barrier island off the southern coast of Georgia, has protected the state’s interior for thousands of years. Although the island has withstood countless hurricanes and the arrival of colonial settlers, a new threat has come to the people of Sapelo—the threat of industrial development./culver-kidd-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/culver-kidd-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCulver Kidd served as a member of the Georgia General Assembly for forty-two years, representing Baldwin County in middle Georgia. His portrait was painted circa 1996 by Stan J. Strickland and hangs in the state capitol. Courtesy of Georgia Capitol Museum, University of Georgia Libraries 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./dr-feelgood-and-the-interns.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dr-feelgood-and-the-interns.htmlWillie Lee Perryman, a blues pianist, created the Dr. Feelgood persona for his WAOK radio show, and he performed under the name with his band, the Interns. From left, Perryman, Curtis Smith, Bobby Lee Tuggle, Roy Lee Johnson, Beverly Watkins, and Howard Hobbs. Photograph from booklet "Piano Red, Dr. Feelgood," by Norbert Hess 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./ellis-bros-pecans-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ellis-bros-pecans-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEllis Bros. Pecans, founded and operated in Vienna by the Ellis family, produces a variety of foodstuffs made from such Georgia crops as pecans, peanuts, and peaches. Originally bought primarily by road travelers en route to and from Florida, the company’s products are sold today over the Internet and include gift packages as well as clothing, candles, and cookbooks. The company’s founders, Marvin and Irene Ellis, bought their first pecan grove in Vienna in 1944./emory-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/emory-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEmory's relationship with Coca-Cola extends to the early days of the corporation, when founder Asa Candler donated $1 million to the university in 1914. The school recently built a $33.4 million addition to the Goizueta Business School, named after former Coca-Cola president Roberto Goizueta. 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./ferdinand-warren-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ferdinand-warren-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDobbs, Chris. "Ferdinand Warren." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Jul 19, 2017. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/ferdinand-warren-1899-1981/ Dobbs, C. (2017). Ferdinand Warren. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved Jul 19, 2017, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/ferdinand-warren-1899-1981/ Dobbs, Chris. "Ferdinand Warren." New Georgia Encyclopedia, 12 January 2017, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/ferdinand-warren-1899-1981/. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJ6Vp7GqusCnm2avkae%2FprqMam9ycV1mhnl9jg%3D%3D/fort-mcpherson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fort-mcpherson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEarly plan of Fort McPherson, which was located in southeast Atlanta from 1885 until 2011. Courtesy of Fort McPherson 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%2BOoKavnaKjuqa602anqKSZqbakv46fpqusXaKwsbTEq6qopl%2BienOAk2xm/george-galphin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/george-galphin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorge Galphin was an Indian trader and a diplomat of impressive influence and wealth who lived on the Savannah River at Silver Bluff, South Carolina, in the 1700s. He had substantial landholdings in both South Carolina and Georgia, where he played a critical role in Indian affairs during the Revolutionary era. Galphin was born in County Armgah, Ireland, in the early 1700s to Barbara and Thomas Galphin, a linen weaver. Before leaving Ireland, he married Catherine Saunderson, whom he never saw again after he emigrated./george-t-heery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/george-t-heery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorge T. Heery was a prominent figure among a family of Georgia architects. Heery’s father practiced in Athens for several decades beginning in the late 1920s, and two of his children later entered the field as well, working alongside their father as co-founders of the Brookwood Group. George Thomas Heery was born in Athens on June 18, 1927. His father, C. Wilmer Heery, graduated from the architecture school at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta in 1926, with a class that also included Marshall Oliver Saggus, Marthame Sanders, and Sanford Ayers, all of whom would go on to have distinguished careers in architecture./georgia-military-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-military-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlStudents line up outside Georgia Military College in Milledgeville, circa 1915. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnpuum5GptrC6jqCcqKqXnq5uuciloK2Zoq56pLvLpZygnV%2BienqAlG1m/georgia-sea-island-singers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-sea-island-singers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTony Merrell drums during a performance of the Georgia Sea Island Singers, as fellow member Frankie Sullivan Quimby looks on. The singers maintain a tradition, begun around 1900, of sharing the Gullah culture through performances and educational programs. Courtesy of Georgia Sea Island Singers 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./gopher-tortoise-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gopher-tortoise-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAmong several endangered species found in Calhoun County is the gopher tortoise, the state reptile of Georgia. The tortoise is identified as a threatened species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 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./gubernatorial-election-of-1966-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gubernatorial-election-of-1966-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1966 the General Assembly chose Georgia’s chief executive. Although former governor Ellis Arnall won a plurality in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, he was forced into a runoff with Lester Maddox. Maddox, who had never held public office, defeated Arnall in a major political upset. Since the rise of one-party politics in the state in the nineteenth century, the general election had been a mere formality; the Democratic gubernatorial nominee had always taken the governorship./helen-m-aderhold-learning-center.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/helen-m-aderhold-learning-center.htmlThe Helen M. Aderhold Learning Center, a classroom building on the campus of Georgia State University, is located in the historic Fairlie Poplar District of downtown Atlanta. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to Special Collections and Archives at Georgia State University./heritage-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/heritage-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHeritage Hall, located in downtown Rome, is an extension of Georgia Highland College's main campus, which is located about six miles outside of the city. The building once housed the East Rome Junior High School. Courtesy of Georgia Highlands College 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./hoke-smith-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hoke-smith-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHoke Smith, a trial attorney and publisher of the Atlanta Journal, was most influential as the leader of Georgia’s Progressive movement during his years as governor (1907-9, 1911) and as a U.S. senator (1911-21). His racial views, as expressed during the 1906 gubernatorial campaign, directly contributed to the Atlanta Race Massacre of 1906. Early Life Michael  Hoke Smith was born on September 2, 1855, in Newton, North Carolina, to Hildreth H./hosea-williams-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hosea-williams-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHosea Williams led two demonstration marches in Forsyth County in 1987. The first march, held in celebration of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, was attacked by several hundred members of the Ku Klux Klan. The second march, attended by Coretta Scott King, was held in protest of Klan activities in the county. 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./hulling-rice-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hulling-rice-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn the same manner as their enslaved ancestors, women on Sapelo Island hull rice with a mortar and pestle, circa 1925. Language and cultural traditions from West Africa were retained in the Geechee culture that developed in the Sea Islands. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./iris-f-blitch-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/iris-f-blitch-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIris Blitch, pictured here circa 1955, won her first congressional election in 1954, after unseating U.S. representative William McDonald "Don" Wheeler. She served the Eighth Congressional District of Georgia from 1955 to to 1963. Courtesy of the Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives 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./jackson-lee-nesbitt-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jackson-lee-nesbitt-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJackson Lee Nesbitt, pictured circa 1955, was a native of the Midwest and a well-regarded printmaker and painter for much of the twentieth century. In 1957 he moved to Atlanta and gave up his art to work in advertising, but in 1987 he resumed printmaking at Rolling Stone Press in Atlanta. Courtesy of Morris Museum of Art 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./john-j-zubly-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-j-zubly-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJohn Zubly, a Calvinist minister, was the first pastor of the Independent Presbyterian Church in Savannah. A religious leader known throughout the colonies, the Reverend John Zubly was a revolutionary pamphleteer whose broadsides supporting the colonies in their disputes with Britain were widely distributed on both sides of the Atlantic. He was a representative from Georgia to the Second Continental Congress. Notwithstanding his fame and importance during the years of 1750 through 1775, he has been all but forgotten because he became a Loyalist when he found himself unable to support the war for independence from Britain./julian-harris-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/julian-harris-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJulian 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. 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./le-petit-journal-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/le-petit-journal-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe race massacre of 1906 made international headlines and threatened Atlanta's image as a thriving New South city. The incident, sparked by sensationalized accounts of Black violence, lasted for two nights and resulted in dozens of Black deaths. It was reported in the October 7, 1906, issue of the French publication Le Petit Journal. The original caption translates as "Lynchings in the United States." 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./lichens-and-mosses-on-granite-outcrop.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lichens-and-mosses-on-granite-outcrop.htmlLichens and mosses grow on a granite outcrop at Panola Mountain State Park in Stockbridge. As resurrection plants, lichens and mosses are able to resume photosynthesis after a drought, making them ideally suited to the desert-like conditions on the outcrops. Photograph by Melinda Smith Mullikin, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./literacy-action-inc-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/literacy-action-inc-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLiteracy Action, Inc. was founded in Atlanta in 1968 and today is one of the largest private adult literacy providers in the state. Its work is supported in part by the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta. Photograph by Dana Sanabria, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta 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./little-white-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/little-white-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1932, the same year in which he was elected president of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt built a home in Warm Springs that came to be known as the Little White House. The home was opened to the public in 1948, three years after Roosevelt's death there. 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./love-avenue-tifton-1904-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/love-avenue-tifton-1904-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAlong the right side of Love Avenue in Tifton circa 1904, from near to far, were a multi-use building (Opera House upstairs, Bowen Store downstairs), the Timmons house (which later burned), the Hunter house (later the Timmons house), and a church with steeple. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOraCfrJ%2BjfK55knJrcmc%3D/lowery-at-lockheed-martin-protest.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lowery-at-lockheed-martin-protest.htmlJoseph Lowery voices his dismay on February 22, 2000, over alleged racial discrimination practices at Lockheed Martin. Behind him are Lockheed workers who came to lend support to the protest. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./lucius-h-pitts-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lucius-h-pitts-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDr. Lucius Holsey Pitts, a member of the Paine College class of 1941, is pictured in 1971, when he became the college's first Black president. Courtesy of Paine College 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./malaria-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/malaria-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis thin film micrograph depicts an immature cell of the protozoan species that produces malaria; it is magnified 1,125 times. Courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services 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./malcolm-and-muriel-bell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/malcolm-and-muriel-bell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHusband and wife Malcolm Bell Jr. and Muriel Barrow Bell pose in 1938. Two years later, the couple's photographs were published in Drums and Shadows, a photographic study of African American culture along the Georgia coast commissioned by the Federal Writers' Project. 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./mars-hill-baptist-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mars-hill-baptist-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMars Hill Baptist Church, located in Watkinsville, was founded in 1799. Pictured in 2006, the church is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, which formed in Augusta in 1845. Photograph by Kate Howard, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./maule-air-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/maule-air-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMaule Air, Incorporated, based in Moultrie, is a family-owned aircraft manufacturing company that produces single-engine, four-place STOL (Short Takeoff Or Landing) aircraft. Founded in 1941, Maule Air is the oldest of the few small aircraft manufacturers in Georgia. The STOL abilities of the Maule series have proven useful in terrain ranging from Canadian lakes to the Alaskan bush to the dense jungles of Brazil. Founded by Belford David “B. D.” Maule and his wife, June, the company was initially named the B./melvin-e-thompson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/melvin-e-thompson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAs state revenue commissioner, Melvin E. Thompson recommended the purchase of Jekyll Island, and as governor he moved forward with the state's acquisition of the island in 1947. Although taunted by his political foe Herman Talmadge, who dubbed the project "Thompson’s Folly," Thompson refused to give up on the creation of a state beach park for the "plain people of Georgia." In recognition of his work on the project, the Jekyll Island Bridge was named in his honor in 1989./music-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/music-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBill Lowery, pictured in 1969, poses at Bill Lowery Enterprises, which included the Lowery Music Company and the National Recording Corporation. Lowery, known as "Mr. Atlanta Music," was a prominent disc jockey, producer, manager, and music publisher in the city from 1948 until his death in 2004. He was one of the first two inductees into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, which he also helped to establish. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLnUrKCcZw%3D%3D/olivia-a-herbert-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/olivia-a-herbert-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art in Augusta is named for the daughter of Olivia A. Herbert, who founded the Augusta Art Club, the institute's predecessor, in 1937. Courtesy of Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art 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./orr-whitner-line-1861-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/orr-whitner-line-1861-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Orr-Whitner line was accepted by Florida in 1861 and Georgia in 1866 as their official boundary, although the outbreak of the Civil War (1861-65) delayed the line's approval by the U.S. Congress until 1872. Map by John Nelson. Reprinted by permission of William J. Morton 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./paul-anderson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/paul-anderson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPaul Anderson  was an amateur weight lifter and professional strongman who gained widespread recognition in the 1950s and 1960s as the strongest man in the world. While deeply rooted in the culture of rural Georgia, he became a national, world, and Olympic heavyweight champion, a cold war hero, and a worldwide icon for strength and size. Dubbed “the Dixie Derrick,” Paul Edward Anderson was born on October 17, 1932, in Toccoa (Stephens County), the only son of Ethel Bennett and Robert Anderson./peach-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/peach-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCreated in 1924 from Houston and Macon counties by the state legislature, Peach County was Georgia’s 161st county and the last county to be created. (In 1932 Milton and Campbell counties merged with Fulton, leaving the final number of counties in the state at 159.) Peach County is located in the heart of central Georgia, 100 miles south of Atlanta and 25 miles south of Macon. The county comprises 151 square miles./pete-pistol-pete-maravich-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/pete-pistol-pete-maravich-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBasketball player Pete Maravich’s showmanship and style earned him the nickname “Pistol Pete.” In the first of his four seasons with the Atlanta Hawks,  he was named to the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) All-Rookie Team. He gained a reputation as an accurate long-range shooter, and his ball handling and flair pleased crowds. Born in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, Pete Press Maravich was the son of Helen and Press Maravich, a former National Basketball League and Basketball Association of America guard and college coach./ponce-de-leon-ballpark-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ponce-de-leon-ballpark-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Atlanta Crackers, a minor league franchise, played at Ponce de Leon Ballpark from 1907 until 1965. Attendance at Crackers games broke Southern Association league records in 1946 and 1947, with counts of 395,699 and 404,584 respectively. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./r-m-berger-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/r-m-berger-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFoley, Kayla. "R. M. Berger." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Jan 12, 2016. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/r-m-berger/ Foley, K. (2015). R. M. Berger. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved Jan 12, 2016, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/r-m-berger/ Foley, Kayla. "R. M. Berger." New Georgia Encyclopedia, 27 October 2015, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/r-m-berger/. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKpdonqjsdGgnKtn/song-of-the-south-storyboards.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/song-of-the-south-storyboards.htmlIn this publicity photograph for Song of the South, Walt Disney (center) reviews the film's storyboards with actors Bobby Driscoll (left) and Luana Patten (right). Although the film was not well received by critics, it won an Academy Award in 1948 for Best Song, "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah." Courtesy of Song of the South.net 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./stage-adaptation-of-the-color-purple.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/stage-adaptation-of-the-color-purple.htmlOn August 27, 2004, the crew prepares the set for the musical stage adaption of Alice Walker's The Color Purple. The production opened in September 2004 at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./tallulah-falls-and-gorge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tallulah-falls-and-gorge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLocated in the  mountains of northeast Georgia, Tallulah Falls rose to prominence as a resort area in the late nineteenth century. Early in the twentieth century, after a fierce struggle with conservationists led by Helen Dortch Longstreet, the Georgia Power Company dammed the waterfalls and constructed a large hydroelectric facility at the site. Georgia Power and the state of Georgia teamed to establish the Tallulah Gorge State Park, and thousands of Georgians visit the area annually./the-christian-index-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-christian-index-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Christian Index, the official newspaper of the Georgia Baptist Convention, has a circulation of around 62,000. This issue, dated Thursday, April 7, 1921, is volume 101, number 14. 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./troup-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/troup-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Troup County Courthouse in LaGrange, designed in the stripped classical style, was completed in 1939. It is the third courthouse in the county's history. Photograph by Jimmy Emerson, DVM 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./ups-driver-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ups-driver-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA UPS truck and driver. Today, UPS is the world's largest express carrier and package delivery company. Courtesy of UPS 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%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrny2usitnJ1loJa%2FpLHLZqqeqqaesKZ51KmqaK2gqKxxfJJo/voter-education-project-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/voter-education-project-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFounded during the civil rights era, the Voter Education Project (VEP) was an Atlanta-based voting rights and voter education organization that remained active for thirty years. The VEP granted funds to organizations throughout the southern states to administer voter education programs and voter registration drives. Origins The VEP was formed in 1962 as a program of the Southern Regional Council (SRC). It was the brainchild of U.S. attorney general Robert F./walker-and-the-heisman-trophy.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/walker-and-the-heisman-trophy.htmlHerschel Walker, considered to be one of the best college football players in history, won the Heisman Trophy in 1982 and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999. After playing for the University of Georgia from 1980 to 1982, Walker played professional football for the New Jersey Generals, Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Vikings, Philadelphia Eagles, and New York Giants. 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./walker-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/walker-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Walker County Courthouse in LaFayette, completed in 1919, was designed in the Beaux-Arts classical and Italian Renaissance revival styles. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./west-point-lake-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/west-point-lake-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA popular boating destination, West Point Lake in Troup County is formed by an impoundment of the Chattahoochee River. The lake covers 25,900 acres in area and has a shoreline of 525 miles. Courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 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./windsor-hotel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/windsor-hotel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlG. L. Norrman's historic Windsor Hotel (1892) in Americus, Georgia, is an outstanding example of High Victorian or Queen Anne architecture. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to the Georgia Department of Economic Development./zell-miller-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 16 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/zell-miller-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlZell Miller played a significant role in Georgia politics during the last half of the twentieth century, serving as mayor, state senator, lieutenant governor, governor, and U.S. senator. He earned both praise and criticism for his willingness to adapt to changes in the state’s political climate and is best remembered for his innovative and far-reaching strides to improve education at all levels within the state.  Early Life Zell Bryan Miller was born on February 24, 1932, in Young Harris (in Towns County), to Birdie Bryan and Stephen Grady Miller./106th-field-signal-battalion-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/106th-field-signal-battalion-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe 106th Field Signal Battalion marches near Camp Wheeler in Macon, circa 1918. During World War I Camp Wheeler was one of the largest war-training camps in Georgia. Courtesy of Todd Womack 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./1893-sea-islands-hurricane-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/1893-sea-islands-hurricane-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOne of the deadliest hurricanes in American history made landfall south of Tybee Island near Savannah on August 27, 1893. Now known as the 1893 Sea Island Hurricane, the storm had winds as high as 120 mph and a sixteen-foot storm surge—the equivalent of a Category 3 hurricane on the modern-day Saffir-Simpson scale. The storm devastated the barrier islands of Georgia and South Carolina, killing over 2,000 people and leaving more than 30,000 homeless./abraham-baldwin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/abraham-baldwin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAfter writing the charter for the University of Georgia, Abraham Baldwin served as the college's first president from 1786 to 1801. In 1787 he was chosen as one of four Georgia delegates to the Constitutional Convention. During his long political career, Baldwin also served in the Georgia General Assembly, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the U.S. Senate. Courtesy of University of Georgia Photographic Services 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./aflac-tower-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/aflac-tower-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1955 John Amos, along with his brothers William and Paul, founded the American Family Life Assurance Company in Columbus. Known today as Aflac, the company grew under Amos's leadership into an international corporation with more than 40 million policyholders in 2003. Courtesy of Aflac 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./american-music-show-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/american-music-show-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe television version of The American Music Show debuted on Atlanta’s People TV cable station in early 1981. Dick Richards and James Bond co-hosted, with camerawork and production by Potsy Duncan. When Bond left the show in the early 1980s, Potsy Duncan took over as co-host alongside Richards, while Bud “Beebo” Lowry ran the camera and simultaneously co-hosted, made visible on a monitor between Richards and Duncan. Courtesy of Paula Gately Tillman/atkinson-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atkinson-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAtkinson County, Georgia’s 153rd county, covers an area of 338 square miles and was carved from portions of Clinch and Coffee counties by the state legislature in 1917. The south central Georgia county was named for William Y. Atkinson, speaker of the state House of Representatives and Georgia’s governor in the late 1890s. The region was originally inhabited by Creek Indians, who forged a trail through the southern part of the area that was later used by traders between the Flint River and the coastal town of St./atlanta-georgia-temple-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-georgia-temple-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Atlanta Georgia Temple, pictured circa 2009 and located in Sandy Springs, was the first Mormon temple erected in the South. Georgia governor George Busbee spoke at the building's groundbreaking in 1981, and the facility was dedicated two years later. Photograph by Ray Luce 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./atlanta-lds-chapel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-lds-chapel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, pictured in 1952, was erected in Atlanta at the corner of Boulevard and North Avenue in 1925. The building served both as a meeting house and as the office for the Southern States Mission. 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./auchumpkee-covered-bridge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/auchumpkee-covered-bridge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Auchumpkee Covered Bridge, located in the southeastern part of Upson County, is an exact replica of the 1892 bridge that was destroyed when floods swept through the state in 1994. Federal disaster relief money paid for premier covered-bridge craftsman Arnold M. Graton to reconstruct the bridge in much the same manner as it was first built in 1892. Courtesy of Thomaston-Upson Archives 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./banks-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/banks-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBanks County, in northeast Georgia, is the state’s 129th county, comprising 233 square miles. The county was created from portions of Franklin and Habersham counties in 1858 and was named for Richard E. Banks (1794-1856), a circuit-riding surgeon who treated white settlers and Indians in the area, developing a good reputation among the Cherokees for treating smallpox. The land that became Banks County was originally held by the Cherokees, forming a border territory between the Cherokee Indian Nation and the newly formed United States of America./beryl-rubinstein-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/beryl-rubinstein-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA multitalented musician, Georgia native Beryl Rubinstein achieved success as a piano virtuoso, music educator, and composer. He taught at the Cleveland Institute of Music in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1921 until his death, serving as director of the school for the last two decades of his life. Beryl Rubinstein was born in Athens on October 26, 1898, to Matilda Abrahams and Isaac Rubinstein, who was rabbi of the Congregation of the Children of Israel./black-and-white-table-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/black-and-white-table-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlResidents of the Mennonite House, a center of civil rights activity in Atlanta from 1961 to 1964, gather around the "black and white table." The table, built in 1962 by Mennonites Vincent Harding and Bill Cooper, was made of light maple and dark mahogany or cherry, symbolizing racial unity. Reprinted by permission of Mennonite Church USA Historical Committee 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./blueberries-and-strawberries-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/blueberries-and-strawberries-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Georgia blueberry and strawberry industries are dynamic enterprises of relatively recent development. The blueberry industry is concentrated in the flatwoods of southeast Georgia and ships fruit all over the world. The strawberry industry is spread throughout the state and caters mainly to Georgia customers. Blueberries The  development of the blueberry industry is an interesting story. Local fishermen in Brunswick and Toomsboro had collected some of the best wild berries from the Satilla and Withlacoochee rivers of south Georgia./brenau-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/brenau-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Brenau University front gate has welcomed students and visitors for 125 years. The Women's College is one of the university's four divisions. Courtesy of Brenau University 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./bryan-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bryan-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Bryan County courthouse in Pembroke was built in 1938. Its architectural style is neoclassical revival. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOm6mymZ5isLDBza2waJqirq6vecKorKusmKTCtLGMm6awpZGjrHF8kGZpaA%3D%3D/cecil-travis-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cecil-travis-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCecil Travis,  who played his entire twelve-year major league career with the Washington Senators, excelled as both a fielder and a hitter. From 1934 to 1941 he was one of the best shortstops in the American League. In seven seasons he batted .317 or better, and he compiled a lofty overall batting average of .327. Travis earned all-star honors three times, and in 1975 he was inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame./charles-h-jones-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/charles-h-jones-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Charles H. Jones Building opened in spring 2004 on the campus of Macon State College in Macon. A technically advanced academic facility, the building houses both the Division of Nursing and Health and the Division of Natural Sciences and Math. Image from Michael Rivera 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./children-s-healthcare-of-atlanta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/children-s-healthcare-of-atlanta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlChildren’s Healthcare of Atlanta, a not-for-profit health care organization, was formed in 1998 when Egleston Children’s Health Care System and Scottish Rite Children’s Medical Center merged. Children’s, a pediatric-accredited hospital, offers family-centered care while providing specialized medical procedures and supplies, age-appropriate play therapy, psychosocial support, and a hospital-based school program. A continuing medical education program helps community health care providers stay abreast of advances in clinical care. With approximately 493,000 annual patient visits in 2005, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is one of the country’s leading pediatric health care providers./confederate-battle-flag-1861-1865-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/confederate-battle-flag-1861-1865-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIt was found that at a distance the Stars and Bars too closely resembled the U.S. flag, and so, in September 1861, a new design was presented: blue bars with white stars forming the St. Andrew's cross on a red field. This became the Battle Flag of the Confederacy. 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./covered-bridge-in-banks-county.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/covered-bridge-in-banks-county.htmlLocated on private property south of Lula in Banks County, this covered bridge is the smallest in Georgia and one of the smallest in the United States. Originally built in 1915, the bridge was in service until 1969 and renovated in 1975. Courtesy of Georgia Department of Transportation 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./css-jackson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/css-jackson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1865 the Union army set fire to the unfinished CSS Jackson and set it adrift in the Chattahoochee River, where it burned for two weeks. The ship was raised in 1961 and is housed today at the National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus. Courtesy of National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus 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./cultural-landscape-of-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cultural-landscape-of-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia’s cultural landscape is a product of the distinct history of the state, of what has been built, of what has been preserved, and of past and future developments. The ordinary, or vernacular, environment in which its people live, work, and play represents many layers of time and human activity. From the coastal settlements, marshes, and beaches through the sandy hills and wiregrass agricultural areas of middle Georgia to the sprawling cities of the Piedmont and the mountains of north Georgia, the diverse qualities of the natural and man-made environment are a fundamental part of the lives of all Georgians./dalton-state-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dalton-state-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDalton State College is one of two units of the University System of Georgia offering a range of academic programs from the career certificate to the four-year baccalaureate degree. Located in Dalton, the seat of Whitfield County, the college primarily serves a ten-county area in northwest Georgia. History The chartering of Dalton Junior College by the Board of Regents in July 1963 fulfilled a century-long desire in the Dalton community for a local institution of higher learning./echols-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/echols-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEchols County, on Georgia’s border with Florida, was carved from Clinch and Lowndes counties in 1858 and named in honor of Robert M. Echols, who commanded troops in the Mexican War (1846-48) after serving a total of twenty years in the state legislature. Before white settlers arrived, the inhabitants of the area were Seminole Indians. Sparsely populated, Echols County contains no incorporated towns. The county seat, Statenville, was first called “Troublesome” after nearby Troublesome Creek./edwin-moses-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/edwin-moses-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEdwin Moses competes at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, Korea. Moses shares the honor of being a two-time Olympic champion of the 400-meter hurdles with only one other man. This distinction is especially remarkable because his two wins occurred eight years apart. 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./elizabeth-lichtenstein-johnston-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/elizabeth-lichtenstein-johnston-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlElizabeth Lichtenstein (or Lightenstone) Johnston was a fervent Loyalist who lived through the upheaval of the American Revolution (1775-83) in Georgia. At the age of seventy-two, she wrote graphic recollections of her experiences, providing the most detailed firsthand account of the ways in which the Revolution affected women in colonial Georgia. Johnston, an only child, was born on a small farm beside the Little Ogeechee River on May 28, 1764, to parents who reflected the diverse roots of Georgia’s earliest immigrants./ethnic-celebrations-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ethnic-celebrations-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia’s population has changed remarkably since the 1970s, with new ethnic groups arriving from all over the world. These immigrants have brought with them a diversity of languages, religious practices, food and craft traditions, music, styles of dress and decoration, and ways of celebrating. During ethnic celebrations immigrants can display and enjoy many of their native cultural traditions while joining with others from their homelands. Georgia’s Ethnic Groups Centuries ago, Georgia’s native populations, which included Creek and Cherokee Indians and other Native American groups, were joined by settlers from Scotland, Ireland, England, Germany, and other European countries and by enslaved Africans from various groups in West Africa./fallow-field-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fallow-field-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA bare fallow field, composed of sandy soil and clay subsoil, in Vienna, Georgia. Soil, which is composed of minerals, organic material, water, and air, is generally less than a meter in depth and forms through the weathering of the earth's surface. 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./flint-river-campus-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/flint-river-campus-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Flint River campus of Southern Crescent Technical College is located in Thomaston, the seat of Upson County. The campus opened in 1961 as the Upson County Area Vocational-Technical School. Courtesy of Technical College System 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./fort-gillem-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fort-gillem-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1995 the First U.S. Army was reorganized at Fort Gillem, in Forest Park. First Army headquarters, building 101, sat on a small hill above the sprawling base, which closed in 2011. Courtesy of Garrison Public Affairs Office, Fort McPherson 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./garden-club-of-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/garden-club-of-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Garden Club of Georgia was officially established on June 7 and 8, 1928, at the Biltmore Hotel in Atlanta. For this inaugural meeting, Mrs. Robert L. Cooney of Atlanta (later to become the editor of the Garden History of Georgia) served as honorary president. Following the formulation of a slate of officers, Mrs. Phinizy Calhoun of Atlanta was elected as the organization’s first official president. A year later the Garden Club of Georgia held its first annual convention in Augusta./george-sparks-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/george-sparks-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorge Sparks (center) was a southern educator and the first president of Georgia State University. He often made personal loans to students who lacked funds for tuition. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to Special Collections and Archives at Georgia State University./georgia-health-sciences-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-health-sciences-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe original building on the campus of Georgia Health Sciences University, completed in Augusta in 1837, was designed by the architect Charles B. Cluskey. The structure, Cluskey's first major building, is an excellent example of the Greek revival style. Courtesy of Georgia Health Sciences University 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./grains-and-corn-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/grains-and-corn-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGrains, particularly corn, have been important to Georgia’s citizens, livestock, wildlife, and general economy since the state’s founding. Native Americans and European settlers depended on grains to sustain life and trade. Today Georgia citizens and livestock consume billions of pounds of grains each year. Some of this grain is produced by Georgia farmers, and the rest is imported from other states and countries. Grain Types and Uses Grains produced in Georgia include corn, grain sorghum, pearl millet, wheat, oats, barley, and rye./gregg-v-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gregg-v-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe  U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Gregg v. Georgia —which involved a prosecution for a double murder committed in the course of a robbery—rejected the legal argument that capital punishment in and of itself constituted “cruel and unusual punishment” and thus violated the Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Some observers had predicted that the Court’s earlier ruling in Furman v. Georgia (1972)—which struck down state systems that afforded juries sweeping discretion in imposing the death penalty—would spell the end of capital punishment in the United States./henry-ellis-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/henry-ellis-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHenry Ellis, the second royal governor of Georgia, has been called “Georgia’s second founder.” Georgia had no self-government under the Trustees (1732-52), and the first royal governor, John Reynolds (1754-57), failed as an administrator. Under the leadership of Ellis (1757-60) Georgians learned how to govern themselves, and they have been doing so ever since. As a teenager Ellis left his irascible father in Monaghan County, Ireland, to take to the sea./independent-presbyterian-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/independent-presbyterian-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIndependent Presbyterian Church in Savannah, pictured circa 1930, counted Mary Telfair, the benefactor of Telfair Museums, as a member in the nineteenth century. U.S. first lady Ellen Axson Wilson, whose paternal grandfather began serving as pastor in 1857, was born in the manse of the church in 1860 and married there in 1885. 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./isaac-hayes-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/isaac-hayes-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe soul musician and Georgia Music Hall of Fame inductee Isaac Hayes broke new ground in the 1960s and 1970s with his unmistakable “Memphis soul” sound, which continues to influence artists today. Hayes was born on August 20, 1942, in Covington, Tennessee, to sharecropper parents who died while he was still an infant. He and his younger sister, Willette, were reared by their maternal grandparents, Rushia Addie-Mae and Willie Wade, in Memphis, Tennessee, where Hayes started singing in the church choir at the age of five./james-brown-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/james-brown-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJames Brown, who grew up in Augusta, was one of the most influential musicians of the last half of the twentieth century. An original artist, fascinating showman, and tireless performer, Brown achieved legendary status, inspiring a generation of younger musicians. An inductee into both the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he created a solid body of work that has withstood the passage of time and popular music trends./jefferson-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jefferson-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Jefferson County courthouse in Louisville was built in 1904 in the neoclassical revival style by architect W. F. Denny. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./john-b-gordon-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-b-gordon-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJohn B. Gordon rose to prominence during the Civil War, entering as a captain and emerging as a major general. He later served as a U.S. senator and as the governor of Georgia. Photograph by Wikimedia 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./juliette-gordon-low-birthplace-garden.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/juliette-gordon-low-birthplace-garden.htmlDuring the 1950s, Clermont Lee designed gardens for several of Savannah's most prominent historic homes, including the Andrew Low House, the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, and the Green-Meldrim mansion. This aerial view of the Juliette Low garden was taken around 1956. Courtesy of Juliette Low Birthplace 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./june-in-georgia-history-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/june-in-georgia-history-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA number of significant historical events have occurred in Georgia during the month of June. 1750-1799 1781 Major military engagements this month include the seizure of Augusta from the British on June 5 by Elijah Clarke and others during the Revolutionary War (1775-83). 1850-1899 1863 In  June 1863, during the Union blockade and coastal occupation of the Civil War (1861-65), Confederate flag officer Josiah Tattnall lost the ironclad Atlanta while attempting to break the blockade./late-victorian-architecture-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/late-victorian-architecture-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAcross Georgia, the period from 1895 to 1920 was an era of expansion and growth. In Atlanta, for instance, the “New South” center was transforming itself from a Victorian town that aspired to become the “Gate City” and leading metropolis of the region to a burgeoning metropolitan area whose downtown was connected by streetcar and then automobile to emerging suburbs and neighborhood commercial districts well beyond the limits of the nineteenth-century city./lockheed-l-1011-tristar-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lockheed-l-1011-tristar-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Lockheed L-1011 TriStar began flying for Eastern Air Lines in 1972. The TriStar was a wide-body, three-engine jet with intercontinental range. It held 250 seats and cruised at 552 miles per hour. Photograph from Wikimedia 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./lover-s-leap-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lover-s-leap-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe British painter Thomas Addison Richards is well known for his romantic depictions of the southern landscape. This steel engraving of Lover's Leap, located on the Chattahoochee River two miles north of Columbus, appeared in Richards's 1842 book . From Georgia Illustrated, by T. A. Richards and W. C. Richards 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./m-alexis-scott-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/m-alexis-scott-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlM. Alexis Scott became president and chair of the board of directors for the Atlanta Daily World in 1997, after twenty years as a journalist with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Cox Enterprises. Her grandfather W. A. Scott founded the publication, Atlanta's oldest Black newspaper, in 1928. Courtesy of Atlanta Daily World 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./macon-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/macon-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLocated in central Georgia, Macon County is 130 miles south of Atlanta and covers 403 square miles. The state legislature created Macon County, the ninety-first county in Georgia, in 1837 and named Lanier the first county seat. The earliest inhabitants were the Cherokee; Muskogee, who later became part of the Creek Nation; and Uchee Indians. Created from parts of Houston and Marion counties, Macon County was named for Nathaniel Macon, a general in the Revolutionary War (1775-83)./magnolia-springs-state-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/magnolia-springs-state-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMagnolia Springs State Park near Millen provides a number of outdoor recreational activities for Jenkins County residents and visitors. The park also houses a freshwater aquarium. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia./marsh-detritus-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/marsh-detritus-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSmooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora), the dominant plant species in Georgia's tidal marshes, forms the basis of the salt-marsh food chain. When the plants die, they are broken down by bacteria and fungi into minute particles called detritus, which washes into estuaries and tidal creeks and is consumed by small marine organisms. Courtesy of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Estuarine Research Reserve Collection. 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./massie-heritage-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/massie-heritage-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMassie's heritage education program was designed to build citizenship through learning about local history, the city's architectural styles, and Savannah's city plan, which supports multiple uses and diverse economic and social groups living side by side. Courtesy of Massie Heritage Center 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./nathanael-greene-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/nathanael-greene-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlNathanael (sometimes spelled “Nathaniel”) Greene was one of the most respected generals of the Revolutionary War (1775-83) and a talented military strategist. As commander of the Southern Department of the Continental army, he led a brilliant campaign that ended the British occupation of the South. Although Greene never fought a battle in Georgia, his leadership was the catalyst that turned the tide toward American victory in the colony, freeing Georgia from British forces./newnan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/newnan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlNewnan, the county seat of Coweta County, lies thirty-eight miles southwest of downtown Atlanta via Interstate 85. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the population of Newnan was 42,549, an increase from the 2010 population of 33,039. Industries include warehouse distribution centers for large retailers, and steel, plastics, and motor production facilities. The University of West Georgia has an off-campus facility in Newnan. Newnan sits on land that originally belonged to the Lower Creek Indian Nation./ogeechee-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ogeechee-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOgeechee Technical College is located in Statesboro, the seat of Bulloch County. Learning centers are located in the college’s two additional service delivery counties, Evans and Screven. During the last decade of the twentieth century, several national industries located facilities in Bulloch County, and manufacturing continues to play a vital role in the area’s economy. The most popular program at Ogeechee Tech in 2005, based on the number of graduates, was nursing./parade-vehicle-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/parade-vehicle-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRiding in a car decorated as a float, representatives of the Georgia Young People Suffrage Association participate in a 1920 parade. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6mmKuxXaGutbXMnqlmpZOhsq%2BwzqdkanBkZXpyhZFqZqZlYWWDeoSO/punishment-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/punishment-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAccording to his testimony, the injuries sustained from a whipping by his overseer kept Peter, an enslaved man, bedridden for two months. Courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration 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./riley-puckett-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/riley-puckett-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia's Riley Puckett was a nationally known pioneer country music artist whose dynamic single-string guitar playing, featuring dramatic bass runs, earned for him an enviable reputation as an instrumentalist. Courtesy of Juanita McMichen Lynch 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./screven-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/screven-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Screven County Courthouse, the fourth to be built in Sylvania, was completed in 1964 and replaced a two-story brick building constructed in 1897, which was destroyed in a fire that same year. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./segregation-protest-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/segregation-protest-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlStudents protest segregation at the state capitol building in Atlanta on February 1, 1962. The passage of the federal Civil Rights Act in 1964 and the Voting Rights Act in 1965 ended legal segregation across the nation. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./seminole-road-landfill-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/seminole-road-landfill-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAn employee at the Seminole Road Landfill in DeKalb County separates old car tires from rims in preparation for recycling. The management of solid and hazardous waste is covered by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976, which was passed to help protect human and environmental health and to reduce waste. 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./stuckey-s-pecan-stand-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/stuckey-s-pecan-stand-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWilliamson S. Stuckey Sr. stands beside a replica, built in 1962, of his original 1937 pecan stand, from which he sold pecans and the famous Stuckey's Pecan Log Roll along Georgia Route 23 in Eastman. The replica was constructed to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of Stuckey's business. Courtesy of Stuckey's Corporation 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./talking-rock-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/talking-rock-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe modern town of Talking Rock, in Pickens County, grew up around the railroad during the late nineteenth century. The town incorporated in 1883. Photograph by Pam Brannon 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./tallulah-gorge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tallulah-gorge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTallulah Gorge, located in the Blue Ridge province of Georgia, is formed by high, steep quartzite bluffs. The gorge has been a popular destination for visitors since the late nineteenth century and today is home to the Tallulah Gorge State Park. 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-blind-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-blind-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Blind (1968) by Carlos Coffeen-Serpas is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Ink, 23 x 18 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJuRp7mwv4ycpp%2BelZq7br%2FEq6eaq1%2BptaZ5waWgp5yPmLynssSepWarlae9or%2B%2BaWdqZw%3D%3D/the-heart-is-a-lonely-hunter.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-heart-is-a-lonely-hunter.htmlThe first novel by Georgia writer Carson McCullers, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter is commonly treated as a coming-of-age story by readers and critics alike. Many of the characters in the novel are grotesques, a term in southern literature for those who are known for their exaggerated attributes, unusual characteristics, or obsessive-compulsive thought processes or behaviors. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter is a compelling portrait of isolated characters and of their longing for self-expression, human connection, and spiritual integration./toombs-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/toombs-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlToombs County, in southeast Georgia, is the state’s 144th county and comprises 367 square miles. It was created in 1905 from Emanuel, Montgomery, and Tattnall counties. It was named for Robert Toombs, a former U.S. congressman and senator who went on to serve the Confederacy as secretary of state and brigadier general. The land was originally held by Creek Indians. A large percentage of the earliest white settlers were Scots Highlanders, many of whom lived in North Carolina before they came to Georgia./warren-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/warren-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Warren County Courthouse, built in 1910 and renovated in 2000, is located in Warrenton and designed in the neoclassical revival style. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, the courthouse is the county's third. 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./wheat-field-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wheat-field-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMost of the corn and wheat production in Georgia occurs in the southern counties. These areas are generally characterized by gently sloping or flat lands of well-drained soils, mostly of the clay loam to sandy loam soil types. Image from Dizzy Girl 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./william-harris-crawford-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/william-harris-crawford-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWilliam Harris Crawford, a longtime resident of Oglethorpe County, became the first Georgian to run for the U.S. presidency when he stood for election in both 1816 and 1824. Although never elected president, Crawford served in a variety of other capacities during his political career, including service as a state representative, U.S. senator, minister to France, and cabinet member for U.S. president James Madison. Courtesy of Department of the Treasury/zero-milepost-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 15 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/zero-milepost-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPlaced in 1850, the milepost marked the southeastern terminus of the Western and Atlantic Railroad in a town that soon was called Terminus and, eventually, Atlanta. Today the stone post is on display at the Atlanta History Center in Buckhead. Photograph by Melinda G. Smith, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./1983-final-four-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/1983-final-four-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Bulldogs' progression to the 1983 NCAA Final Four is a highlight in the history of the men's basketball program at the University of Georgia. The team, playing in its first NCAA tournament, beat the University of North Carolina to make it into the semifinals. Courtesy of University of Georgia Sports Communications Office 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./andrew-young-school-of-policy-studies.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/andrew-young-school-of-policy-studies.htmlGeorgia State University's Andrew Young School of Policy Studies offers a joint Ph.D. in public policy with Georgia Tech, the only program of its kind in the U.S. Other degrees offered include urban policy studies, economics, and public administration. Photograph by JJonahJackalope 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./atlanta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAtlanta is the capital of Georgia, the state’s largest city, and the seat of Fulton County. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the population of Atlanta is 498,715, although the metropolitan area (comprising twenty-eight counties and more than 6,000 square miles) has a population of more than 6 million. It is also one of the most important commercial, financial, and transportation centers of the southeastern United States. Located in the northern portion of the state, Atlanta enjoys a high mean elevation—1,050 feet (320m) above sea level—which distinguishes it from most other southern (and eastern) cities and contributes to a more temperate climate than is found in areas farther south./atlanta-crackers-baseball-diamond-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-crackers-baseball-diamond-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Atlanta Crackers (1901-1965) played at Ponce de Leon Ballpark in their hometown. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to Special Collections and Archives at Georgia State University. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOrKeoqqSoerDB052mqKpdp7KkvsSaq6KnnmSutbjAp6uaZZKhrqS3jJypmpubmr%2B0e8xmaHBqZWQ%3D/bamboo-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bamboo-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1890 Mrs. H. B. Miller planted three bamboo plants, obtained from Cuba, at a site in southwestern Savannah. Today 140 varieties of bamboo grow at the Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens. 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./battleship-uss-maine-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/battleship-uss-maine-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAn explosion aboard the American battleship USS Maine in 1898 resulted in the sinking of the ship and the deaths of 266 men. The attack propelled the United States into a military conflict with Spain, which would later be known as the Spanish-American War. From Pictorial History of Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom, by T. White 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./benjamin-hawkins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/benjamin-hawkins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1796 U.S. president George Washington appointed Benjamin Hawkins as “Principal Temporary Agent for Indian Affairs South of the Ohio River,” a position he held until his death in 1816. The city of Hawkinsville, the seat of Pulaski County, is named in his honor. Although Hawkins was agent to all Indians in the South, he chose to live among the Creek Indians, who resided in present-day Georgia and Alabama. He built the Creek Agency Reserve on the Flint River in what is now Crawford County, where he lived with his wife, Lavina Downs; six daughters, Georgia, Muscogee, Cherokee, Carolina, Virginia, and Jeffersonia; one son, Madison; about seventy enslaved Africans; and a few Euro-American skilled laborers./black-soldiers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/black-soldiers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe enrollment of Black soldiers began in occupied areas of northwestern Georgia between July and September 1864, when the 44th U.S. Colored Infantry was stationed in Rome, Georgia, for recruiting purposes. Courtesy of London Illustrated News 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./bombyx-mori-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bombyx-mori-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAn adult silkmoth, Bombyx mori. This species's caterpillar, the mulberry silkworm, has produced silk textiles for millennia. Eighteenth-century Georgia colonists tried and failed to establish a silk industry in Savannah. Photograph by Nikita 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./byrd-matthews-lumber-company-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/byrd-matthews-lumber-company-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1910 the Byrd-Matthews Corporation built a major sawmill in Helen to accommodate the booming timber industry. Courtesy of Gary Doster 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. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZonLGgmZe2tbXOp2asnZWeu6h5xp6mq5%2BZlnqktMCnnqKml2LDqr%2FIqKWsZZ%2BberW71KugrKVdnrtuwMeeZKanlJq%2Fr3nSqKytoF%2BXxrOwjKaYrayYmsS0ecuupJudomKwsLnPmqWyl2Blfm5%2Bjg%3D%3D/candler-school-of-theology-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/candler-school-of-theology-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Candler School of Theology, part of Emory University in Atlanta, is one of thirteen schools of theology affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The school’s mission is “to educate—through scholarship, teaching, and service—faithful and creative leaders for the church’s ministries in the world.” Southeastern Methodists founded Candler in Atlanta in September 1914 in response to tensions within the Methodist Episcopal Church, South; the need for more clergy in the South; and community boosterism./carmichael-bell-and-blair-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/carmichael-bell-and-blair-new-georgia-encyclopedia.html(Left to right) James V. Carmichael, general manager of the Bell Aircraft Corporation; Lawrence D. Bell, founder and president of Bell Aircraft; and Leon M. Blair, mayor of Marietta, enjoy a party at Blair's home in 1949. Carmichael holds a cane, which he walked with for most of his life, after being struck by a car at age sixteen. 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./cathedral-window-quilt-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cathedral-window-quilt-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCathedral Window Quilt by Mattie Lee Sigers is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Fiber, 78 x 52 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKWRqcGqsYylnJ5lo560pr7SaJqarJiasbOty2auoqaUpMRuvdSio62Xo560pr7SmGdpaV1nfA%3D%3D/charles-mccartney-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/charles-mccartney-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA traveling preacher, Charles “Ches” McCartney was a significant folk and religious figure in Georgia for more than four decades, and a likely influence on the works of the writer Flannery O’Connor. He traveled around the United States driving an iron-wheeled caravan of between twelve and thirty goats and was known as the “Goat Man.” McCartney was born on July 6, 1901, in Sigourney, Iowa. He was married three times, once to a Spanish knife thrower ten years his senior, and he had one son, Albert Gene, and possibly two to four others./chattanooga-shale-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/chattanooga-shale-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Chattanooga Shale, located in northwest Georgia, was formed approximately 350 million years ago, when the area was covered by a shallow sea. Photograph by Pamela J. W. Gore 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./chris-moses-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/chris-moses-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDiaz, Laura. "Chris Moses." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Jan 8, 2016. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/chris-moses/ Diaz, L. (2015). Chris Moses. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved Jan 8, 2016, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/chris-moses/ Diaz, Laura. "Chris Moses." New Georgia Encyclopedia, 13 October 2015, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/chris-moses/. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJuYp7a0ecyoqp6rXw%3D%3D/county-unit-system-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/county-unit-system-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe county unit system was established in 1917 when the Georgia legislature, overwhelmingly dominated by the Democratic Party, passed the Neill Primary Act. This act formalized what had operated as an informal system, instituted in Georgia in 1898, of allotting votes by county in party primary elections. (A primary election is held before a general election in order to determine each political party’s candidates for the general election.) The county unit system continued to be used in Democratic primaries for statewide office and selected U./coweta-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/coweta-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCoweta County, Georgia’s sixty-fourth, encompasses 443 square miles in west central Georgia, bordered by Carroll, Fayette, Fulton, Heard, Meriwether, and Troup counties. It was one of five counties created by the 1825 Treaty of Indian Springs, when Chief William McIntosh relinquished Creek Indian lands to the United States. Coweta was named after McIntosh’s tribe and their town, one of the largest centers for the Creek Nation. The new county established its seat in the settlement of Bullsboro in 1826, with Walter Colquitt as the first superior-court judge./crawford-long-stamp-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/crawford-long-stamp-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis 1940 US postage stamp features Dr. Crawford Long, the seventeenth-century physician from north Georgia credited with the discovery of anesthesia.  Courtesy of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum 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./crown-bottling-works-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/crown-bottling-works-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Crown Bottling Works in Valdosta, pictured in the early 1900s, was one of the many plants around the state that bottled and distributed Chero-Cola, later known as Royal Crown (RC) Cola. The beverage was developed in 1905 by Claud Hatcher, a Columbus pharmacist. 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./daniel-pratt-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/daniel-pratt-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDaniel Pratt lived in Milledgeville from 1821 to 1831, during which time he built several large Neoclassical-style houses. Courtesy of Alabama Department of Archives and History 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./ebos-landing-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ebos-landing-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEbos Landing is a bend in Dunbar Creek on St. Simons Island. Although conflicting accounts of the "Myth of the Flying Africans" exist, many locals designate this spot as the site from which a boatload of enslaved West Africans either flew away or drowned themselves during an 1803 rebellion. Photograph by Elisabeth Hughes, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./forsyth-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/forsyth-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLocated forty miles north of the state capital, Forsyth County experienced significant growth in the early twenty-first century and now ranks among the most populous counties in the state. Although the region was populated by Cherokee Indians for hundreds of years, white settlers began moving in after gold was discovered in 1829. In 1832 Georgia leaders divided the former Cherokee lands into ten counties, including Forsyth. The Cherokees were removed forcibly from their Georgia lands in 1838 and relocated to Oklahoma./francis-w-capers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/francis-w-capers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFrancis W. Capers, the superintendent of the Georgia Military Institute in Marietta at the start of the Civil War, provided drill instructors from among the school's cadets to train new Confederate soldiers. In May 1864 he led his cadets as a volunteer unit in the Confederate army and attempted to halt the advance of Union troops into Georgia. From History of the Georgia Military Institute, by Bowling C. Yates 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./general-braxton-bragg-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/general-braxton-bragg-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe campaign that brought the Union and Confederate armies to Chickamauga began in late June 1863, when the Union Army of the Cumberland under Major General William S. Rosecrans advanced southwestward from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, against the Confederate Army of Tennessee, commanded by General Braxton Bragg. 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./georgia-farm-bureau-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-farm-bureau-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe headquarters of the Georgia Farm Bureau, a state-level affiliate of the American Farm Bureau, are located in Macon. The bureau developed in response to the Smith-Lever Act of 1914 and continues to promote the interests of farmers in the twenty-first century. Courtesy of Georgia Farm Bureau 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./georgia-highlands-college-computer-lab.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-highlands-college-computer-lab.htmlGeorgia Highlands College has acquired a reputation for keeping its facilities updated with the latest technologies. The college attracted attention in 1997 with the inauguration of its innovative Information Technology Program, which provides each student with a laptop computer upon enrollment. Courtesy of Georgia Highlands College 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./georgia-s-state-art-collection-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-s-state-art-collection-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBoats At Rest—Beijing, China Boats at Rest—Beijing, China by Judith Priddy-Orr is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. According to Priddy-Orr, "In Beihai Park in Beijing the people rent these rowboats to relax on the lake. I was intrigued by the repetition of patterns, colors, textures, shapes. After photographing them from other angles, I changed my view to show the rusty bottoms." Photograph, 13 1/2 x 20 inches Courtesy of Georgia Council for the Arts/great-speckled-bird-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/great-speckled-bird-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe front page of the inaugural issue of the Great Speckled Bird, a countercultural newspaper published in Atlanta from March 1968 to October 1976, features a mock obituary for Atlanta Constitution editor Ralph McGill, lamenting his support for the use of nuclear weapons in Vietnam. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJ%2Bimq61edKpnJyjnJqxbq7Iq5topV1mfXeBk2g%3D/groundwater-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/groundwater-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia has abundant groundwater resources found mostly south of the fall line, but also in the Valley and Ridge region in the northwestern part of the state. In the intervening Piedmont and Blue Ridge regions, the crystalline bedrock and overlying saprolite typically do not provide significant amounts of groundwater. The biggest demand for groundwater in Georgia comes from agriculture, which pumps as much as 1.5 billion gallons of groundwater per day at the peak of the growing season./hebron-presbyterian-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hebron-presbyterian-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMembers of the Hebron Presbyterian Church in Banks County take communion during a service in the 1930s. Founded in 1796, Hebron is believed to be the oldest Presbyterian church in the county. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./historic-dublin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/historic-dublin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDublin, circa 1900. A mule-drawn wagon loaded with bales of cotton is stopped in front of J. D. Smith & Son Stables, which was located on North Jackson Street. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./hubie-brown-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hubie-brown-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHubie Brown coaches the Atlanta Hawks on January 3, 1979. Brown served as head coach of the Hawks from 1976 until 1981, winning the NBA's coach of the year award in 1978. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./ina-dillard-russell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ina-dillard-russell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIna Dillard Russell, once known to Georgians as “Mother Russell,” was the wife of state supreme court justice Richard B. Russell Sr. and mother to U.S. senator Richard B. Russell Jr. Blandina Dillard, the thirteenth and last child of farmers America Frances Chaffin and Fielding Dillard, was born on February 18, 1868, in Oglethorpe County, near Lexington. She attended school locally before enrolling at the Palmer Institute in Oxford and the Lucy Cobb Institute in Athens./july-in-georgia-history-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/july-in-georgia-history-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA number of significant historical events have occurred in Georgia during the month of July. 1700-1749 1733 The founders of Congregation Mickve Israel, the South’s oldest Jewish congregation, arrived in Savannah. 1742 The Battle of Bloody Marsh, a skirmish between English and Spanish forces on St. Simons Island, took place on July 7. 1750-1799 1782 Following its defeat in the Revolutionary War, the British army left Savannah on July 11./kenny-leon-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/kenny-leon-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlKenny Leon, the artistic director of the Alliance Theatre from 1990 until 2001, performs the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in the company's 2002 production of A Christmas Carol. Photograph by Eric Richardson 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./king-s-magazine-fort-frederica-national-monument.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/king-s-magazine-fort-frederica-national-monument.htmlThe restored magazine building was constructed from tabby and brick ca. 1740. Powder and ammunition were stored in the existing rooms, while the missing north section was used for soldiers' quarters and offices. Image from HAL333 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./late-cretaceous-oyster-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/late-cretaceous-oyster-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Late Cretaceous oyster, Crassostrea cusseta, pictured alongside a hammer measuring 33 centimeters in length, could grow to 60 centimeters. This specimen was found at the Blufftown Formation in Stewart County. Photograph by David R. Schwimmer 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./late-prehistoric-early-historic-chiefdoms-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/late-prehistoric-early-historic-chiefdoms-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Nature of Chiefdoms Prior to European exploration, the Indians of Georgia and other parts of the Southeast had achieved the highest level of political organization north of the Mesoamerican Aztec and Maya states. These southeastern political organizations are termed chiefdoms by anthropologists. A chiefdom, ruled by a hereditary and often semi-divine chief, was typically a multiple town organization, with a population in the low thousands. The chief resided in a capital town, with other towns paying tribute to support him and his family, part-time craftspersons, and military expeditions./libraries-museums-archives-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/libraries-museums-archives-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe first Organized Labor and Workmen's Circle Banquet took place in May 1969 at the Sheraton-Biltmore Hotel in Atlanta. Seated from left to right: E. L. Abercrombie, Oliver Singleton, Gid Parham, Joe Jacobs, Robert Shadix, and Harold Bauman. Standing from left to right: Joe Baylan, Irving Gordon, E. T. Kehrer, George Caudelle, Harris Jacobs, John Wright, and James Howard (?). ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLjIm6maqpmawG651KycrqWjYq6zr8eirZ6rXw%3D%3D/local-revenue-sources-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/local-revenue-sources-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSince counties and municipalities are creations of the state, their capacity to generate revenues is determined by specific revenue-raising authority granted to them under the Georgia Constitution and state law. Taxes constitute the largest source of general revenue for most local governments in Georgia. Ad Valorem Taxes Counties and municipalities are authorized by the state constitution to levy and collect a general ad valorem (“according to value”) property tax within their jurisdictions./madison-collegiate-institute-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/madison-collegiate-institute-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Madison Collegiate Institute, founded in Madison in 1849, was one of the first women's colleges in the country. The school's main building, to the right, burned before 1880. The building to the left has been renovated and today serves as a private residence. Courtesy of Adelaide Wallace Ponder 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./magazines-journals-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/magazines-journals-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGrier's Almanac, one of Georgia's longest-running publications, was first published in 1807 and is named for amateur astronomer Robert Grier, who provided astronomical calculations for the almanac until his death in 1848. The 1902 edition was produced during the tenure of Otis Ashmore, who served as editor of the almanac from 1882 to 1934. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLnAoJizoZ6awG62zq6pp5mcqHw%3D/maranatha-baptist-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/maranatha-baptist-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn Plains Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church, where a large crowd usuallly gathers to attend the class. Courtesy of National Park Service 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./mark-barr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mark-barr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFoley, Kayla. "Mark Barr." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Jan 12, 2016. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/mark-barr/ Foley, K. (2015). Mark Barr. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved Jan 12, 2016, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/mark-barr/ Foley, Kayla. "Mark Barr." New Georgia Encyclopedia, 22 October 2015, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/mark-barr/. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKWRp7hursCrqWg%3D/max-cleland-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/max-cleland-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMax Cleland was a lifelong public servant whose political career included elected positions in the state and federal governments. A disabled war veteran, Cleland was the first person to receive more than a million votes in a Georgia election. Joseph Maxwell Cleland, the only child of a working-class family, was born in Atlanta on August 24, 1942. He grew up in Lithonia and attended local schools while dreaming of a career in teaching or politics./midway-congregational-church-cemetery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/midway-congregational-church-cemetery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Midway Congregational Church Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. Among those buried here are James Screven and Daniel Stewart, two American generals of the Revolutionary War. A large monument in the center of the cemetery was dedicated in 1915 to these two men. Courtesy of Winston E. Walker III 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./monroe-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/monroe-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Monroe County Courthouse, designed in the High Victorian Eclectic style, was built in Forsyth in 1896. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, the structure is the county's second courthouse. Photograph by J Stephen Conn 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./moonshine-still-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/moonshine-still-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis old still, once used for making "moonshine," belongs to a retired Cherokee County sheriff. The still is a remnant from the time when bootleggers were common in North 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution./morris-brown-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/morris-brown-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMorris Brown College in Atlanta was founded in 1881 by the African Methodist Episcopal Church. The college is named for Morris Brown, the second bishop of the AME Church. Photograph from History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, by Daniel Alexander Payne 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./national-student-moratorium-poster-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/national-student-moratorium-poster-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOn May 5, 1971 students held a national moratorium to remember the deaths of protestors at Kent State University, Jackson State University, and in Augusta the previous spring. In the years that followed, Kent State remained a national touchstone for repressive violence, while Black rebellions in Augusta, Jackson, and elsewhere receded from national memory. From the Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam 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./old-dixie-highway-sign-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/old-dixie-highway-sign-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAn exit sign on I-75 south of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is one of the few remaining markers of old Dixie Highway routes in Georgia. Courtesy of Edwin L. Jackson 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./oliver-h-prince-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/oliver-h-prince-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJustly called “a man of many talents” and “something of a renaissance man,” Oliver H. Prince served in the Georgia General Assembly and the U.S. Senate, was instrumental in bringing railroads to Georgia, wrote the first great law book by a Georgian, laid out the streets of one of Georgia’s major cities, and penned a short story so brilliantly amusing that it was plagiarized by the novelist Thomas Hardy. Early Life Oliver Hillhouse Prince was born in Montville, Connecticut, on July 31, 1782, the third child of Mary Hillhouse and William Prince Jr./pearl-cleage-activist-artist-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/pearl-cleage-activist-artist-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe writer Pearl Cleage explains the idea of making "revolution irresistible." Video by Darby Carl Sanders, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKiVlr%2BtecKlnJqflWKvbn2YbW9ompWhtqay0muWrWlf/peregrine-falcon-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/peregrine-falcon-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPeregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus), the world's fastest birds, reach speeds of up to 200 miles per hour as they dive for prey. Although use of the pesticide DDT during the mid-twentieth century drove the species to extinction in the eastern United States, peregrine falcons have recovered and often choose to nest in large urban areas like Atlanta. Courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 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./rattlesnake-roundups-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rattlesnake-roundups-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRattlesnake roundups are highly controversial events held in more than twenty-five communities in seven different states, including Georgia. The original purpose of most rattlesnake roundups was to reduce venomous snake populations in communities where snakebites were thought to significantly threaten humans, livestock, and pets. Although civic groups that organize rattlesnake roundups donate proceeds to charities and other nonprofit organizations, conservationists and environmentalists are becoming increasingly concerned about the negative impact these events have on wildlife./reinhardt-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/reinhardt-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe front gate of Reinhardt College in Cherokee County. In June 2010 the institution changed its name to Reinhardt University. Courtesy of Reinhardt University 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./rosenwald-schools-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rosenwald-schools-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Rural School Building Program of the Julius Rosenwald Fund provided financial grants for the construction of public schools for African Americans throughout the South. The fund was established in 1917, but Julius Rosenwald began giving money for schools as early as 1912. Between 1912 and 1932, contributions from the Rosenwald Fund helped to build 4,977 new schools for African Americans in fifteen southern states. In Georgia 242 schools were constructed with the aid of Rosenwald funds, and 103 of the state’s counties had at least one Rosenwald school (Georgia had 146 counties from 1912 to 1923, and 161 counties from 1924 to 1932)./satilla-river-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/satilla-river-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Satilla River, pictured near Blackshear, the seat of Pierce County, circa 1925. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOqaCeqpOaeqS71KersmejlsGquMuaZKuhppq%2FoHyPamY%3D/seven-natural-wonders-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/seven-natural-wonders-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Seven Natural Wonders of Georgia are the most physically spectacular or unusual sites in the state. These landscape formations resulted from powerful forces of nature during geologic time—probably more than 60,000,000 years ago—and, with the exception of Providence Canyon, predate human activity in Georgia. The first list of natural wonders was compiled by the state librarian, Ella May Thornton, in response to an inquiry by a journalist. Her list, which appeared in the Atlanta Georgian magazine on December 26, 1926, included Stone Mountain, Okefenokee Swamp, Amicalola Falls, Tallulah Gorge, Warm Springs, Jekyll Island Forest on Jekyll Island, and the marble vein in Longswamp Valley in Pickens County./sinfonietta-giocosa-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sinfonietta-giocosa-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDancers in the Atlanta Ballet perform Sinfonietta Giocosa, scored by Czech composer Bohuslav Martinu in 1940 and written by British choreographer Christopher Hampson. Commissioned by the Atlanta Ballet, the work premiered at the Fox Theatre in 2005. Photograph by Charlie McCullers. Courtesy of Atlanta Ballet 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./southern-bell-telephone-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/southern-bell-telephone-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe original Southern Bell Telephone Building in Atlanta, pictured in 2008, was designed by architect P. Thornton Marye in the late 1920s. The art deco-style building was advertised as the city's "first modernistic skyscraper." The building's original six stories were extended to fourteen in the 1940s and topped with a tower in the 1960s. Photograph by Mary Ann Sullivan 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./stonewall-confederate-cemetery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/stonewall-confederate-cemetery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAround 500 Confederate soldiers and 1 Union soldier are buried at the Stonewall Confederate Cemetery in Griffin. Photograph by Melinda Smith Mullikin, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./suches-schoolhouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/suches-schoolhouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlStudents gather outside the schoolhouse in Suches, an unincorporated community in Union County, circa 1940. Today the Woody Gap School in Suches is one of the few remaining small, rural community schools in the state. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./telfair-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/telfair-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLocated in central Georgia, Telfair County is the state’s thirty-fifth county and comprises 441 square miles. Created in 1807 from Wilkinson County, it was named for Georgia governor Edward Telfair. Other counties formed from portions of Telfair County are Coffee County (1854) and Dodge County (1870). In 1812 part of Telfair was transferred to Montgomery County, which was created in 1793. In 1819 and again in 1825, part of Appling County was transferred to Telfair, and between 1872 and 1877, land was shifted back into Telfair County from Dodge and Montgomery counties./the-parks-at-chehaw-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-parks-at-chehaw-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlVisitors feed a rhino in the Parks at Chehaw in Albany. The zoo was designed by Dougherty County native Jim Fowler, the longtime cohost of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. The Chehaw zoo and Zoo Atlanta are the only two accredited zoos in the state. 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./triassic-rock-cores-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/triassic-rock-cores-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRock cores dating from the Triassic Period represent the oldest geologic layer in Georgia, which is composed of red sandstones, conglomerates, shales, and other nonmarine sediments. Triassic-age rocks are not visible at the surface in Georgia and were detected through seismic profiling and deep drilling. Photograph by Pamela J. W. Gore 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./tullie-smith-farm-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tullie-smith-farm-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Tullie Smith Farm, now part of the Atlanta History Center, offers a living history interpretation to visitors during the annual "From Sheep to Shawl" festival. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Atlanta History Center./university-of-georgia-library-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/university-of-georgia-library-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe main library at the University of Georgia is located on the historic north campus. UGA's library system contains more than 3.9 million volumes, making it the largest academic library in Georgia. The library is also home to the University of Georgia Press. Photograph from Zlatko Unger 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./vince-dooley-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/vince-dooley-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlVince Dooley worked first as an assistant coach and then as freshman coach at Alabama's Auburn University before accepting the position as head football coach of the University of Georgia Bulldogs in December 1963.  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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./warren-a-candler-hospital-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/warren-a-candler-hospital-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWarren A. Candler Hospital, pictured in the early 1960s, was founded as a seaman's hospital in Savannah in 1803 and was acquired by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in 1930. The Methodists named the facility in honor of Bishop Warren A. Candler. 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./yerkes-national-primate-research-center.htmlFri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/yerkes-national-primate-research-center.htmlThe main center of the Yerkes National Primate Research Center comprises the Neuroscience Building (left), the original building (center), and the Emory Vaccine Center (right). Emory University assumed ownership of the center in 1956. Courtesy of Yerkes National Primate Research Center 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./albany-junior-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/albany-junior-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA sign points the way to Albany Junior College in 1967. Established in 1963 as a two-year school in Albany, the college was renamed Darton College in 1987, and Darton State College in 2012. Courtesy of Darton State College 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./andrews-raid-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/andrews-raid-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Andrews Raid of April 12, 1862, brought the first Union soldiers into north Georgia and led to an exciting locomotive chase, the only one of the Civil War (1861-65). The adventure lasted just seven hours, involved about two dozen men, and as a military operation, ended in failure. In early spring 1862 Northern forces advanced on Huntsville, Alabama, heading for Chattanooga, Tennessee.  Union general Ormsby Mitchel accepted the offer of a civilian spy, James J./big-bethel-concert-choir-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/big-bethel-concert-choir-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Big Bethel AME Concert Choir ispictured in 1947 in front of the church's Möller organ. At the time, the choir was under the directorship of Henry J. Furlow. The church and its choirs were known for their many performances, including the world-famous religious pageant. Courtesy of Archives Division, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, HenryJ. and Florine Dyer Furlow Papers.. 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./blues-music-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/blues-music-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe blues is a blending of African and European traditional music characterized by its melancholy (or blue) notes expressing suffering and deprivation. Songs are typically structured in three-line verses, with the third line summing up, or rephrasing, the sentiment expressed in the first two. Beginning in the nineteenth century, blues music developed throughout the southern United States from the work songs and field hollers of enslaved people. Later, southern prisoners in jail and on chain gangs added songs of murder, death row, and their treatment at the hands of the wardens./brunswick-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/brunswick-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBrunswick is the major urban and economic center in the southeast corner of Georgia. Located on the coast, it is approximately seventy-five miles south of Savannah and sixty-five miles north of Jacksonville, Florida. Brunswick is home to one of Georgia’s two deep-water ports and is the gateway to the Golden Isles, which lie to the east across the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway: St. Simons Island, Sea Island, Little St. Simons Island, and Jekyll Island./c-130-hercules-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/c-130-hercules-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia is home to one of the most versatile and rugged transport aircraft ever built: the C-130 Hercules. First flown in 1954, more than 2,200 of the aircraft have been produced in seventy different versions for sixty different countries. The latest model, the C-130J, remains in production at the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta. With a wide fuselage, distinctive high tail, and multiwheeled landing gear, the C-130 can operate from virtually any runway, including rough dirt airstrips./cabin-bluff-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cabin-bluff-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA vintage yacht is docked at Cabin Bluff, a 50,000-acre hunting preserve in Camden County. Courtesy of Sea Island Company 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%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrny0scBmoKykkaOxbq%2FOpqeapqlkum6Aj2twaA%3D%3D/central-georgia-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/central-georgia-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn July 2013 Central Georgia Technical College and Middle Georgia Technical College consolidated operations to form a new institution called Central Georgia Technical College. The merger was one of several between 2009 and 2013 designed to reduce administrative costs and improve student access to programs within the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG). The mergers integrated the colleges’ administrations and their local boards of directors, with all campus locations remaining open./conyers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/conyers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlConyers, located twenty miles east of Atlanta on Interstate 20, is the seat of Rockdale County and part of the Atlanta Metropolitan Statistical Area. The known history of Conyers and Rockdale County dates back more than 10,000 years, when Native Americans, referred to as the “Mound Builders,” made the area their home. The Great Indian Road, or Hightower Trail, in northern Rockdale County served as the boundary between the Creek and Cherokee nations and later became a path for early white settlers during the Revolutionary War era (1775-83)./crown-cotton-mill-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/crown-cotton-mill-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCrown Cotton Mill No. 2, located on Chattanooga Avenue in Dalton, is pictured in the late 1920s. Established in 1884, Crown Cotton Mill brought much-needed economic activity to Whitfield County and by 1916 employed 1,000 workers. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./david-b-mitchell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/david-b-mitchell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDavid B. Mitchell, a three-time Georgia governor during the early nineteenth century, held numerous political offices in the state during his career. A native of Scotland, Mitchell is notable for being the last governor of Georgia born outside the United States. Historical sources differ as to whether Mitchell County, in southwest Georgia, was named in his honor or that of Revolutionary War (1775-83) general Henry Mitchell. David Brydie Mitchell was born on October 22, 1766, in Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland, the son of Annie Brydie and John Henry Mitchell./david-bushnell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/david-bushnell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDavid Bushnell is credited as the inventor of the submarine, which was first used to launch explosives against British ships during the American Revolution (1775-83). Under a different identity, the New England native settled in Georgia after the war and spent the rest of his life there. Bushnell was born on August 30, 1740, in Saybrook, Connecticut, to Sarah Ingham and Nehemiah Bushnell. He worked on his family’s farm and spent his free time in the pursuit of knowledge./dosta-playhouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dosta-playhouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe 'Dosta Playhouse, located on North Ashley Street in downtown Valdosta, is home to the Theatre Guild Valdosta, one of the many cultural offerings in the city. Image from Daniel Mayer 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./douglas-dc-7-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/douglas-dc-7-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Douglas DC-7 brought yet another development in passenger flight. With a pressurized cabin that allowed it to fly "above the weather," the sixty-nine-seat DC-7 cruised at 360 miles per hour. The cabin and services offered an air of affluence, which Delta dubbed its "Royal Service." Reprinted by permission of Delta Air Lines 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./eliza-frances-andrews-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/eliza-frances-andrews-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEliza Frances Andrews was a writer, newspaper reporter, editor, columnist, social critic, scientist, and educator. By the time of her death in 1931 in Rome, Andrews had written three novels, more than a dozen scientific articles on botany, two internationally recognized botany textbooks, and dozens of articles, commentaries, and reports on topics ranging from politics to environmental issues. She was best known for her War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl, 1864-1865, one of the most compelling first-person accounts of the Civil War (1861-65) home front, published in 1908./emanuel-feldman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/emanuel-feldman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRabbi Emanuel Feldman led the congregants of Orthodox Congregation Beth Jacob during the 1950s. The creation of the congregation served as a harbinger of the cermonial/religious revival of the last half of the twentieth century. 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 William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum./forest-cumberland-island-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/forest-cumberland-island-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCumberland's interior maritime forest includes live oaks and saw palmettos. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoJyon6KWvanFjJ6lr6GipLuusc2tZpytnZeys7jAp5tmoaOhrq%2BwjqZka3BpbHw%3D/fort-frederica-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fort-frederica-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFort Frederica, pictured in 1905, was built by James Oglethorpe on St. Simons Island in 1736. From the time of its establishment until 1749, the fort served as the headquarters for the British military on the Georgia coast. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to the Coastal Georgia Historical Society./galileo-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/galileo-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGALILEO (GeorgiA LIbrary LEarning Online) is Georgia's virtual library, with electronic books, periodicals, journals, magazines, newspapers, reference materials, special collections, and access to Georgia's library catalogs. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to the University System of Georgia/GALILEO./geographic-regions-of-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/geographic-regions-of-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia encompasses parts of five distinct geographic regions: the Appalachian Plateau, the Valley and Ridge, the Blue Ridge, the Piedmont, and the Coastal Plain. Courtesy of Pamela J. W. Gore 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./georgia-4-h-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-4-h-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia 4-H is the primary youth development and outreach program of the University of Georgia (UGA). Its purpose is to assist youth in gaining knowledge, developing life skills, and forming attitudes that will shape them into independent, productive, and contributing members of society. This mission is accomplished through hands-on learning experiences focused on citizenship, communication, leadership, agriculture, environment, and family and consumer sciences. The four “H’s” stand for Head, Heart, Hands, and Health./georgia-experiment-station-griffin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-experiment-station-griffin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSince 1888 the Georgia Experiment Station in Griffin has played an important role in the development of modern agriculture in the South. Located forty miles south of Atlanta, in Spalding County, the station was established as a result of the federal Hatch Act of 1887, which established a national network of agricultural experiment stations. Spalding County citizens lobbied for the experiment station to be located in their county on land formerly known as the Bates Farm./georgia-historical-quarterly-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-historical-quarterly-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Georgia Historical Quarterly, the scholarly journal of the Georgia Historical Society, has been published continuously since 1917. It continues to serve the aims set out in its inaugural issue: to collect, preserve, and disseminate Georgia history. The Quarterly began publication in Savannah almost eighty years after the society’s founding in 1839. During the 1910s the society was beset by controversy. Influential professional historians, most prominently from the University of Georgia, along with various state heritage groups had become dissatisfied with the society./georgia-institute-of-technology-college-of-design.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-institute-of-technology-college-of-design.htmlThe College of Design at the Georgia Institute of Technology offers undergraduate degrees in architecture, building construction, and industrial design. Graduate programs lead to master’s and doctoral degrees in architecture and city planning. The college is home to more than 850 students and 100 full- and part-time faculty. The Beaux-Arts Years When the Georgia School of Technology was founded in 1888, there was no architecture program. Student Ernest Daniel “Ed” Ivey, later a principal with the firm of Ivey and Crook, expressed an interest in establishing such a field of study at the engineering school./georgia-yellow-hammers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-yellow-hammers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Georgia Yellow Hammers, an old-time fiddle string band from Gordon County, were active from the mid- to late 1920s. Members consisted variously of Bill Chitwood, Clyde Evans, Bud Landress, Charles Ernest Moody, Phil Reeve, and sometime recording associates Andrew Baxter, Jim Baxter, and Elias Meadows. George Oscar “Bud” Landress was born in Gwinnett County in 1882 and moved to Gordon County in 1905. William Hewlitt “Bill” Chitwood, born in Resaca in 1891, was the youngest of twelve children./glynn-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/glynn-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGlynn County, on Georgia’s southeastern coast, was created on February 5, 1777, as the state’s seventh county. It now comprises Jekyll Island, St. Simons Island, and Sea Island, as well as the mainland between the Little Satilla River to the south and the Altamaha River to the north. The county’s largest communities are the town of Brunswick, along with Jekyll, St. Simons, and Sea islands. Of these, only Brunswick, the county seat, is incorporated./governor-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/governor-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe office of governor can trace its ancestry to Georgia’s founding as a British colony in 1733. Although he never held the title of governor, General James Oglethorpe, founder of the Georgia colony, is generally considered to be the first executive officer of Georgia. The state’s first governor after independence from Great Britain was John A. Treutlen. Given the experience of strong royal governors during the years leading up to the Revolutionary War (1775-83), Georgia governors in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries were initially weak in the amount of power granted to them./harris-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/harris-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHarris County, in west central Georgia on the Alabama border, is the state’s seventy-second county. Created in 1827 from parts of Muscogee and Troup counties, it was named after attorney and former Savannah mayor Charles Harris, the son-in-law of Lachlan McIntosh, a Revolutionary War (1775-83) patriot. The 464 square miles that make up Harris County were part of Creek Indian holdings until the Treaty of Indian Springs in 1825. The first white settlers arrived soon after the forced removal of the Indians to take advantage of the state’s land lotteries./hinman-research-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hinman-research-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Hinman Research Building, built in 1939 as part of the "academic village" at Georgia Tech, was designed in the Bauhaus modern style by Paul M. Heffernan. Today the building houses the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Institute of Technology Library and Information Center./horace-king-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/horace-king-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHorace King was the most respected bridge builder in west Georgia, Alabama, and northeast Mississippi from the 1830s until the 1880s. He constructed massive town lattice truss bridges over nearly every major river from the Oconee in Georgia to the Tombigbee in Mississippi and at nearly every crossing of the Chattahoochee River from Carroll County to Fort Gaines. Enslaved Artisan Born as an enslaved person of African, European, and Native American (Catawba) ancestry in Chesterfield District, South Carolina, King moved with his enslaver, John Godwin (1798-1859), a contractor, to Girard, Alabama, a suburb of Columbus, where Godwin had the contract to build the first public bridge connecting those two states./house-types-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/house-types-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHouses make up more than three-quarters of all the historic buildings in Georgia. They also constitute a highly diverse group of historic buildings. Because of Georgia’s architectural traditions, its historic houses must be understood and appreciated in terms of the building types they represent as well as their architectural styles. Indeed, the vast majority of historic houses in Georgia conform to recognized building types, while only about half exhibit architectural styles, and in many of these cases stylistic elements are secondary or applied./hugh-mccall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hugh-mccall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHugh McCall is generally regarded as Georgia’s first historian, based on his two-volume History of Georgia. The first volume was published in 1811, followed by the second in 1816. Details of his own life story remain elusive. Historian Otis Ashmore later noted the irony that McCall, “who with such commendable efforts rescued from oblivion many of the early traditions of our state, should himself have left scanty material for his own biographer./industrial-toxins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/industrial-toxins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIndustries in Georgia, including paper manufacturing, agriculture, and electrical power generation, produce and manage thousands of tons of industrial toxins each year. A toxin, by definition, is a substance that is highly poisonous to living creatures. Toxins generally originate from such living sources as plants, animals, and bacteria. In today’s highly industrialized world, however, humans create toxins as by-products of the processes used to produce goods, food, and energy. Some of these toxins have direct and negative impacts on human health, while others affect the environments in which people live, thereby creating an indirect impact on human health./ivan-allen-sr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ivan-allen-sr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1900 while still in his mid-twenties, Ivan Allen cofounded the Atlanta office supply firm later known as the Ivan Allen Company. Through the “Forward Atlanta” campaign of the 1920s and many other activities, Allen became the city’s quintessential booster. His son, Ivan Allen Jr., carried on this civic tradition as mayor of Atlanta in the 1960s. From Dalton to Atlanta Isaac Anderson Allen was born in Dalton on March 1, 1876, to Susan and Earnest Allen./jackie-robinson-stamp-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jackie-robinson-stamp-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe U.S. Postal Service featured Jackie Robinson on this 1982 postage stamp. Courtesy of Smithsonian National Postal Museum 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%2BOrKeoqqSoerDB052mqKpdp7KkvsSaq6KnnmS3oq%2FKopxmqp%2BXtq%2B%2FzqdkanFhbnpyhZZrZqOZk6C2pnnRqJmipqOku26%2F05qkqWVhboVzew%3D%3D/jane-fonda-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jane-fonda-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 2001 the Jane Fonda Center at Emory University in Atlanta opened to conduct research in adolescent reproductive health. The center also offers training for health care professionals. Jane Fonda, who donated $2 million to open the center, stands beside Dr. Michael Johns, the chief executive officer of Emory Healthcare. Courtesy of Emory University 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./jasper-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jasper-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDesigned in the neoclassical revival style, the Jasper County Courthouse was built in Monticello in 1907. The building, constructed of brick and Georgia marble, is the county's fourth 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./jeff-davis-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jeff-davis-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJeff Davis County, in central Georgia, is the state’s 142d county, created in 1905 from parts of Appling and Coffee counties and named after Confederate president Jefferson Davis. The Ocmulgee and Oconee rivers merge on the northeast border of the county to create the Altamaha River. The county seat, Hazlehurst, was named after George H. Hazlehurst, the civil engineer who surveyed the Macon and Brunswick Railroad. In 1870 his teams simultaneously built railroad lines southward from Macon and northward from Brunswick, meeting approximately halfway between the two communities./jefferson-davis-memorial-historic-site.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jefferson-davis-memorial-historic-site.htmlJefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy, was captured by Union troops in Irwin County near the close of the Civil War in 1865. The location is marked today by the Jefferson Davis Memorial Historic Site, which includes a museum and a thirteen-acre park. Courtesy of Jefferson Davis Memorial Historic Site 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./jessye-norman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jessye-norman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJessye Norman, an Augusta native, began her career as an opera singer in 1969 with the Deutsche Oper Berlin in Germany. She subsequently performed in Milan, Italy, and London, England, before making her debut at the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1983. 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./joseph-addison-turner-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/joseph-addison-turner-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJoseph Addison Turner was a writer, editor, publisher, lawyer, and planter. He is best known for publishing The Countryman, a weekly newspaper produced from his Putnam County plantation during the Civil War (1861-65). Despite his previous publishing failures, Turner’s Countryman generated a wide southern readership during its four-year existence. Born on September 23, 1826, in Putnam County, Turner was the son of William (“Honest Billy”) Turner and Lucy Wingfield Butler. At seven years old, he suffered a bone infection that left him crippled for life and kept him homebound for several years./judicial-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/judicial-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Judicial Building in Atlanta houses the Supreme Court of Georgia, as well as the Court of Appeals and the Attorney General's office. Courtesy of the Supreme Court 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./larry-holmes-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/larry-holmes-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHeavyweight boxing champion Larry Holmes (left) and fight promoter Don King (right) announce a series of heavyweight fights to be shown on HBO at a press conference held on January 17, 1986. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./martha-berry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/martha-berry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMartha Berry, the daughter of a wealthy Floyd County planter, founded several "Berry Schools" that were established to provide poor children in the north Georgia mountains with the opportunity to earn an education. In 1902 she founded in Rome the school that would become Berry College Courtesy of Berry College Archives 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./mcintosh-combined-cycle-plant-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mcintosh-combined-cycle-plant-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLocated in Effingham County, the McIntosh Combined Cycle Plant began operation in June 2005 under the joint ownership of Savannah Electric and Power Company and Georgia Power, both subsidiaries of the Southern Company. In 2006 Savannah Electric merged into Georgia Power. Courtesy of Savannah Electric and Power Company 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./mississippian-earthlodge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mississippian-earthlodge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPhotograph of ceremonial earthlodge which has been reconstructed and is today part of the Ocmulgee National Monument in Macon, 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6moKyrmajAqrzPopinZaCav6q7w2amr52iq7amw46mZG9xZWQ%3D/natasha-trethewey-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/natasha-trethewey-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPoet Natasha Trethewey signs books following a reading at the University of Georgia on January 16, 2008. Trethewey read selections from Native Guard, which won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 2007. Photograph by Sarah E. McKee, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./norfolk-southern-engine-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/norfolk-southern-engine-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA Norfolk Southern engine is pictured in 2007. Norfolk Southern and CSX are the only major railroad lines still operating in Georgia. Photograph from Wikimedia 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./oconee-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/oconee-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOconee County comprises 184 square miles in northeast Georgia. The state’s 137th county, it was created from part of western Clarke County in 1875 by the Georgia General Assembly. Oconee County was named for the river flowing along part of its eastern border, whose name in turn comes from a Native American word meaning “spring of the hills.” The county was created to satisfy western Clarke County residents’ demand for their own county after the county seat moved from the less populous Watkinsville to the thriving university town of Athens in 1872./peanut-farmer-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/peanut-farmer-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA peanut farmer investigates his crop. Representatives of all segments of the peanut industry, from grower to manufacturer, are active in Georgia, as are a variety of affiliated industries.  Photograph by uacescomm 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./physics-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/physics-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe history of physics in Georgia uniquely portrays the regional, national, and international impact that the state’s colleges and universities continue to make in research, development, and education. Josiah Meigs, the second president of the University of Georgia, implemented the state’s first physics curriculum in 1801, using sophisticated equipment manufactured at the time only in Europe. The pioneer spirit of bold innovation grounded in outstanding scientific expertise continues to thrive today, especially in the world-class research centers located at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Clark Atlanta University./providence-canyon-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/providence-canyon-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe unconsolidated sandstone bluffs of Providence Canyon in Stewart County were formed during the Cretaceous Period and are among the oldest exposed Coastal Plains rock formations in the state. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./richard-aeck-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/richard-aeck-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn the pendulum swing between the traditional building arts (whose basis for beauty is ornamented form) and modern construction (concerned with function and economy of line and finding beauty in efficiency), the Atlanta architect Richard Aeck found a remarkable synthesis of engineering and architecture. Architectural Philosophy In Aeck’s work, structure is expressive and form is an elegant and direct reflection of construction. His Grady High School Stadium (Atlanta, 1948) is a masterpiece of modern engineering expression./richard-montgomery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/richard-montgomery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRichard Montgomery, pictured in an engraving made around 1777, was a brigadier general in the Continental Army who was killed in Quebec in 1775. Montgomery County, in east central Georgia, is 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./savannah-riverfront-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/savannah-riverfront-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Savannah River flows past downtown Savannah. The river has played an integral role in the development of human settlements in Georgia, from the Paleoindian period to the present day. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia./sherman-s-commanders-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sherman-s-commanders-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeneral William T. Sherman's commanders on the March to the Sea were: (standing left to right) Oliver O. Howard, William B. Hazen, Jefferson C. Davis, Joseph A. Mower, (seated left to right) John A. Logan, Sherman, Henry W. Slocum, Francis P. Blair Jr. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6sn56qnZa7tHnMmqmcoF2pvG7Ax55krJ2RZLpufY9pZ2g%3D/sinkwich-models-a-pass-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sinkwich-models-a-pass-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFrank "Flatfoot" Sinkwich earned the first Heisman Trophy awarded to a southern college player. He brought national recognition to the University of Georgia's football program by taking his team to the 1942 Orange Bowl, Georgia's first postseason appearance. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./slave-cabins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/slave-cabins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA row of slave cabins in Chatham County is pictured in 1934. Enslaved people fostered family relationships and communities in and among their quarters. Photograph by Wikimedia 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./southern-polytechnic-state-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/southern-polytechnic-state-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlNote from the Editors: In January 2015 Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU) merged with Kennesaw State University. This article chronicles the history of SPSU from its founding until the time of the merger. Southern  Polytechnic State University (SPSU), a 230-acre campus, was located in Marietta, about twenty miles northwest of downtown Atlanta. A member of the University System of Georgia, SPSU in fall 2004 had approximately 3,700 students pursuing education in such career-based areas as architecture, computer science, physics, international studies, technical communication, engineering technologies, software engineering, construction, quality assurance, information technology, apparel/textile engineering technology, management, and surveying and mapping, among others./talbot-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/talbot-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Talbot County courthouse, located in Talbotton, was built in 1892 and designed by the architectural firm Bruce and Morgan. The courthouse is an example of Queen Anne architecture. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./taliaferro-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/taliaferro-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Taliaferro County Courthouse, built in 1902, is designed in the High Victorian style. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, it is the county's second 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./the-chattahoochee-review-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-chattahoochee-review-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Chattahoochee Review (TCR) is a literary journal published by Georgia State University Perimeter College. A leading voice in southern literature, TCR also represents writers from around the globe, employing an artistic mission of “Exporting the South. Importing the World.” TCR advocates writers from the Southeast, especially Georgia, including Walter Griffin, Anthony Grooms, Terry Kay, Judson Mitcham, Marion Montgomery, and Natasha Trethewey. The publication’s staff not only cosponsors the Townsend Prize for Fiction but also works to foster a literary community centered in Atlanta and north Georgia./timber-rafting-oconee-river-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/timber-rafting-oconee-river-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThese men are rafting timber down the Oconee River in Laurens County, circa 1890. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoJyon6KWvanFjJ6lr6GipLuusc2tZp6mpp6%2FsLrMnqWtmZxitaq%2F06ipsmWfm3qosc6rnqKZXaTDpr7VopywZ51igHGClGg%3D/warner-robins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/warner-robins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWarner Robins is located in the northern part of Houston County, about halfway between Macon and Perry, in the geographic center of Georgia. The town has evolved from a railroad stop in the midst of farmlands to a military community and the home of Georgia’s largest industrial complex, Robins Air Force Base. Early History Houston County was created in 1821 from land ceded to the state by the Creek Indians in the Treaty of Indian Springs./wheat-street-baptist-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wheat-street-baptist-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWheat Street Baptist Church, located in the Sweet Auburn district of Atlanta, was founded in 1869. The church building, located at the corner of Auburn Avenue and Yonge Street (later William Holmes Borders Drive), was constructed between 1921 and 1939. William Holmes Borders, a prominent civil rights activist, was pastor of the church from 1937 to 1988. From The United Negro: His Problems and His Progress: Containing the Addresses and Proceedings the Negro Young People's Christian and Educational Congress, Held August 6-11, 1902, by Irvine Garland Penn and John W./widespread-panic-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/widespread-panic-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe hard-working, down-to-earth jam band Widespread Panic came out of the Athens music scene’s second wave of talent, which began forming in the mid-1980s. With its fusion of southern rock, jazz, and blues, Widespread Panic has earned renown as one of America’s best live bands. They have often appeared in Pollstar’s “Concert Pulse” chart of the top fifty bands on the road, and they have performed more than 150 live dates a year./willie-lee-perryman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/willie-lee-perryman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWillie Lee Perryman, who performed during his career as “Piano Red” and as “Dr. Feelgood,” was a self-taught pianist who played in the barrelhouse blues style. (The term barrelhouse was used to describe a loud percussive type of blues piano suitable for noisy bars or taverns.) His performing and recording careers emerged during the period of transition between completely segregated “race music” and “rhythm and blues,” which was marketed to white audiences./wiregrass-georgia-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 13 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wiregrass-georgia-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe administrative campus for Wiregrass Georgia Technical College is located in Valdosta. The college was formed in 2010 as a merger of Valdosta Technical College and East Central Technical College. Courtesy of Technical College System 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./84th-fighter-squadron-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/84th-fighter-squadron-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe personnel of the 84th Fighter Squadron, a unit of the Eighth Air Force, posing in Duxford in the summer of 1944. Image from United States Army Air Forces 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./agl-resources-headquarters-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/agl-resources-headquarters-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAtlanta Gas Light Company, founded in 1856, today is a division of AGL Resources, a distributor of natural gas. Headquartered in Atlanta, AGL Resources operates six utility companies, including Atlanta Gas Light, in six states. Courtesy of AGL Resources 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./ajiji-mexico-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ajiji-mexico-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBen Shute, cofounder of the Atlanta College of Art, arrived in Atlanta in 1928. He played an important role in that city's art community as a teacher, portrait painter, and chair of the Southeastern Annual Exhibition. His Ajiji, Mexico (watercolor and ink on paper) was made in 1951. Courtesy of Betty Plummer Woodruff Collection 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./albany-movement-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/albany-movement-new-georgia-encyclopedia.html(Left to right) Thomas Chatmon, Marion King, and an unidentified woman register to vote, to the apparent dismay of the office worker. They are accompanied by young Jonathon King and Slater King (far right). Courtesy of Cochran Studios/A. E. Jenkins Photography 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./ame-church-bishops-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ame-church-bishops-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRichard Allen (center), the founder of the African Methodist Episcopal denomination, is depicted with other bishops in an 1876 lithograph. Established in Pennsylvania in 1816, the AME Church arrived in Georgia at the close of the Civil War, as missionaries from the denomination entered the state with Union troops. 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./author-index-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/author-index-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAuthor Index - New Georgia Encyclopedia Skip to content Ruta M. Abolins University of Georgia Edna Acosta-Belen State University of New York, Albany Tiffany Boyd Adams University of Georgia Emma M. Adler Massie Heritage Center, Savannah Lawrence K. Akers University of Tennessee, Chattanooga James J. Alberts University of Georgia Marine Institute Edward Albin Fernbank Science Center Derek H./bobby-cox-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bobby-cox-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOne of the greatest managers in the history of major league baseball, Bobby Cox led the Atlanta Braves of the 1990s to an unprecedented domination of the National League.  A consummate strategist, Cox is the only coach to win Manager of the Year honors in both the American and National Leagues. Robert Joe Cox was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on May 21, 1941, and attended Selma High School and Reedley Junior College in California./boll-weevil-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/boll-weevil-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe boll weevil greatly affected Georgia’s long history of cotton production between 1915, when the insect was introduced to Georgia, and the early 1990s, when it was eliminated as an economic pest. Yield losses associated with the boll weevil reduced cotton acreage from a historical high of 5.2 million acres during 1914 to 2.6 million acres in 1923. Although insecticides provided temporary relief, the cotton industry remained unprofitable, and planted acreage continued to decline, to a low of 115,000 acres in 1983./bustin-out-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bustin-out-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBustin Out by Kathy Triplett is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Clay (stoneware), 23 1/2 x 18 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomqiknJqwtbXOp6pon5Wkv6i1wKxkrKyRqbJurdGtZJynnKGypMDIqKVomqWowaq6jKisrZekp7axuMStq5hoYGZ6c3s%3D/calhoun-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/calhoun-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBuilt in 1935, the Calhoun County Courthouse, located in Morgan, is the third in the county's history. Designed in the colonial revival style, the courthouse was renovated in 1972. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./calvary-baptist-church-morgan-county.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/calvary-baptist-church-morgan-county.htmlCalvary Baptist Church in Morgan County was built by freedpeople. The church's foundation was laid in 1876. Courtesy of Marshall Williams 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%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOpqarn5GjeqS71KersmedYn93g49o/carl-sanders-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/carl-sanders-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCarl Sanders is best remembered as Georgia’s first New South governor, a Democrat who provided progressive leadership for the state from 1963 to 1967. By implementing an array of reforms during a turbulent period, Sanders greatly enhanced Georgia’s national image. In addition to his political achievements, he had successful careers in both business and law. Early Years Born in Augusta on May 15, 1925, Carl Edward Sanders was the eldest of Roberta Alley and Carl T./css-savannah-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/css-savannah-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOver the course of the Civil War (1861-65), three different fighting ships of the Confederate navy were given the name Savannah. All three ships saw only limited action along the Georgia coast during the war. Privateer Savannah The first ship to carry the name Savannah, this fifty-three-ton schooner was converted to an Atlantic Coast privateer after hostilities began in 1861. The ship was lightly armed with a single eighteen-pounder cannon, of War of 1812 (1812-15) vintage, that had been converted into a rifled gun./cyclorama-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cyclorama-new-georgia-encyclopedia.html“Cyclorama” is the name given to the huge, late-nineteenth-century painting depicting the Civil War battle fought July 22, 1864, east of Atlanta. Housed at the Atlanta History Center  and owned by the city, the Cyclorama is a national tourist attraction and cultural treasure. It is one of only two cycloramas in the United States, and at 42 feet tall and 358 feet in circumference, it is the largest painting in the country./dairy-industry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dairy-industry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe first dairy cows arrived in Georgia with James Edward Oglethorpe, the founder of the colony, in the early 1700s. By the 1930s the dairy industry had gained success as a commercial enterprise in Georgia and has been a primary industry in the state ever since. In 2000 the value of the Georgia dairy industry to the state (including milk, cull cows, and bull calves) was $254 million. Early History Little is known about the earliest period of dairying in Georgia because acquiring milk was primarily a local enterprise, left to individual families./dottie-peoples-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dottie-peoples-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAfrican American traditional gospel singer and songwriter Dottie Peoples is one of Georgia’s most renowned figures in Christian music. Hailed as the “Songbird of the South” by the late radio host Esmond J. Patterson, Peoples has been compared to gospel and rhythm-and-blues artists Mahalia Jackson, Aretha Franklin, and Patti LaBelle. Peoples, one of ten children, was born circa 1950 in Dayton, Ohio, to Althea and Robert Milton. As a young girl she spent summers with her grandmother in Birmingham, Alabama./dublin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dublin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDublin, the seat of Laurens County in central Georgia, was incorporated by an act of the state legislature on December 9, 1812. Jonathan Sawyer, a merchant and the first postmaster of Dublin, named the town in honor of his wife’s ancestral home of Dublin, Ireland. The town nearly faded into obscurity, while the plantations across the northern half of the county thrived. The city was reincorporated in 1893 under its present system of government./ellaville-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ellaville-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEllaville, located fifteen miles north of Americus and fifty miles east of Columbus, is the county seat and the only incorporated town of Schley County. Ellaville was established along the south end of the community on what is now U.S. Highway 19. The town’s original name of Pondtown was changed to Ellaville in honor of Ella Burton, the daughter of the family on whose land the town was established. During its early years, the town, in addition to serving as the site of government for the county, supported the immediate commercial needs of the surrounding agricultural region./emerging-modernism-architecture-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/emerging-modernism-architecture-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlProgressive architecture in Georgia between the late 1920s and the late 1950s developed in sequential and overlapping phases of modern design that historians have identified as art deco, modern classic, streamlined moderne, and Bauhaus modern or International style. Art Deco Art deco is the most ornamental and cosmetic of these design movements, involving the application of either monochromatic or polychromatic decorative patterns to building facades and a sharp-edged faceted profile to natural, zoomorphic, or human forms applied in relief to those building surfaces./first-baptist-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/first-baptist-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFirst Baptist Church in Savannah, constructed on Chippewa Square in 1833, is the oldest church building in the city. The congregation formed in 1800 under pastor Henry Holcombe. Photograph by Sarah E. McKee, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./fort-benjamin-hawkins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fort-benjamin-hawkins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIndian Superintendent Benjamin Hawkins personally selected the location of Fort Benjamin Hawkins, which was built to protect settlers from the Creeks. Despite Hawkins's fear that the Creeks would attack the settlement, no problems arose during the fifteen years that the fort was used as an outpost. Fort Hawkins was later used as a supply hub during the War of 1812. 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./frank-sinkwich-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/frank-sinkwich-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFrank “Flatfoot” Sinkwich earned the first Heisman Trophy awarded to a southern college player. He brought national recognition to the University of Georgia’s football program and contributed to his alma mater for the remainder of his life. Sinkwich was born October 10, 1920, in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. His parents, Croatian immigrants from Russian Georgia, raised him in Youngstown, Ohio.  There he was a running back for the Chaney High School football team during the Great Depression./fuller-e-callaway-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fuller-e-callaway-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe self-made businessman Fuller E. Callaway displayed an entrepreneurial spirit at a young age. The son of a minister, Callaway grew up to become a successful manufacturer and banker with diverse commercial interests and a reputation for generosity and moral leadership. 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./fulton-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fulton-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFulton County, the heart of the Atlanta metropolitan area, is located in the Georgia Piedmont near the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The Chattahoochee River forms its diagonal border, from the northeast to the southwest. The history of Fulton County is to a great extent the history of Georgia and its county seat, Atlanta (most of which lies in Fulton County, with the balance in DeKalb County). The earliest inhabitants were the Cherokee Indians, who lived in the area that later became north Fulton County, and the Creek Indians, who ceded their land to Georgia in 1821./georgia-center-for-the-book.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-center-for-the-book.htmlThe  Georgia Center for the Book is the state affiliate of the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Based at the DeKalb County Public Library in Decatur, the Georgia Center provides collaborative support and focus for the state’s literary community of libraries, authors, educators, publishers, booksellers, and readers, with a particular emphasis on promoting the rich literary heritage of Georgia. Since receiving its affiliate charter in 1997, the DeKalb County center has presented dozens of well-known authors in public forums around the state; inaugurated two statewide literary programs for students; created an “All Georgia Reading the Same Book” program in 2002, which brought thousands of readers to a discussion of one book; developed a “Georgia Top Twenty-Five” reading list; and assisted with the debut of a biannual state literary award./granite-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/granite-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTucked away in the northeastern Georgia Piedmont between the Savannah and Broad rivers lies the city of Elberton, also known as the granite capital of the world. Currently, more than 150 sheds and manufacturing plants turn rough blocks of granite extracted from 45 area quarries into finished memorials, markers, and mausoleums. These granite products are subsequently shipped to customers all over the world. At least one monument or marker made from Elberton’s granite has been placed in all fifty states; the granite is also found in several foreign countries./grier-s-almanac-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/grier-s-almanac-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPublished continuously since 1807, Grier’s Almanac is one of Georgia’s longest-running publications. The annual reference work once referred to as a “Bible for the southern antebellum farmer” enjoys a circulation of around 3 million in twelve southern states and is distributed via leading drug and feed-and-seed stores as well as by direct mail. Robert Grier (1780-1848), an amateur astronomer, made his astronomical calculations for the publication, originally known as the Georgia and South-Carolina Almanak, on the plantation property of his father, Aaron W./hamilton-holmes-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hamilton-holmes-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1961 Hamilton Holmes (center) became one of the first African American students to gain admission to the University of Georgia after a two-year legal battle, led in part by Donald Hollowell (left). Holmes's father, Alfred "Tup" Holmes (right), was an Atlanta businessman. 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./historic-preservation-programs-of-the-georgia-department-of-transportation.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/historic-preservation-programs-of-the-georgia-department-of-transportation.htmlWhile the primary goal of the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is to provide a “safe, efficient and sustainable transportation system,” its mission statement commits the agency to “environmental sensitivity.” The consideration of historic and archaeological resources during routine project development is part of this environmental sensitivity. Historic and archaeological resources, often referred to as cultural resources, also factor into special GDOT activities through the Transportation Enhancement Activity program and the Scenic Byways program./hurt-park-and-alumni-hall.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hurt-park-and-alumni-hall.htmlThe shared ownership of Hurt Park by Georgia State University and Atlanta is indicative of the university's reciprocal relationship with the city. The park can be reserved for activities by university-affiliated as well as nonaffiliated groups. Alumni Hall houses various GSU administrative offices as well as a fine arts theater. Courtesy of Georgia State University 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./in-the-heat-of-the-night.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/in-the-heat-of-the-night.htmlCast members of the television series In the Heat of the Night pose during the filming of an episode in downtown Covington, circa 1994. From left, Denise Nicholas (Harriet DeLong), Carroll O'Connor (Sheriff Bill Gillespie), and Carl Weathers (Chief Hampton Forbes). 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./isa-beall-williams-neel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/isa-beall-williams-neel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIsa-Beall Williams Neel was an outstanding educator and a gifted speaker and leader. She was president of the Georgia Baptist Woman’s Missionary Union from 1911 to 1932 and then taught language at Bessie Tift College in Forsyth from 1932 to 1941. She was the first woman to receive the honorary LL.D. degree from Mercer University in Macon (1931) and the first woman to be elected vice president of the Georgia Baptist Convention (1931)./j-bulow-campbell-foundation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/j-bulow-campbell-foundation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFounded in 1940, the Atlanta-based J. Bulow Campbell Foundation is the second-largest foundation in Georgia. It ranks seventh among the top 50 U.S. foundations awarding grants in the state and ranks at number 74 among the top 100 national independent foundations, based on total assets in 2003. Background John Bulow Campbell was born in Atlanta on December 15, 1870. As a young child he applied himself, working in an Atlanta jewelry store in the early hours before school./j-mack-robinson-college-of-business.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/j-mack-robinson-college-of-business.htmlThe J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University (GSU) in Atlanta offers nationally recognized undergraduate and graduate programs that emphasize international business and entrepreneurship. The college’s part-time MBA (master of business administration) program is the sixth-largest among accredited U.S. schools. GSU’s earliest roots are in business education. Started in 1913 as the Evening School of Commerce of Georgia Institute of Technology, the school became an independent unit of the University System of Georgia two decades later and was renamed Georgia Junior College./john-wesley-preaching-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-wesley-preaching-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJohn Wesley, appointed an Anglican rector for the Georgia colony in 1735, served at Christ Church in Savannah. Influenced by his interactions with Moravians during his time in Georgia, Wesley founded Methodism after his return to England in 1737. Photograph from Wellcome Trust, Wikimedia 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./kennesaw-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/kennesaw-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOpened in 1999, Kennesaw Hall houses the College of Education and the central administrative offices of Kennesaw State University. Courtesy of Kennesaw State University Archives 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./lake-allatoona-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lake-allatoona-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLake Allatoona was created in 1950 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for flood control. At more than 12,000 acres, Allatoona is one of the larger lakes in the state. 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./lake-chatuge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lake-chatuge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHiawassee, the seat of Towns County, is situated on the banks of Lake Chatuge, a reservoir created by the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1941. Although 3,500 acres of land were covered by the lake, its creation improved the local economy. Today the lake is a popular recreation area. Photograph by Tom Cooper 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./laurens-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/laurens-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLaurens County , in middle Georgia, was established by an act of the state legislature in 1807 and named in honor of Colonel John Laurens (1754-82) of South Carolina. Laurens was an aide to General George Washington and was killed by a British patrol near the end of the American Revolution (1775-83). With an area of 812 square miles, Laurens is the state’s third largest county. The county was originally created from Wilkinson County, and in 1811 portions of Washington and Montgomery counties were added to it./lockheed-martin-employees-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lockheed-martin-employees-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWorkers at the Lockheed Martin plant in Marietta, pictured in 2003, paint a Lockheed C-130J. In 2000 the Intellectual Capital Partnership Program (or ICAPP), a program of the University System of Georgia, partnered with the plant to train eighty new Lockheed employees at Southern Polytechnic State University (later Kennesaw State University). 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./martin-luther-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/martin-luther-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMartin Luther, depicted in an 1882 painting by F. W. Wehle, reads from the pulpit. A German monk, Luther began the Protestant movement in 1517 by rebelling against the authority of the Catholic Church. He was excommunicated by the Catholic Church in 1521 and went on to found "the churches of the Augsburg confession," the precursor to the Lutheran Church. 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./melons-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/melons-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia ranks third in the United States in acreage of watermelons (Citrullus lanatus). Yearly production of watermelons in Georgia ranges from 24,000 to 36,000 acres. Other melons, primarily cantaloupe (Cucumis melo), account for an additional 3,500 to 6,800 acres. Melons collectively contribute $26-$57 million in farm gate value (the value of the commodity when it leaves the farm) to the state’s economy each year. Most melons are produced in the southern half of the state as a spring/summer crop and require 85 to 110 days to mature./michael-j-coles-college-of-business.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/michael-j-coles-college-of-business.htmlThe Michael J. Coles College of Business at Kennesaw State University (KSU) provides a traditional business education with special emphasis on entrepreneurship, team building, and global business. Located in Kennesaw, the college has the nation’s second-largest accredited executive MBA (master of business administration) program. In addition to the executive MBA program, which meets one weekend a month, the college offers an undergraduate business administration curriculum, a master’s degree in accounting, and an MBA program with evening and weekend classes./middle-georgia-state-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/middle-georgia-state-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMiddle Georgia State University, a member of the University System of Georgia, opened in January 2013 as a consolidation of Macon State College and Middle Georgia College. Known as Middle Georgia State College immediately after the merger, Middle Georgia State became a university on July 1, 2015. The institution operates campuses in Cochran (Bleckley County), Dublin, Eastman, Macon, and Warner Robins, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. By fall 2015 more than 3,000 students were enrolled at Middle Georgia State, and the university offered twenty-one four-year degree programs./national-association-for-the-advancement-of-colored-people.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/national-association-for-the-advancement-of-colored-people.htmlThe National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has had an unbroken presence in Georgia since 1917. The NAACP State Conference maintains a network of branches throughout Georgia, from cities to small rural counties. The state branches, despite periods of instability and discontinuity, have been the most effective and consistent advocates for African American civil rights in twentieth-century Georgia. Since the late 1950s Atlanta has hosted the Southeast regional headquarters of this national civil rights organization./nell-choate-jones-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/nell-choate-jones-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlNell Choate Jones, a Georgia native, embarked on an artistic career when she was in her forties, and she spent the rest of her long life painting, exhibiting, and sustaining an active involvement in the arts and in women’s organizations. Born in Hawkinsville, in Pulaski County, on May 27, 1879, Nell Hinton Choate was the daughter of Sarah Cornelia Roquemore and James Dearborn Choate, who served in the Confederate army during the Civil War (1861-65)./newton-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/newton-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Newton County Courthouse in Covington was built in 1884 on the site of the previous courthouse. The building was designed in the Second Empire style by Bruce and Morgan, the most successful architectural firm in Georgia of its time. 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./north-georgia-college-and-state-university.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/north-georgia-college-and-state-university.htmlThe Blue Ridge Mountains surround the campus of North Georgia College and State University, one of six senior military colleges in the United States. Courtesy of NGCSU Relations 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./north-georgia-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/north-georgia-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe main campus of North Georgia Technical College, the first vocational school in the state, is located in Clarkesville, the seat of Habersham County. The college also operates satellite campuses in Union County and Stephens County, as well as eight learning centers. Courtesy of Technical College System 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./paradise-mystery-ivc-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/paradise-mystery-ivc-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlParadise Mystery IVc (1984) by Virginia Carnes is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. According to Carnes, "The work is part of a series of fifteen pieces of the same size. It is specifically the third piece in a triptych numbered IV." Acrylic, 29 1/2 x 21 3/4 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./pendergrass-depot-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/pendergrass-depot-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe train depot in Pendergrass, pictured in 1908, was renovated in the 1990s and today houses the Pendergrass City Hall, as well as a community center. Pendergrass is an incorporated city in Jackson County. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./peruvian-bark-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/peruvian-bark-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPeruvian bark (Cinchona calisaya), also known as quinine, was grown during the mid-eighteenth century in the Trustee Garden at Savannah. Cultivated by the Georgia colonists as a medical botanical for the lowering of fevers, quinine was later used in the nineteenth century to treat malaria. From Kohler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, by F. E. Kohler 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./populist-party-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/populist-party-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1892 Georgia politics was shaken by the arrival of the Populist Party. Led by the brilliant orator Thomas E. Watson this new party mainly appealed to white farmers, many of whom had been impoverished by debt and low cotton prices in the 1880s and 1890s. Populism, which directly challenged the dominance of the Democratic Party, threatened to split the white vote in Georgia. Consequently, the Populists boldly tried to win Black Republicans to their cause./pulaski-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/pulaski-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Pulaski County Courthouse, built in 1874, is the county's third courthouse. A three-story annex was added to the courthouse in 1910, and the original building was restored in 1936. Designed in the neoclassical revival style, the courthouse is located in Hawkinsville, which became the county seat in 1836. 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./putnam-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/putnam-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEmerging from its agricultural past, Putnam County has become an important center of industry and recreation in Georgia. Once the land of cotton, large plantations, and great wealth, a different look is now taking hold in the county with the establishment of golf resorts, gated communities, and new businesses. Putnam County is located seventy-five miles southeast of Atlanta and covers 345 square miles. According to the 2020 U.S. census, Putnam County’s population was 22,047./rock-climbing-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rock-climbing-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWhat Georgia lacks in quantity of rock-climbing opportunities, it more than makes up for in quality, with many areas that are still being explored. Georgia has some excellent sites for traditional rock climbing and offers some particularly challenging overhangs. The state also offers many opportunities for bouldering, which is similar to traditional rock climbing—climbers scale large boulders instead of cliffs, and therefore the climb is much shorter and usually doesn’t require the use of safety ropes./savannah-post-office-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/savannah-post-office-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe post office in Savannah, pictured circa 1900, was built in 1898 at the corner of Bull and Whitaker streets. Architect William Aiken designed the building in the Renaissance-revival style. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./sea-island-company-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sea-island-company-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Sea Island Company was a family-owned hospitality and real estate corporation that was founded in 1926. Its major operations included the management of the Cloister resort on Sea Island, which it owned, and the development and sale of real estate on Sea Island and St. Simons Island. The company was established by the Ohio automobile and aviation pioneer Howard Coffin as Sea Island Investments, Inc. In 1926 he began buying tracts of land on St./second-atlanta-international-pop-festival-poster.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/second-atlanta-international-pop-festival-poster.htmlThis homemade blacklight poster is designed after the 1970 cover of the Second Annual Atlanta International Pop Festival newspaper. 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%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJmkoa6vwMBmoKeslae7osDIqKWapF2lvLF5xZ6qraGmlrm0e8%2Boqq2domQ%3D/stuckey-s-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/stuckey-s-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Stuckey's restaurant and store chain began as a roadside pecan stand outside of Eastman in the early 1930s. By the 1960s, the stores, which catered to travelers, had spread across the country. This Stuckey's location, located in Altamont, Illinois, features the chain's distinctive teal roof. Courtesy of Stuckey's Corporation 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./swamp-alligator-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/swamp-alligator-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA swamp alligator suns on a log in the Okefenokee Wildlife Refuge. The Okefenokee Swamp is one of the major attractions in Charlton County. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia./thomaston-mills-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/thomaston-mills-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEmployees of Thomaston Mills work in the plant during the late 1990s. Thomaston Mills was a major employer in Upson County from its beginning in 1899 until 2001, when the company declared bankruptcy. Courtesy of Thomaston-Upson Archives 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./thomson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/thomson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThomson, the seat of McDuffie County, lies thirty miles west of Augusta along the east-west corridors of Interstate 20 and U.S. 278. Thomson was named for J. Edgar Thomson of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the chief civil engineer and surveyor of the Georgia Railroad, which ran from Augusta to Crawfordville. Thomson was incorporated in Columbia County by the state legislature on February 15, 1854. When McDuffie County was created from parts of Columbia and Warren counties in 1870, Thomson, near the center of the new county, was designated its county seat./troup-square-project-after-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/troup-square-project-after-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe historic rowhouses near Troup Square have been preserved and renovated as one of the Historic Savannah Foundation's projects. 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%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKCZqMGwvsicZKyZppa7r63HZp2orZ6ZrrW1zqdmraqfqr1uv9CumKudj2V9dHs%3D/truett-mcconnell-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/truett-mcconnell-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTruett McConnell University, founded in Cleveland in 1946, is a four-year Baptist school with an enrollment of 733 full-time undergraduates in fall 2015. The school is named in honor of George W. Truett and Fernando C. McConnell, two cousins and Baptist ministers who dreamed of opening a school for Christian education in north Georgia. The school changed its name from Truett-McConnell College in 2016. Courtesy of Truett McConnell University 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./valdosta-career-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/valdosta-career-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Valdosta Career Center, pictured circa 2008, is one of fifty-three career centers administered by the Georgia Department of Labor. These career centers, which aim to assist Georgia workers through training, educational resources, and financial support, replace traditional unemployment offices in the state. Courtesy of Georgia Department of Labor 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./w-t-downing-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/w-t-downing-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBy the end of the nineteenth century, W. T. Downing, at thirty-five, already had developed a reputation as a designer of stylish homes for an elite clientele in Atlanta. His houses were innovative in their combined stylistic references and sophisticated in their up-to-date Late Victorian taste. He was responsible for several of Atlanta’s oldest extant churches. In his later collaborations with architect Thomas Morgan (of Morgan and Dillon), Downing created significant tall office building designs in the Fairlie Poplar district in Atlanta as well as collegiate architecture at Oglethorpe University./warren-logan-and-booker-t-washington.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/warren-logan-and-booker-t-washington.htmlTuskegee Institute founder Booker T. Washington and school treasurer Warren Logan are featured in the Lincoln Jubilee Album, shortly after Washington's death in 1915. 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./wheeler-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wheeler-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia’s 148th county, Wheeler County, located in the central part of the state, was created from Montgomery County in 1912. The 298-square-mile county is named after Joseph Wheeler, a general who served in the Confederate cavalry during the Civil War (1861-65) and later in the Spanish-American War (1898). The area’s first inhabitants were Indians of the Lower Creek Nation. Most of the first white settlers to the region came shortly after the end of the American Revolution (1775-83); many were from North Carolina./wood-storks-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wood-storks-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEndangered wood storks in Harris Neck Wildlife Refuge. The refuge, located in Liberty County, is one of seven refuges administered by the Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex. The refuge's 2,762 acres consist of saltwater marsh, grassland, mixed deciduous woods, and cropland, which serve as home to many different bird species. 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./yuchi-indians-of-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 12 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/yuchi-indians-of-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis illustration shows the Yuchi Indians of Georgia with popular adornments and accessories including: a) ring and pearl worn by some in the nose, b) corals, c) arrows and lines burned into the chest, and d) ladle made from a buffalo horn. Illustrations by Philip Georg Friedrich von Reck 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./agnes-scott-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/agnes-scott-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMain building, also known as Agnes Scott Hall, is on the right. In the background is the Letitia Pate Evans Dining Hall. Courtesy of Agnes Scott College 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./anita-hill-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/anita-hill-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAnita Hill, a University of Oklahoma law professor, testified in 1991 that U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas had made improper sexual advances to her while she was an employee at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, CQ Roll Call Photograph Collection, #LC-RC15-1988-1, frame 18. 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./baldowski-cartoon-uga-desegregation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/baldowski-cartoon-uga-desegregation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis cartoon by Clifford "Baldy" Baldowski depicts Frankenstein wearing a University of Georgia shirt labeled "Mob Violence." Published in 1961 in the Atlanta Constitution, the drawing refers to the riots that took place on campus in response to the desegregation of the university. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6dnKydl6eyqK3ToqanZZ%2Bbeqm1xqGcq2WVmcKkrdOipqdnnWJ%2BcYSVbGY%3D/barnwell-pecan-orchards-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/barnwell-pecan-orchards-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWorkers harvest pecans in 1918 at the Barnwell Pecan Orchards along the Flint River near Albany. In the late nineeteenth century, farmers in Albany began to replace cotton with pecans as their primary commercial crop. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./ben-fortson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ben-fortson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBen  Fortson served as Georgia’s secretary of state for thirty-three years, including playing a pivotal role in the 1947 “three governors controversy.” An energetic and much-loved public servant, Fortson remained in office until his death in 1979. He was customarily known as “Mr. Ben,” especially to the scores of schoolchildren who visited the capitol each year. Born in Wilkes County in 1904, Benjamin Wynn Fortson Jr. attended Emory University at Oxford, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Starke University./broadcasting-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/broadcasting-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMembers of the board for the Nuclear Threat Initiative include, back row, left to right: Fujia Yang, Eugene E. Habiger, Hisashi Owada, Susan Eisenhower, Sam Nunn, Ted Turner, Andrei Kokoshin, Jessica Mathews, Charles B. Curtis, Prince El Hassan bin Talal. Front row, left to right: William Perry, Rolf Ekeus, Richard G. Lugar, Nafis Sadik. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcK7RqJidm5Gowaq6xmg%3D/cane-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cane-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe generative force behind Jean Toomer’s great work Cane was Georgia. Toomer grew up amid the African American elite in Washington, D.C., and attended the University of Wisconsin, the Massachusetts College of Agriculture, the American College of Physical Training in Chicago, the University of Chicago, and City College of New York. In 1920 he decided to become a writer, filled a trunk with manuscripts, and the next fall, at the age of twenty-six, took a position in Sparta, Georgia, as the substitute head of a small industrial school for Black students./carroll-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/carroll-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Carroll County courthouse in Carrollton was built in 1928, in the Italian Renaissance revival style, after the previous courthouse burned. Photograph by Jimmy Emerson, DVM 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./central-of-georgia-railway-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/central-of-georgia-railway-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA former Central of Georgia Railway locomotive sits parked at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee. 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%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrnyksc2tqZqkXaSzbrPEqKmgoZFiv6K1y7CYsmedYoBygpVo/chicago-migrants-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/chicago-migrants-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOver the course six decades, roughly 6 million Black southerners moved from the South to the North, Midwest, and West. Driven by the availability of jobs outside the South, as well as the desire to escape racial violence within it, migrants moved primarily from rural, agricultural areas like Georgia’s Black Belt to cities such as Detroit, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. From The New York Public Library, The Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot, by the Chicago Commission on Race Relations./chickamauga-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/chickamauga-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSergeant Appleton (left) and Acting 1st Sergeant J. B. Martin Jr., both of Troop A, Georgia National Guard, pose in July 1910 during a training camp at the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in Catoosa County. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./civil-war-reconstruction-1861-1877.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/civil-war-reconstruction-1861-1877.htmlImage of Eliza Frances Andrews in the War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl, 1864-1865, one of the most compelling first-person accounts of the Civil War (1861-65) home front, published in 1908. Eliza Frances Andrews was a writer, newspaper reporter, editor, columnist, social critic, scientist, and educator. By the time of her death in 1931 in Rome, Georgia, Andrews had written three novels, more than a dozen scientific articles on botany, two internationally recognized botany textbooks, and dozens of articles, commentaries, and reports on topics ranging from politics to environmental issues./clarence-jordan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/clarence-jordan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlClarence Jordan, a white Southern Baptist minister, cofounded Koinonia Farm in Sumter County and translated many New Testament books into the “Cotton Patch “ versions, colloquial interpretations set in the American South. Jordan committed his ministry to racial reconciliation and economic justice. A gifted preacher and teacher, he was a popular and frequent speaker at progressive religious gatherings across the United States from the 1940s through the 1960s. Clarence Leonard Jordan, the seventh of ten children who survived infancy, was born to Maude Josey and James Weaver Jordan on July 29, 1912, in Talbotton./clinch-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/clinch-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlClinch County, in southeast Georgia, is the state’s third largest county. Clinch comprises 809 square miles and includes a portion of the Okefenokee Swamp, which extends over the eastern border of the county. Clinch County was formed in 1850 from land that came from parts of Lowndes and Ware counties; portions also came from Appling County. (In subsequent years Clinch lost some of its territory to Atkinson, Coffee, Echols, and Lanier counties./dewitt-clinton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dewitt-clinton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlClinton, the first county seat of Jones County, may be the namesake of DeWitt Clinton, the mayor of New York from 1803 to 1815 and the nephew of George Clinton. 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./eastern-air-lines-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/eastern-air-lines-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEastern Air Lines began in the late 1920s as Pitcairn Aviation, a small carrier in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that earned its income from the transport of airmail under U.S. government contract. During the 1930s the air line became a dominant carrier on the New York–Florida route via Atlanta. Eastern made a successful transition to the jet age in the 1960s, but during the next decade labor conflicts, the rising cost of fuel, and debt incurred from purchasing new airplanes began a downward spiral for the company./effingham-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/effingham-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Effingham County Courthouse in Springfield was built in 1908 and designed in the neoclassical revival style. The courthouse is likely the second to be constructed in Springfield, which was named the fourth seat in the county's history in 1799. Photograph by Jimmy Emerson, DVM 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./eli-whitney-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/eli-whitney-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe inventor of the cotton gin, Eli Whitney lived in Georgia for just a year, on Catharine Greene's Mulberry Grove plantation near Savannah. After learning of the difficulty planters had with separating seeds from fibers in upland, or "short-staple," cotton, he set out to create a machine that could perform such a task more efficiently. His invention, the cotton gin, revolutionized the southern economy. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division/entomopter-artificial-insect-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/entomopter-artificial-insect-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Entomopter may one day fly in the thin atmosphere of Mars, collecting data that rovers and other spacecraft are unable to find. 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./flannery-o-connor-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/flannery-o-connor-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFlannery O'Connor attended college at what is now Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville. She subsequently entered the master's program in creative writing at the University of Iowa and joined the now world-famous Writers' Workshop under Paul Engle. Courtesy of Ina Dillard Russell Library, Georgia College and State University 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./forbes-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/forbes-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlForbes Hall, on the campus of Thomas University in Thomasville, houses the president's office, as well as the administration and athletic offices. The building originally served as the main house of Birdwood Plantation, which was built in 1932 as a winter resort for W. Cameron Forbes, a U.S. ambassador to Japan. Courtesy of Thomas University 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-wymberley-jones-de-renne.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/george-wymberley-jones-de-renne.htmlHistorical works made up the majority of the books privately printed by George Wymberley Jones De Renne. He called four of his publications the "Wormsloe Quartos" in honor of his family's ancestral estate. Courtesy of Eudora De Renne Roebling 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./georgia-and-the-sectional-crisis.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-and-the-sectional-crisis.htmlThe sectional crisis of the 1850s, in which Georgia played a pivotal role, led to the outbreak of the Civil War (1861-65). Southern politicians struggled during the crisis to prevent northern abolitionists from weakening constitutional protections for slavery. During this period, however, and for much of the antebellum era, Georgians maintained a relatively moderate political course, often frustrating the schemes of southern radicals. The passage in 1850 of the Georgia Platform, which endorsed the Compromise of 1850, helped to avert secession for a decade./georgia-landscape-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-landscape-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHenry Ossawa Turner employed a French Barbizon-influenced palette and brushstrokes to create his Georgia Landscape (ca. 1889). Turner, born in Pennsylvania, lived in Atlanta for two years, during which time he opened a photography studio and taught painting and drawing at Clark University. Courtesy of Morris Museum of Art 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./georgia-research-alliance-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-research-alliance-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAn expert in animal cloning, Steven Stice is a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar at the University of Georgia. The alliance and its university partners work to find those areas of research and development that have the greatest potential for building a technology-rich economy for Georgia. Courtesy of University of Georgia Photographic Services 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./gilmer-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gilmer-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGilmer County, in northwest Georgia, is the state’s eighty-fifth county. Originally held by the Cherokee Nation, its land lay within that lost by the Indians via treaty, battle, and forced removal in the 1830s. The region was claimed by the Spanish as part of Florida until 1665, when it became part of Carolina. It then became part of the original grant to James Oglethorpe, the founder of the Georgia colony. Early white visitors included the Spanish explorers Hernando de Soto and Juan Pardo with their men./goats-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/goats-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRural residents in Georgia have raised goats for many years. Goats provide food products and cash income and in some cases serve as pets. Goats are generally of three types: those that produce large quantities of milk, those that are raised for meat, and those kept for fiber (mohair and cashmere). In Georgia very few goats (Angoras) are kept for fiber production. Pygmy goats often serve as pets and show animals./grapes-and-wine-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/grapes-and-wine-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia  has a long tradition of grape growing and wine making based on the native muscadine grape (Vitis rotundifolia). In recent decades, with the advent of modern fungicides, the European bunch grape (Vitis vinifera) and French-American hybrids (European bunch grape crossed with American bunch grape) are being grown successfully in the mountain areas of Georgia. Georgia leads the nation in the production of muscadine table grapes that have been developed primarily by breeders at the University of Georgia./huddle-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/huddle-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe first Huddle House restaurant opened in Decatur, the seat of DeKalb County, in 1964. Huddle House was founded by John Sparks and named by his wife, who became intrigued by the team huddle while watching a football game on television. The second Huddle House restaurant opened in Avondale Estates, home of the restaurant’s major competitor, Waffle House, which was founded in 1955. Known for serving breakfast twenty-four hours a day, Huddle House has grown to include nearly 400 restaurants in fourteen states, with 145 locations in Georgia as of 2005./irwin-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/irwin-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Irwin County Courthouse was built in Ocilla in 1910, three years after Ocilla was designated county seat. Designed in the neoclassical revival style, the building was renovated in 1972. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./ivan-allen-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ivan-allen-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIvan Allen Jr. served as mayor of Atlanta from 1962 to 1970. He is credited with leading the city through an era of significant physical and economic growth and with maintaining calm during the civil rights movement. While other southern cities experienced recurring violence, Atlanta leaders, led in part by Mayor Allen, were able to broker more peaceful paths to integration. Allen was born in Atlanta on March 15, 1911, the only son of Ivan Allen Sr./johnny-mize-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/johnny-mize-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, first baseman Johnny Mize was one of the most prolific home run hitters in the game’s history. Graceful at the plate, the 6-foot-2-inch Mize was immortalized as the “Big Cat.” John Robert “Johnny” Mize was born on January 7, 1913, in Demorest (in Habersham County). Gifted at both tennis and baseball, Mize early on caught the attention of the baseball coach of nearby Piedmont College (now Piedmont University)./kolomoki-mounds-artifact-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/kolomoki-mounds-artifact-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCeramic artifacts were found during excavations of the Kolomoki Mounds in Early County. Photograph by Bubba73, Wikimedia Commons 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%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6kpqWnnaS4qnnMqKynnKNkum59lGluaA%3D%3D/lamartine-hardman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lamartine-hardman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLamartine Hardman was the governor of Georgia from 1927 to 1931. Considered to be one of the wealthiest men in north Georgia at the turn of the twentieth century, Hardman was a successful physician, entrepreneur, and farmer from Jackson County. As governor, Hardman advocated a businesslike administration of the state’s government and was best known for his effort to make governmental processes more efficient. Lamartine Griffin “L.G.” Hardman was born in Harmony Grove (later Commerce), in Jackson County, on April 14, 1856./lemuel-penn-marker-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lemuel-penn-marker-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA historical marker on Georgia Highway 172 in Madison County commemorates the murder of Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn by Ku Klux Klan members in 1964. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to the Digital Library of Georgia./mall-of-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mall-of-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe food court at the Mall of Georgia, built in Buford during the late 1990s, was designed to recall the Union Station train depot in Atlanta. The largest shopping center in Georgia, the mall covers 1.7 million square feet on a 500-acre site. 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./map-of-georgia-1822-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/map-of-georgia-1822-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis 1822 map shows early Georgia counties and Cherokee and Creek territories before Indian removal. Map originally published by Anthony Finley Company. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to the Digital Library of Georgia./marion-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/marion-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMarion County, in west central Georgia, was established by an act of the state legislature in 1827, two years after the Creek Indians signed the Treaty of Indian Springs (1825). Marion, the state’s seventy-second county, was created from a large tract of land ceded from Lee and Muscogee counties, both established in 1826. Named for the Revolutionary War (1775-83) hero General Francis “Swamp Fox” Marion of South Carolina, Marion County originally contained almost all the land that now makes up Schley and Chattahoochee counties and part of Macon and Taylor counties./martin-luther-king-jr-birthplace.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/martin-luther-king-jr-birthplace.htmlThe birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta is one of the many historic properties that J. W. Robinson has worked to restore. 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./methodist-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/methodist-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia’s deep roots in Methodism reach back to the founders of the Methodist movement. Methodism is a major Protestant community in the state, and it includes four historically related denominations (listed in order of size): the United Methodist Church, the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME Church), the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (CME Church), and the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Zion (AME Zion). These four denominations form the Pan-Methodist Commission on Union, created in 1996, and all share the theological beliefs and organizational structure common to Methodists worldwide./mill-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mill-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA family poses in front of its mill house, located in the Chattanooga Avenue area of Dalton, in 1919 after winning a contest sponsored by a textile mill for the most attractive yard. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./miss-freedom-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/miss-freedom-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOriginally christened the "Goddess of Liberty," the statue atop the capitol dome in Atanta is now referred to as "Miss Freedom." The statue, made of copper sheets over a hollow frame, stands at just over 26 feet and weighs 1,600 pounds. 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./monticello-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/monticello-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMonticello, the seat of Jasper County and one of two municipalities in the predominantly rural county, lies some sixty-five miles southeast of Atlanta and forty miles north of Macon. Stately homes, tree-lined streets, and the historic square demonstrate the town’s southern character. Monticello was chosen in 1808 by “commissioners” to be the seat of government for the newly created Randolph County, which was renamed Jasper County in 1812. (The present-day Randolph County was established in 1828./newt-gingrich-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/newt-gingrich-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1978 Republican Newt Gingrich won his first term to the U.S. House of Representatives. He went on to represent the Sixth District of Georgia until 1999. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./noah-s-ark-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/noah-s-ark-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlNoah's Ark by Chris Moses is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Sculpture 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJuYp7a0ecyoqp6rX6O8orTSZpiro4%2BivLSx0phnaWtf/orange-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/orange-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOrange Hall, in the historic district of St. Marys, was built in the Greek revival style in the 1820s. Courtesy of John Kissinger 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./peyton-anderson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/peyton-anderson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPeyton Anderson, owner and publisher of the Macon Telegraph and News for nearly twenty years, was a prominent business leader in middle Georgia. His most remarkable contributions to his hometown came after his death, however. Peyton Tooke Anderson Jr. was born on April 9, 1907, in Macon to Nell Brown Griswold and Peyton Anderson. Newspapers were the Anderson family’s business. Anderson’s uncle W. T. Anderson was the editor and publisher of the Macon Telegraph and, later, the Macon News for more than thirty years./phipps-plaza-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/phipps-plaza-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPhipps Plaza, an upscale shopping mall in the Buckhead area of Atlanta, was built in 1969 by the architectural firm FABRAP. The mall was expanded and renovated in the early 1990s by the firm Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback, and Associates. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to the Georgia Department of Economic Development./praise-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/praise-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPraise houses were built on plantations by enslaved people for worship services. These services often included the ring shout, in which rhythmic hand clapping and counterclockwise dancing were performed to spirituals. Image from Richard N Horne 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./ramsey-student-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ramsey-student-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Ramsey Student Center for Physical Activities has been home to the University of Georgia swimming and diving teams since 1995. The center's swimming facilities are housed in the Gabrielsen Natatorium, which features a 50-meter competition pool, a diving pool, and seats for 2,000 spectators. Courtesy of University of Georgia Photographic Services 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./ray-charles-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ray-charles-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAs a performer and recording artist in the late 1950s and early 1960s, Ray Charles pioneered a new style of music that became known as “soul,” a blend of gospel music, blues, and jazz that brought him worldwide fame. Over the next four decades his unique voice, passionate style of playing the piano, and tireless showmanship made him a legendary figure in the world of entertainment. In the popular imagination Ray Charles will probably always be linked with his rendition of “Georgia on My Mind,” his number-one pop hit of 1960./rich-s-department-store-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rich-s-department-store-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFounded in 1867, Rich’s Department Store came to symbolize the retail shopping experience in Atlanta during the twentieth century. Through a commitment to its customers and a strong sense of civic responsibility, Rich’s is inextricably linked with the history of the city. Although the Rich’s name merged in 2003 with the well-known New York City department store Macy’s, generations of shoppers will remember the store as both an integral part of Georgia life and a southern institution./roadside-produce-stand-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/roadside-produce-stand-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRoadside produce stands are common around rural Georgia. Travelers can purchase farm-fresh produce grown locally at such stands. Photograph by Jim Reynolds  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%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrnyis9Gimq6kpKq%2FpnnIp2SgnZ%2BntKqtjKitnqqmnrK4e8eomahlmKS5ra3RZqerp5SqsKZ50q2Yp5yPZX1yeZFo/sarah-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sarah-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSarah by Jean Williams is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Metal (bronze), 14 x 5 x 5 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomqiknJqwtbXOp6pon5Wkv6i1wKxkrKyRqbJurdGtZJynnKGypMDIqKVoq5Gnrqmr1qKjpaGRosCgfI9qZg%3D%3D/savannah-ogeechee-canal-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/savannah-ogeechee-canal-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Savannah-Ogeechee Canal, pictured circa 1888, was completed by enslaved laborers in 1829. 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 Georgia Historical Society. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6anauhk5a7bq3Mnqmim5GjeqK%2BwqGYnqecpLS6e9KarZqmnpa1brvGnpycoJWaeqStzZqjmGhgZ3w%3D/scherer-power-plant-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/scherer-power-plant-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia Power Company's Scherer plant is one of twelve coal-fired power plants operating in Georgia as of 2009. These plants produce approximately 64 percent of the state's electricity with coal mined in other states. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Atlanta History Center./social-circle-1898-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/social-circle-1898-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWagons carry bales of cotton along Cherokee Street in Social Circle. Cotton was a major cash crop in Walton County during the nineteenth century, and cotton mills were first established there in the 1840s. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./south-campus-oconee-fall-line-technical-college.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/south-campus-oconee-fall-line-technical-college.htmlThe South Campus of Oconee Fall Line Technical College is located in Dublin, the seat of Laurens County. The college was formed in 2011 as a merger of Heart of Georgia Technical College and Sandersville Technical College. Courtesy of Technical College System 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./springfield-baptist-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/springfield-baptist-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSpringfield Baptist Church in Augusta traces its roots to the year 1773, bolstering its claim to be the oldest African American congregation in the United States. Served by African American pastors during the antebellum years, Springfield had the largest membership of any church in the Georgia Baptist Association. Some of its members emigrated to Liberia, and the church maintained a missionary connection with that country. Springfield offered Sunday school instruction in 1859, even though such classes were banned by the prevailing slave codes./susan-hayward-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/susan-hayward-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSusan Hayward was one of Hollywood’s most successful film stars from the late 1940s through the early 1960s. Although a native of New York, she spent much of her later life in Georgia on a farm near Carrollton. Born Edythe Marrenner on June 30, 1917, in Brooklyn, New York, Hayward began her career as a model while in her late teens. When the search for an actress to play Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind began in 1938, producer David O./taylor-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/taylor-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Taylor County Courthouse, designed in the neoclassical revival style, was built in Butler in 1935. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOrZiypJ%2BneqS71Kersmeklsatu9Fmmqitoqm1sMHSnmSbp6eirq%2Brj2loaA%3D%3D/ted-turner-at-world-series.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ted-turner-at-world-series.htmlTed Turner carries the World Series trophy in 1995 after the Braves win the series for the first time since relocating from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Atlanta in 1966. Turner began broadcasting the Braves' games in 1973 and purchased the team in 1976. 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./thomas-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/thomas-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThomas County is located deep in south central Georgia’s plantation country, along the state’s border with Florida. Once home to a fashionable winter resort for northerners, the county remains steeped in history and culture. In 1825 Thomas County was formed from portions of Irwin and Decatur counties and named for Jett Thomas, a hero of the War of 1812 (1812-15). Originally populated by Native Americans, who used the land for hunting and farming, the area was later dominated by numerous cotton plantations./thomas-ruger-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/thomas-ruger-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThomas Ruger served as the military provisional governor of Georgia for six months in 1868. In that role he oversaw the removal of the capital from Milledgeville to Atlanta and instituted the convict lease system. A Union veteran of the Civil War (1861-65), Ruger later served as the superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. Education and Early Career Thomas Howard Ruger was born on April 2, 1833, to Maria Hutchins and Thomas Jefferson Ruger in Lima, New York./townsend-prize-for-fiction-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/townsend-prize-for-fiction-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEvery other year a board of judges awards the Townsend Prize for Fiction to an outstanding novel or short-story collection published by a Georgia writer during the past two years. The award is named for Jim Townsend, the founding editor of Atlanta magazine, the associate editor of Atlanta Weekly Magazine (of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution), and an early mentor to such Atlanta writers as Pat Conroy, Terry Kay, William Diehl, and Anne Rivers Siddons./united-daughters-of-the-confederacy.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/united-daughters-of-the-confederacy.htmlMembers of the Margaret Jones Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy are pictured in Waynesboro, circa 1900. Lillian W. Neely (center of top row in white dress) was president of the chapter at this time. The Georgia Division of the UDC was formed in 1895. 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./vogel-state-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/vogel-state-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlVogel State Park was established in 1931 as one of the first two state parks in Georgia. Located at the base of Blood Mountain in Union County, Vogel offers scenic mountain trails and close proximity to Brasstown Bald, the highest point in the state. 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./workers-compensation-act-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/workers-compensation-act-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Workers’ Compensation Act in Georgia provides immediate medical and income benefits for injured workers, while fixing the amount of benefits paid by employers. It was adopted in 1920 and is now codified as title 34, chapter 9, of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated. History Georgia’s adoption of workers’ compensation was part of a national and international movement. Germany created the first workers’ compensation system in 1884, and England followed in 1897./yazoo-land-fraud-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/yazoo-land-fraud-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Yazoo land fraud was one of the most significant events in the post–Revolutionary War (1775-83) history of Georgia. The bizarre climax to a decade of frenzied speculation in the state’s public lands, the Yazoo sale of 1795 did much to shape Georgia politics and to strain relations with the federal government for a generation. Georgia was too weak after the Revolution to defend its vast western land claims, called the “Yazoo lands” after the river that flowed through the westernmost part./alcovy-conservation-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/alcovy-conservation-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Alcovy Conservation Center in Covington serves as the Georgia Wildlife Federation's headquarters and as a training ground for environmental activists and educators. 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./altamaha-river-darien-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/altamaha-river-darien-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDarien is a coastal tidewater town about sixty miles south of Savannah, located at the mouth of the Altamaha River. The port town's origins can be traced to the earliest years of colonial 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia./andrew-bryan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/andrew-bryan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAndrew Bryan, born enslaved in 1737, was a founder and leader of First African Baptist Church in Savannah along with his brother Sampson. The congregation grew and established two satellite churches after 1800, despite opposition and threats of violence from the white community. This sketch of Bryan appeared in Savannah's Morning News Print in 1888. Reprinted by permission of the University Library, University of North Carolina 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./anthony-grooms-write-your-stories.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/anthony-grooms-write-your-stories.htmlNovelist Anthony Grooms relates some advice he received from the writer Raymond Andrews (1934-91) on the expectations of others. Video by Darby Carl Sanders, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./appling-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/appling-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe neoclassical revival-style Appling County courthouse was built in Baxley, the county's second seat, in 1907-8. Courtesy of Dan 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOmqeppJmjtG6vzq6lrbFflr2xuMinnmabn6q%2FtbTOrqqeZZKkxK6tzZhnaWlf/arthur-pete-dilbert-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/arthur-pete-dilbert-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlArthur "Pete" Dilbert, a woodworker from the Savannah region, carves a dragon in preparation for an exhibition. Dilbert is well known for his canes, as well as relief sculptures and freestanding figures such as birds and alligators. 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 Telfair Museums./athens-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/athens-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAthens, home of the University of Georgia (UGA), is located along the north Oconee River in Clarke County, in the rolling Piedmont of northeast Georgia. Athens and Clarke County combined to form a unified government in 1990. According to the 2020 U.S. census, Athens–Clarke County had a population of 96,124. Chosen in 1801 as the site for the first chartered state university in the nation, Athens is known for its culture and diversity./atlanta-opera-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-opera-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Atlanta Opera is a professional company that brings opera to Georgia stages. Founded in 1979 as the Atlanta Civic Opera, the Atlanta Opera enjoys an increasing level of local and international acclaim and plays to growing audiences each year. History of Opera in Atlanta Opera has been a part of the cultural and social history of Atlanta since the late nineteenth century, when touring companies and visiting artists performed for Georgia’s music aficionados./atlanta-thrashers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-thrashers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn their first preseason game of 2006-7, the Thrashers beat the Florida Panthers six to three. In this photo, the Thrashers' Ilya Kovalchuk (right) scores his second goal of the night. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./augusta-chronicle-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/augusta-chronicle-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Augusta Chronicle, which started as the weekly Augusta Gazette in 1785, is one of the oldest newspapers in the United States and the oldest active newspaper in Georgia. It is owned by Augusta-based Morris Communications and in 2011 had a daily circulation of nearly 60,000 under the editorship of Alan English. The Georgia Press Association has consistently named the Chronicle one of the state’s three best dailies, awarding it the top “General Excellence” honor in 2011./bamboo-farm-and-coastal-gardens.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bamboo-farm-and-coastal-gardens.htmlResearch and education projects initiated at the Bamboo Farm and Coastal Gardens in Savannah involve scientific disciplines in crop and soil science, horticulture, plant pathology, and entomology. The center is open to the public. 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./barrow-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/barrow-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBarrow County is located in the Piedmont plateau between Atlanta and Athens, and its proximity to major metropolitan areas has caused rapid change in the county’s demographics. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the population is 83,505, an increase from the 2010 population of 69,367. Such growth has transformed this once rural county to an area dotted by new housing subdivisions. With Highway 316 near its southern border and Interstate 85 on its northern one, Barrow County can expect continued economic and population growth./brewton-parker-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/brewton-parker-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBrewton-Parker College is a four-year institution affiliated with the Georgia Baptist Convention. Built in 1904, the same year as the school's founding, Gates Hall, pictured, is the only original building still standing on the college's main campus, which is located in Mount Vernon. Courtesy of Terry Gaston, Brewton-Parker College 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./brian-kemp-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/brian-kemp-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBrian Kemp, a native of Athens, was sworn in as the eighty-third governor of Georgia on January 14, 2019.  Photograph from Georgia.gov 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%2BOoKavnaKjuqa602anqKSZqbakv46gpq%2BdoqO8s3vMZmhqaWFpfA%3D%3D/candler-library-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/candler-library-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe architectural firm Ivey and Crook executed extensive school commissions, including major work at Emory University, where one of the firm's earliest projects was the Candler Library (1924). Photograph by Mpspqr 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./carpet-industry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/carpet-industry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.html“Like a story-book romance reads the history of the colorful tufted textile industry.” So the Tufted Textile Manufacturers Association boasted in its 1950 directory. “No other industry,” according to the trade association,  “can boast so phenomenal a growth all within the lifetime of its founder,” Whitfield County native Catherine Evans Whitener. Whitener had revived the handcraft of tufting in the 1890s. The craft spread like wildfire, and by the 1920s thousands of men and women in north Georgia, the Carolinas, and Tennessee had created a thriving cottage industry in the production of tufted bedspreads./cason-callaway-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cason-callaway-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCason Jewell Callaway was a successful businessman and state agricultural leader during the first half of the twentieth century. He founded Callaway Gardens, in Harris County, in 1952. Courtesy of Callaway Gardens 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./catharine-greene-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/catharine-greene-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCatharine “Caty” Greene was the noted wife of Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene, the mother of five, and an active participant in events that occurred during the fight for American independence. After the Revolution, Catharine and Nathanael Greene became owners of Mulberry Grove, a plantation estate near Savannah. It was there in 1793 that Eli Whitney developed the cotton gin with the support and partnership of Catharine Greene. Catharine Littlefield was born on February 17, 1755, off the coast of Rhode Island on Block Island, which her family had helped settle in the 1660s./charles-rinaldo-floyd-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/charles-rinaldo-floyd-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCharles Rinaldo Floyd, the third child and second son of General John Floyd, followed his father into battle, plantation society, and the political arena in the early nineteenth century. During the Second Seminole War (1835-42), Floyd was most famous for his excursion into the Okefenokee Swamp in the winter of 1838-39, although this campaign has often been mistakenly credited to his father. Throughout his life Charles Floyd kept a vivid and engaging diary that portrays an active life of privilege and violence in the Georgia Lowcountry./circus-animals-sea-island-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/circus-animals-sea-island-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMen astride a burro and a camel from the King Edwards Trained Wild Animal Arena, on Sea Island in the early 1900s. The King Edwards troupe was from Montreal, Canada. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./coleman-barks-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/coleman-barks-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlColeman Barks, professor emeritus of literature at the University of Georgia, is renowned both for his translations of the thirteenth-century poet Rumi and for his own verse. Courtesy of University of Georgia Photographic Services 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./columbia-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/columbia-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlColumbia County lies along the Savannah River in east central Georgia, bordering South Carolina just northwest of Augusta. It was created by an act of the state legislature from a northern part of Richmond County on December 10, 1790. In the colonial era the territory that constitutes Columbia County was laid out as part of St. Paul Parish. Named for explorer Christopher Columbus, the county was created in response to a request by backcountry settlers that they be given court sessions that would be more convenient than those held in Augusta./convict-lease-system-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/convict-lease-system-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDuring the antebellum period, Georgia and the rest of the South relied heavily on enslaved labor for farming and jobs that required hard labor. But with emancipation and the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, slavery as an institution and a form of labor became illegal. After the Civil War (1861-65), landowners had a difficult time finding, and controlling, a labor force. Some Georgians saw the prisoners at the state’s penitentiary in Milledgeville as the solution to their problems—a workforce that could be firmly controlled./covington-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/covington-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCovington, the seat of Newton County, is located approximately thirty miles from downtown Atlanta. Nicknamed “the city of beautiful homes,” it is perhaps better known today as the location where many episodes of the television shows In the Heat of the Night (1988-94),The Dukes of Hazzard (1979-85), and Vampire Diaries ​(2009-17), as well as much of the movie My Cousin Vinny (1992), were filmed. The county courthouse, built in 1884, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places./damaged-potter-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/damaged-potter-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis photograph shows the shell-damaged Potter House in Atlanta. As the official photographer for the Military Division of the Mississippi, George N. Barnard documented in 1864-65 some of the destruction left in the wake of the Civil War. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Photograph by George N. Barnard, #LC-B8171-2717. 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./dixie-highway-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dixie-highway-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Dixie Highway, a network of roads connecting Canada to Florida in the early decades of the twentieth century, was an ambitious undertaking to build the nation’s first north–south paved interstate highway. As the largest state in terms of area east of the Mississippi River, Georgia proved critical to the project’s success, mainly because the state’s size and location controlled access to Florida for anyone driving by car. Signs marked “Dixie Highway”  still exist on roadways throughout Georgia, particularly on old U./dorchester-academy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dorchester-academy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlListed on the National Register of Historic Places, Dorchester Academy, today an active community center and museum, was founded as a school for freedpeople. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. prepared for the 1963 Birmingham campaign, one of the first major victories of the civil rights movement, in this building. Courtesy of Winston Walker 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./fayette-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fayette-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFayette County is one of five counties created in 1821. It is home to the only preplanned community in the Southeast, a 16,000-acre community called Peachtree City, which was chartered in 1959. Part of the Atlanta metropolitan area, it has experienced significant population growth since the 1970s. Early History Following the forced removal of the Creek Indians to what is now Oklahoma, county land was divided into 202.5-acre lots that were drawn in a land lottery./flag-of-independence-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/flag-of-independence-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA coiled rattlesnake and the words "Our Motto Southern Rights, Equality of the States, Don't Tread on Me" appeared on a flag raised in Savannah upon Abraham Lincoln's election as U.S. president in November 1860. The words, adapted from a Revolutionary War motto, suggest that secessionists drew parallels between southern independence from the Union and American independence from England. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, #LC-USF34- 051632-D [P&P] LOT 1541./georgia-douglas-johnson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-douglas-johnson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia Douglas Johnson was an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance, the literary and cultural movement that flourished in the predominantly Black Harlem neighborhood of New York City after World War I (1917-18). Johnson’s four volumes of poetry, The Heart of a Woman (1918), Bronze (1922), An Autumn Love Cycle (1928), and Share My World (1962), established her as one of the most accomplished African American woman poets of the literary movement./georgia-museum-of-natural-history.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-museum-of-natural-history.htmlThe collections affiliated with the Georgia Museum of Natural History are made up of more than four million objects. Most of the collections are the largest of their kind in Georgia, with regional, national, or international significance. The majority of the objects were collected during the twentieth century. The southeastern United States is a center of temperate biodiversity, which makes the collections significant because of the unique ecosystems they represent. They also document Georgia’s rapidly vanishing archaeological and natural heritage./georgia-state-capitol-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-state-capitol-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe secretary of state's offices are housed at the state capitol in Atlanta. The secretary of state provides educational programs about the capitol and oversees the capitol museum. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to the Digital Library of Georgia./georgia-women-of-achievement-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-women-of-achievement-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia Women of Achievement, a statewide organization, is dedicated to publicizing, researching, and providing educational materials about the accomplishments of outstanding women in Georgia history. The need for such an organization was first suggested in 1988 by former first lady Rosalynn Carter, and two years later a group of Wesleyan College alumnae and other influential Georgians founded Georgia Women of Achievement. Inductees at the first ceremony in March 1992 were Martha Berry, Lucy Craft Laney, Juliette Gordon Low, Sara Branham Matthews, and Flannery O’Connor./gold-kist-inc-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gold-kist-inc-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAtlanta-based Gold Kist, founded during the Great Depression by a young agronomy instructor at the University of Georgia, merged in 2006 with rival Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation to form the world’s largest poultry company. In 2003 Gold Kist employed more than 18,000 people, conducted annual sales of more than $1.8 billion, and comprised 2,300 member-owners who produced 14.5 million chickens per week for national and international markets. The Early Years, 1930s-1940s In 1922 D./grant-park-zoo-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/grant-park-zoo-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlVisitors, pictured in 1928, observe an elephant at the Grant Park Zoo in Atlanta. The zoo was founded in 1886 with a spotted fawn, and its collection expanded to include exotic animals three years later with a donation from Atlanta businessman George V. Gress. Today the attraction is known as Zoo Atlanta. 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./helen-dortch-longstreet-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/helen-dortch-longstreet-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1904 Helen Longstreet privately published Lee and Longstreet at High Tide, in which she tried to defend and resuscitate her husband's wartime reputation. 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./henry-l-benning-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/henry-l-benning-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHenry L. Benning was a jurist who became associate justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia in the 1850s. He then became a vocal advocate for secession and earned the rank of brigadier general during the Civil War (1861-65). Henry Lewis Benning was born in Columbia County on April 2, 1814, to Malinda Meriwether White and Pleasant Moon Benning. His family moved to Harris County in 1832, while Benning was studying at the University of Georgia in Athens./hiram-warner-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hiram-warner-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHiram Warner was one of the original members of the Supreme Court of Georgia, eventually becoming that court’s second chief justice. Warner also held office as a circuit court judge, as a representative in the Georgia General Assembly, and as a U.S. congressman. Born in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, on October 29, 1802, Warner was one of ten children born to Mary Jane Coffin and Obadiah Warner. Warner moved to Georgia in 1822, when he accepted a teaching position at Sparta Academy in Hancock County./january-in-georgia-history-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/january-in-georgia-history-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA number of significant historical events have occurred in Georgia during the month of January.  1750-1799 1751 On January 1 the British House of Commons, at the request of the Trustees, overturned the ban on slavery in the Georgia colony. 1776 During the Revolutionary War, British forces moved warships onto the Savannah River. 1779 On January 31 British troops captured the city of Augusta. 1785 The Georgia legislature became the first in the nation to approve a charter for a state university, which opened in Athens sixteen years later as the University of Georgia./john-brown-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-brown-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA fugitive from slavery in Georgia, John Brown provided one of the few book-length testimonials of what it was like to be enslaved in the Deep South. “Fed” (his first enslaved name) was born in eastern Virginia around 1810, and about ten years later he and his mother were moved to a nearby tobacco farm in North Carolina.  Soon he was separated from his mother and sold south to Georgia. He grew to manhood doing hard labor on Thomas Stevens’s flourishing cotton farm near Milledgeville./johnny-mercer-stamp-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/johnny-mercer-stamp-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSavannah-born songwriter Johnny Mercer, commemorated on this 1996 first-class postage stamp, is best known for his Academy Award-winning song "Moon River." Courtesy of Smithsonian National Postal Museum 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./lake-hartwell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lake-hartwell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLake Hartwell, named after Revolutionary War hero Nancy Hart, provides drinking water, hydropower, and public entertainment to millions of people each year. The reservoir, which borders Georgia and South Carolina, exists because of Hartwell Dam on the Savannah River. Courtesy of UGA Archway Partnership 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./lanier-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lanier-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA woman drives a carriage in Lanier County, circa 1900. Industrialization drove the development of the county's two main communities during the nineteenth century. Alapaha (later Lakeland, the county seat) began as a mill village, while Registerville (later Stockton) was a railroad town. 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./local-government-historic-preservation-commissions.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/local-government-historic-preservation-commissions.htmlGeorgia has more than 100 local preservation commissions that manage development and monitor change. These preservation boards are among almost 2,500 local historic preservation programs nationwide. Historic preservation has been a part of local government planning in this country since 1931, when Charleston, South Carolina, responded to a threat to its downtown historic area with a local design-review ordinance, and a few other cities, including Savannah, followed. The growth of this local planning practice was fostered by the federal and state partnership initiated by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966./louie-d-newton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/louie-d-newton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLouie D. Newton was a prominent Baptist preacher, author, and denominational leader who served as the pastor of Druid Hills Baptist Church in Atlanta for four decades. Known for his stand on temperance, social reform, and fairness, he was often called “Mr. Baptist.” Born in Screven County on April 27, 1892, Louis Devotie Newton was one of six children born to Dicie Elizabeth and William Moore Newton. He attended elementary and secondary schools in Screven and Emanuel counties, and in 1910 he entered Mercer University in Macon as a sophomore, graduating in 1913./macon-plateau-fluted-point-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/macon-plateau-fluted-point-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOnly one fluted point was found at Macon Plateau, in spite of a massive excavation effort. The fluted point, missing the forward one-third of its length, was of the Clovis type of these artifacts. Courtesy of the University of Georgia Laboratory of Archaeology 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./maynard-jackson-and-a-cash-reward.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/maynard-jackson-and-a-cash-reward.htmlFrom July 1979 through May 1981 the Atlanta child murders took place. With leads in the case dwindling and no arrest in sight, Atlanta mayor Maynard Jackson imposed a 7:00 p.m. curfew on the city's children and offered a $10,000 reward (pictured) for information about the perpetrator of the crimes. 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./michael-j-coles-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/michael-j-coles-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMichael J. Coles, pictured in 2006, is the founder of the American Cookie Company. In 2001 he was named to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. The Michael J. Coles School of Business at Kennesaw State University is named in his honor. Courtesy of Kennesaw State University 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./mildred-lewis-rutherford-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mildred-lewis-rutherford-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMildred Lewis Rutherford taught at the Lucy Cobb Institute in Athens from 1880 to 1928, serving as principal of the school for twenty-two of those years. A prominent member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and an advocate for the "Lost Cause" interpretation of the Civil War, Rutherford also published a number of books on southern history. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6moKWcopqxbrjEsKCsZaKqwamx0Z%2Bmq5xdZoV2fYxqcGtwX6J6eX%2BQaWY%3D/morgan-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/morgan-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Morgan County Courthouse is located in downtown Madison. The neoclassical revival structure was built in 1905. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOpqarn5GjeqS71KersmedpL%2Borc1mmqitoqm1sMHSnmSbp6eirq%2Brj2loaA%3D%3D/morris-museum-of-art-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/morris-museum-of-art-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Morris Museum of Art opened in 1992 as the first museum in the country dedicated to documenting the art and artists of the South. Located on the riverfront in downtown Augusta, the museum seeks to preserve and enhance a regional cultural legacy by showcasing the history of painting in the South through a broad-based survey collection of paintings and drawings. In 2007 the museum received a Governor’s Award in the Humanities./national-civil-war-naval-museum.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/national-civil-war-naval-museum.htmlThe National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus opened its doors in 2001. Located on the Chattahoochee River in Columbus, the museum features Civil War ships and maritime artifacts within its 40,000 square feet. Courtesy of National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus 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./offshore-waters-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/offshore-waters-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe coastal and offshore waters of Georgia provide a tremendous and varied resource. The continental shelf off Georgia is about eighty miles wide and is the widest in the South Atlantic Bight, which extends from Cape Canaveral, Florida, to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The Gulf Stream marks the eastern boundary of the shelf. Marine Populations With respect to natural resources, commercially important fishes such as snapper and grouper collect along bottom reefs throughout the middle of the shelf waters./okefenokee-swamp-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/okefenokee-swamp-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAlligators, which are native to Georgia, are among the hundreds of animal species to make their home in the Okefenokee Swamp. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to the Georgia Department of Economic Development./paradise-garden-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/paradise-garden-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHoward Finster's Paradise Garden, a large outdoor art installation in Chattooga County, features this inscription in numerous locations: I took the pieces you threw away / Put them together by night and day / Washed by rain and dried by sun / A million pieces all in one. Photograph by Sarah E. McKee, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./poultry-processing-plant-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/poultry-processing-plant-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA Georgia poultry processing plant in 1961. The state's poultry industry produces an average of 24.6 million pounds of chicken and 14 million eggs daily. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to Special Collections and Archives at Georgia State University./pulpwood-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/pulpwood-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSt. Marys, ca. 1950. Pulpwood was used in the manufacturing of paper at the Gilman Paper Company. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOrKtmpZGnxrR7zGZqbWtjZA%3D%3D/resurrection-of-christ-mosaic-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/resurrection-of-christ-mosaic-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA Byzantine-style mosaic inside the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation in Atlanta depicts the resurrection of Christ. Surrounded by Old Testament prophets and kings, the risen Christ delivers Adam and Eve from Hell. Photograph by Melinda G. Smith, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./rhodes-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rhodes-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRhodes Hall in Atlanta (1903) is a late example of picturesque Victorian, with its irregular floor plan and massive exterior features in the Romanesque Revival style, accented with castlelike, crenellated towers and parapets. It is one of the finest examples of W. F. Denny's residential work. 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./ripped-canvas-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ripped-canvas-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRipped Canvas (date unknown) by Steven D. Foster is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Photograph, 6 1/2 x 8 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomqiknJqwtbXOp6pon5Wkv6i1wKxkrKyRqbJurdGtZJynnKGypMDIqKVoqpmlvaawjJyYp66RqKynu9KtnKuXYGV%2BcA%3D%3D/sam-nunn-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sam-nunn-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSam Nunn, selected in 2011 as a Georgia Trustee, adds his name to a list of the original Trustees of the Georgia colony at the induction ceremony in Savannah. The Georgia Trustees honor is bestowed annually by the Georgia Historical Society and the Office of the Governor. 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./samuel-elbert-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/samuel-elbert-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBefore his governorship of Georgia in 1785, Savannahian Samuel Elbert served as commander of both Georgia’s militia and Continental Line during the Revolutionary War (1775-83). He later commanded a brigade under General George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia, and he was brevetted a brigadier general in November 1783. Both Elbert County and its seat, Elberton, are named in his honor. Born in 1740 in Savannah, Elbert was the son of a Baptist minister, William Elbert, and his wife, Sarah./six-flags-amusement-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/six-flags-amusement-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Six Flags Over Georgia amusement park is a popular tourist attraction in Cobb County. 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%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOnKabml2YvLa607JmpmViaoN3ew%3D%3D/stewart-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/stewart-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlStewart County, created by the state legislature in 1830, was named for Daniel Stewart, an Indian fighter, Revolutionary War (1775-83) veteran, and the great-grandfather of U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt. Rich in historic, natural, archaeological, architectural, and cultural resources, Stewart County is nevertheless poor in wealth. To reconcile this disparity, county leaders in 1965 began forging a new economy in tourism. This effort is emerging today as a major alternative to the traditional economies of peanuts, cotton, and pine trees./sue-monk-kidd-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sue-monk-kidd-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSue Monk Kidd is a writer whose work explores themes of faith and family in southern life. She is best known for her 2002 novel The Secret Life of Bees, which has sold over 8 million copies and been translated into thirty-six languages. Kidd was born in Albany, on August 12, 1948, to Leah and Ridley Monk, and raised in nearby Sylvester, in Worth County. Though encouraged to write at an early age by her parents and teachers, she initially pursued a career in nursing after graduating from Texas Christian University in 1970./temple-bombing-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/temple-bombing-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAtlanta mayor William Hartsfield (left) and Jacob Rothschild, rabbi of the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation in Atlanta, examine rubble on October 13, 1958, the day after the bombing of the congregation's synagogue, known as "the Temple." 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./tiberius-julius-caesar-augustus-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tiberius-julius-caesar-augustus-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis bust of Tiberius, considered to be the finest existing portait of the Roman emperor, is part of the Michael C. Carlos Museum's collection of ancient Greek and Roman art. Carved from Parian marble, the piece dates to about A.D. 14. Courtesy of Michael C. Carlos Museum, Photograph by Bruce White.. 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./turnwold-plantation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/turnwold-plantation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFive enslaved people are pictured at Turnwold Plantation, the Eatonton estate of Joseph Addison Turner. Writer Joel Chandler Harris, who lived at Turnwold during the Civil War, drew upon his experiences there to write his Uncle Remus tales, as well as his autobiographical novel On the Plantation. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKeeYsGpsYypo5qmpJbBqrvNaKRmbWJmfA%3D%3D/uga-iv-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/uga-iv-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlUga IV served as the team mascot from 1981 to 1989. Uga IV attended a bowl game every year of his service and he was the first live mascot ever invited to a Heisman Trophy presentation. After his death in 1990, UGA IV was awarded a Georgia varsity letter, the highest honor available to UGA Mascots. 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./ulrich-bonnell-phillips-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 10 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ulrich-bonnell-phillips-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlUlrich  Bonnell Phillips was the first major historian of the South and of southern slavery, and his work has attracted as much attention and generated as much controversy as that of any southern historian. Phillips was born in LaGrange on November 4, 1877, to Jessie Young and Alonzo Rabun Phillips. His father, a merchant, was of yeoman stock, but his mother, whom Phillips considered his foremost inspiration, had a plantation background./alan-jackson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/alan-jackson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAlan Jackson, a native of Newnan, achieved success as a country musician during the 1990s. A member of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, Jackson was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2001. 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./alliance-theatre-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/alliance-theatre-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Alliance Theatre, the largest regional theater in the Southeast, is recognized nationwide as a great critical and commercial success. More than 255,000 people attend Alliance productions each season at the theater’s home in the Woodruff Arts Center on Peachtree Street in Midtown Atlanta, adjacent to the High Museum of Art. The company shows eleven productions annually: each season the Alliance Stage produces six plays, the Hertz Stage produces three plays, and the Alliance Children’s Theatre produces two plays./alton-brown-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/alton-brown-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe television personality, author, and director Alton Brown, who was raised in White County, has helped to change the character of food television and cooking instruction in the United States. His innovative approach to cooking and teaching mixes elements of chemistry, anthropology, and history with popular culture and humor. Alton Crawford Brown Jr. was born in Los Angeles, California, on July 30, 1962. His parents, who were originally from north Georgia, moved the family back to the state when Brown was seven./american-cancer-society-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/american-cancer-society-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem. Based in Atlanta, it has millions of volunteers and supporters throughout the United States. History and Structure Established in 1913 by ten physicians and five laymen as the American Society for the Control of Cancer, the American Cancer Society has always been governed by volunteers. The society’s two main governing bodies are the National Assembly and the National Board of Directors, both of which work closely with community volunteers and society staff./appalachian-campus-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/appalachian-campus-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Appalachian campus of Chattahoochee Technical College, formerly known as Appalachian Technical College, is located in Jasper. The campus opened in 1967 as the Pickens Area Vocational-Technical School. Courtesy of Technical College System 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./atlanta-area-school-for-the-deaf.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-area-school-for-the-deaf.htmlStudents at the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf participate in a math lesson. The school, in Clarkston, is one of three schools for students with special needs operated by the state. Courtesy of Atlanta Area School for the Deaf 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./betty-l-siegel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/betty-l-siegel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Board of Regents in 1981 chose Betty L. Siegel as the new president of Kennesaw College (later Kennesaw State University). The first woman to head a University System of Georgia institution, Siegel served as president for more than two decades. Courtesy of Kennesaw State University Archives 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./bobby-dodd-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bobby-dodd-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBobby Dodd, longtime football coach for the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in Atlanta, is one of only three people (along with Amos Alonzo Stagg and Bowden Wyatt) to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach. Robert Lee Dodd was born on November 11, 1908, in Galax, Virginia, to Edwin Dodd and Susan Viola Nuckolls. When Dodd was eleven years old, his family moved to Kingsport, Tennessee, where he graduated from Dobyns Bennett High School before enrolling at the University of Tennessee (UT) at Knoxville./brenau-university-galleries-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/brenau-university-galleries-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBrenau University Galleries, located on the campus of Brenau University in Gainesville, feature one of the finest university art collections held by an educational institution in the state of Georgia. Until 1985, when John S. Burd became president of the university, Brenau lacked a designated art gallery; student and faculty work was displayed in various buildings across the campus. Burd, recognizing the need for a gallery, converted a small chapel outside the balcony of the university’s Pearce Auditorium into the Presidents Gallery./calvin-smyre-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/calvin-smyre-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCalvin Smyre concluded a forty-eight-year career in politics in April 2022. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoKavnaKjuqa602anqKSZqbakv46cmKWumaN6tLnYq5xmml1mhnWDjqyksqqVYn1xfY4%3D/ccc-barracks-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ccc-barracks-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCivilian Conservation Corps barracks are pictured circa 1935 at Vogel State Park, near Blairsville in Union County. During the 1930s the CCC built cabins and trails at state parks around Georgia that are still in use today. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./charles-thomas-school-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/charles-thomas-school-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCharles Thomas School, the first school in Warner Robins, opened in 1945. The school closed in 1994 and in 2001 was donated by the city to Macon State College for its campus at Warner Robins. Courtesy of William P. Head 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./chief-vann-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/chief-vann-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCalled the "Showplace of the Cherokee Nation," this two-story classic mansion is one of the best-preserved Cherokee plantation homes. Built by Chief James Vann in 1806, it was the first brick home within the Cherokee Nation. The mansion is a state historic site. 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./clay-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/clay-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlClay County, in southwest Georgia, was once on the western frontier of the United States. Named for Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky, the county was created in 1854 from parts of Randolph and Early counties. The county seat, Fort Gaines, was established in 1816 around a fort overlooking the Chattahoochee River. The fort was built by General Edmund Pendleton Gaines at the direction of General Andrew Jackson to protect settlers during the Creek Indian wars./columbia-theological-seminary-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/columbia-theological-seminary-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlColumbia Theological Seminary, a Presbyterian school located in Decatur, has provided theological education and spiritual instruction in the Reformed theology of Calvinism to thousands of ministers, missionaries, teachers, and laypeople. Columbia Theological Seminary is one of ten seminaries owned and operated by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). The seminary was founded in Lexington in 1828 and moved to Columbia, South Carolina, in 1830. In 1927 the seminary again moved, to Decatur, in order to better serve the growing population of Georgia and the Southeast./conrad-aiken-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/conrad-aiken-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOver a period of nearly fifty years Conrad Aiken published poems, essays, short stories, novels, and literary criticism. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1930 for Selected Poems (1929) and a National Book Award for Collected Poems (1953). His literary autobiography, Ushant, reveals the international nature of his complex life and literary career. Conrad Potter Aiken was born in Savannah, Georgia, on August 5, 1889, the eldest of four children of a prominent doctor from New York, William Aiken./david-bottoms-reads-under-the-vulture-tree.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/david-bottoms-reads-under-the-vulture-tree.htmlDavid Bottoms, Georgia's poet laureate from 2000 to 2012, reads his poem "Under the Vulture Tree" from the book (1987). Video by Darby Carl Sanders, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./dixiecrats-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dixiecrats-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Dixiecrats were members of the States’ Rights Democratic Party, which splintered from the Democratic Party in 1948. The faction consisted of malcontented southern delegates to the Democratic Party who protested the insertion of a civil rights plank in the party platform and U.S. president Harry S. Truman’s advocacy of that plank. Before the convention southern delegates were dismayed by Truman’s 1948 executive order to desegregate the armed forces. With that backdrop many southern delegates were already concerned as they headed to the 1948 Democratic convention./eddie-mathews-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/eddie-mathews-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOne of the best third basemen in major league history, Eddie Mathews played fifteen seasons with the Atlanta Braves, dominating the game with his fiery playing style, a powerful bat, remarkable speed, and a strong arm. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./edward-telfair-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/edward-telfair-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOne of Georgia’s most prominent citizens, Edward Telfair served three terms as Georgia’s governor in the late 1700s. He was the first governor to serve under the Georgia Constitution of 1789. Early Life Edward Telfair was one of the many Scotsmen who settled in Georgia during the mid-eighteenth century. He was born in 1735 on his family’s ancestral estate in southwestern Scotland near the village of Kirkcudbright. He received only an elementary school education before taking a job with a firm of merchants./environmental-history-of-georgia-mountains.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/environmental-history-of-georgia-mountains.htmlWhen natural and cultural history are combined in a single narrative, one is said to be writing the environmental history of a place. In short, environmental history deals with the role and place of nature in human life. First Peoples The environmental history of the Georgia mountains starts with the Mississippians, the first people to live in permanent settlements there. At the time of first Spanish contact in 1540, Mississippian villages were well established along the mountains, major rivers, and tributaries./eugenia-price-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/eugenia-price-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe fiction writer Eugenia Price is pictured with James Gould III outside St. Simons Lighthouse. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to the Coastal Georgia Historical Society. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJ2lnLKvtcBmp6uhk5p6coWQb2RqcWlrfK55k2lsa2c%3D/fernbank-science-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fernbank-science-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Fernbank Science Center in Atlanta is a unique combination of urban forest, planetarium, observatory, and exhibit hall. It sits on four acres of land in DeKalb County on the edge of a sixty-five-acre primeval forest preserved for educational purposes. The center’s mission is to increase the public’s science literacy and to improve science education at the local, state, and nation levels, with particular focus on the DeKalb County School System./folklife-customs-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/folklife-customs-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSingers perform during the Sapelo Island Cultural Day, held each October on the island. The festival celebrates the songs, stories, dances, and food of the Geechee and Gullah culture, which developed on the Sea Islands among enslaved West Africans between 1750 and 1865. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLLOpaKloZaaeqTB0q2mpqtf/foundations-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/foundations-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 2002 there were approximately 1,200 foundations in Georgia with combined assets in excess of $8 billion and annual giving of more than $650 million. The assets and funding interests of foundations vary widely, ranging from multibillion-dollar organizations that give to a variety of causes to small family-run organizations with limited resources and very specific giving interests. Each has a place in Georgia’s philanthropic community. Foundations are found throughout the state, but the largest concentration, 43 percent, is in the metropolitan Atlanta area./furman-bisher-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/furman-bisher-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFurman Bisher, a well-regarded sportswriter and editor, served for fifty-nine years as the Atlanta Journal-Constitution sports editor. He was also a Sporting News columnist and the contributor of hundreds of articles for Sports Illustrated, the Saturday Evening Post, and many other national magazines. Author of several books, including a biography of baseball great Hank Aaron, Bisher was named in a 1961 Time article as one of the nation’s five best columnists./general-raymond-davis-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/general-raymond-davis-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAs a lieutenant colonel during the Korean War, Raymond Davis and his battalion saved the lives of thousands of fellow marines surrounded by Chinese soldiers at the Chosin Reservoir. Davis returned to combat during the Vietnam War as a major general. 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-busbee-and-mike-egan.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/george-busbee-and-mike-egan.htmlMike Egan (right) is pictured with George Busbee in 1974, the year Busbee was elected governor of Georgia. Egan served in the state legislature as both a representative (1966-76) and a senator (1989-2000). He also served as associate attorney general under U.S. president Jimmy Carter. 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./gilmer-childhood-home-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gilmer-childhood-home-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia governor George R. Gilmer's childhood home originally stood in the Goose Pond community of Oglethorpe County. The house is now located at the Calloway Plantation in Wilkes County. Photograph by Carol Ebel 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./goizueta-foundation-center-for-research-and-doctoral-education.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/goizueta-foundation-center-for-research-and-doctoral-education.htmlThe Goizueta Business School at Emory University began construction on the Goizueta Foundation Center for Research and Doctoral Education, a $33.4 million addition, in 2004. Courtesy of Kallmann McKinnell and Wood Architects, Inc. 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./grey-hairstreak-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/grey-hairstreak-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe knobby ends of its antennae stalk, as well as the upright position of its wings, identify the grey hairstreak (Strymon melinus) as a butterfly, rather than a moth. Image from mwms1916 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./herschel-walker-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/herschel-walker-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHerschel Walker played for the University of Georgia Bulldogs from 1980 to 1982, before beginning his professional career. He won the Heisman Trophy in 1982. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./jackie-robinson-comic-book-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jackie-robinson-comic-book-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJackie Robinson's life story and career inspired a movie, a play, and a comic book series, among other endeavors. This issue of the comic book was publsihed in 1951. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Serial and Government Publications 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./james-osgood-andrew-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/james-osgood-andrew-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJames Osgood Andrew presided as senior bishop over the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, from 1846 until his death. Andrew College in Cuthbert was named for him. Courtesy of Andrew College 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-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jasper-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLocated in central Georgia, Jasper County was created in 1807 as the state’s thirty-first county from part of Baldwin County on land formerly held by Creek Indians. It is one of the “antebellum trail” counties, which stretch from lower northeast Georgia to the center of the state. The 370-square-acre county was named for Revolutionary War (1775-83) sergeant William Jasper, a hero of the 1776 Battle of Sullivan’s Island (also known as the Battle of Fort Moultrie) who died during the Siege of Savannah in 1779./kathy-wilde-speaking-at-a-gay-rights-demonstration.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/kathy-wilde-speaking-at-a-gay-rights-demonstration.htmlKathy Wilde, attorney for Michael Hardwick, speaking at a gay rights demonstration in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision for Bowers v. Hardwick (Georgia sodomy law case), Richard B. Russell Federal Building, Atlanta, Georgia, July 3, 1986 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to Special Collections and Archives at Georgia State University./killers-of-the-dream-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/killers-of-the-dream-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlNo southerner was more outspoken in expressing moral indignation about the region’s injustices and inequities during the pre–civil rights era than the writer Lillian Smith, and in no work did she articulate that indignation more fully than in Killers of the Dream. First published in 1949, and revised and expanded in 1961, it is arguably the most influential and enduring of the many writings this self-described “tortured southern liberal” produced over her three-decade career./lamar-dodd-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lamar-dodd-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe artist Lamar Dodd pictured with Charles D. Hudson of the Calllaway foundation and former LaGrange College president Waights G. Henry Jr. at groundbreaking for Lamar Dodd Arts Center in 1981. Courtesy of LaGrange College 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./leviston-sawmill-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/leviston-sawmill-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Leviston Sawmill in Miller County, pictured between 1905 and 1910, produced lumber, rosin, and turpentine for the booming naval stores market. By the 1930s, the timber industry was also involved in the production of paper. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./little-horn-owl-or-screech-owl.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/little-horn-owl-or-screech-owl.htmlJohn Abbot, a painter and naturalist, created Little Horn Owl or Screech Owl (watercolor on paper, 11 1/8" x 8 3/4") in 1790. From 1775 until 1818 Abbot lived and worked in present-day Burke County, sending specimens and illustrations of New World species to collectors in his homeland of England. Courtesy of Morris Museum of Art 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./matt-ryan-and-mike-smith.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/matt-ryan-and-mike-smith.htmlAtlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan (left) stands with head coach Mike Smith. Both joined the Falcons in 2008 and led the franchise to a winning season and the NFC South division title. Smith left the Falcons in 2014. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./maurice-blaine-caldwell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/maurice-blaine-caldwell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSanchez, Corina. "Maurice Blaine Caldwell." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Jan 13, 2016. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/maurice-blaine-caldwell/ Sanchez, C. (2015). Maurice Blaine Caldwell. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved Jan 13, 2016, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/maurice-blaine-caldwell/ Sanchez, Corina. "Maurice Blaine Caldwell." New Georgia Encyclopedia, 22 October 2015, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/maurice-blaine-caldwell/. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKWRqr%2Bqr8RmmaWZmaOybq%2FApZuwnZyhfA%3D%3D/meriwether-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/meriwether-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMeriwether County, in west central Georgia, is the state’s seventy-first county, created in 1827 from 503 square miles taken from Troup County. It is named for David Meriwether, a Revolutionary War (1775-83) general remembered for his accomplishments as an interpreter for Creek Indians, a state legislator, and a U.S. congressman. The land in Meriwether County was originally held by the Creek Indians. Greenville, the county seat and the oldest town in the county, was laid out in 1828 on land owned by General Hugh W./mid-to-late-20th-century-topics.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mid-to-late-20th-century-topics.htmlAmy Mallard (far left) is pictured in January 1949 outside the Toombs County Courthouse, where she testified at the trial of William Howell, one of several men accused of killing her husband in a racially motivated attack. Mallard was accompainied by Joseph Goldwasser, a member of the NAACP in Cleveland, Ohio, along with her son, John Mallard, and her daughter, Doris Byron. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLnInWStp12hrrWxjGtnraBdmLKvwNSrsGasn6W2pL%2BO/monastery-of-the-holy-spirit.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/monastery-of-the-holy-spirit.htmlThe Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers is a Roman Catholic community of Trappist monks who seek to follow strictly the pattern of living constructed by St. Benedict of Nursia in early-sixth-century Europe. Begun in 1944, the Monastery of the Holy Spirit was the first American Trappist community started by another Trappist monastery in the United States. As part of the Cistercian monastic tradition, the Monastery of the Holy Spirit can trace its origins to eleventh-century Europe./naval-air-station-atlanta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/naval-air-station-atlanta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFrom 1943 until 2009 Naval Air Station Atlanta (NAS) trained flight personnel from throughout the southeastern United States. Along with training and other operations, its reservists assisted U.S. Coast Guard operations off the southeastern U.S. coast. The history of NAS covers two locations: the first one in Chamblee in DeKalb County and the second one near Marietta in Cobb County. In late 1940 the U.S. Navy department selected Camp Gordon, near Augusta, as the site for a Naval Reserve Aviation Base./peanuts-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/peanuts-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPeanuts were selected as the official state crop by the General Assembly in 1995. Nearly 50 percent of the total U.S. peanut crop is harvested in Georgia, which leads the nation in peanut exports. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia./pebble-hill-plantation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/pebble-hill-plantation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1825 one of the first white settlers in the area, Thomas Jefferson Johnson, acquired the land that became Pebble Hill Plantation, in Thomasville. Two years later he built the first structure on the property. The site has been a museum since 1983. 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./revolution-early-republic-1775-1800.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/revolution-early-republic-1775-1800.htmlIn early 1794 Elijah Clarke, in an attempt to claim Creek lands west of the Oconee River, established as many as six settlements in areas of present-day Greene, Morgan, Putnam, and Baldwin counties. The state militia intervened in September 1794, and the settlements, which came to be known as the Trans-Oconee Republic, were disbanded peacefully. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcL7Er6alraSevK95xJqppbFdp7KxwcGloJxlYWyEdnmQcWdpZw%3D%3D/right-whale-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/right-whale-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe North Atlantic right whale is the world's most endangered large whale. Less than 350 individuals remain. Image from Moira Brown 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%2BOoJyon6KWvanFjJ6lr6GipLuusc2tZqielqi1sL7EZq6arJWnwHC5jGxqbGxf/rudy-york-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rudy-york-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRudy York played major league baseball from 1937 to 1948 (with a brief appearance in late 1934). A seven-time all-star, York spent his most successful years as a first baseman with the Detroit Tigers. His most significant achievement, however, came while he was a rookie catcher in August 1937, when he broke Babe Ruth’s record for the most home runs in a single month. Early Career Preston Rudolph York was born on August 17, 1913, in Ragland, Alabama./savannah-river-ecology-laboratory-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/savannah-river-ecology-laboratory-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1951 Eugene Odum, a professor at the University of Georgia, contracted with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission to conduct ecological research on the Savannah River Site, a 300-square-mile nuclear production facility located in Aiken, South Carolina, just over the Georgia border (approximately twenty miles from Augusta). Odum and his students studied the ecosystems of the Savannah River Site and in the process set the stage for the establishment of a permanent on-site laboratory in 1961—the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory./savannah-tribune-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/savannah-tribune-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Savannah Tribune, a weekly newspaper covering news and issues related to Savannah’s African American community, was founded in 1875. With the exception of two hiatuses, from 1878 to 1886, and from 1960 to 1973, the paper has operated continuously. As of 2008 the Tribune circulated to approximately 10,000 readers under the direction of Shirley B. James, the paper’s owner, publisher, and editor. Early Years The  years between U.S. president Abraham Lincoln’s 1862 Emancipation Proclamation, issued during the Civil War (1861-65), and the postwar Reconstruction era ushered in a brief period of opportunity for southern African Americans, particularly in the political arena./sea-island-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sea-island-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSea Island is one of a series of barrier islands located off the coast of Georgia near St. Simons Island in Glynn County. Internationally known as a wealthy resort and cottage colony, the island is approximately five miles long and one and a half miles wide at its widest point. Early History Once known as Fifth Creek Island by coastal Native Americans, Sea Island was largely uninhabited until the 1920s. In 1768 James MacKay, one of General James Oglethorpe’s troop commanders, acquired it as a land grant from King George III of England, but he made no use of it./september-in-georgia-history-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/september-in-georgia-history-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA number of significant historical events have occurred in Georgia during the month of September. 1700-1749 1736 Yamacraw Indian chief Tomochichi, with the help of Benjamin Ingham, a friend of brothers John Wesley and Charles Wesley, secured a school at Irene, outside Savannah. 1750-1799 1780 During the Revolutionary War (1775-83), Lieutenant Colonel Elijah Clarke, with 600 men who had taken an oath of allegiance to the king of England, attacked Augusta on September 14./springvale-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/springvale-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlComprising ten acres, Springvale Park is the centerpiece of the Inman Park neighborhood, which was established in the late 1880s. In 1903 Inman Park founder Joel Hurt hired landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted to improve the park aesthetically. Photograph by Ted Bazemore 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./ss8h1-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ss8h1-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEvaluate the impact of European exploration and settlement on American Indians in Georgia. a. Describe the characteristics of American Indians living in Georgia at the time of European contact; to include culture, food, weapons/tools, and shelter. b. Explain reasons for European exploration and settlement of North America, with emphasis on the interests of the Spanish and British in the Southeastern area. c. Evaluate the impact of Spanish contact on American Indians, including the explorations of Hernando de Soto and the establishment of Spanish missions along the barrier islands./state-botanical-garden-of-georgia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/state-botanical-garden-of-georgia.htmlThe State Botanical Garden of Georgia, located in Athens, is a 313-acre preserve set aside by the University of Georgia in 1968 for the study and enjoyment of plants and nature. The garden is a “living laboratory” serving teaching, research, public service, and outreach missions for the University of Georgia and the citizens of Georgia. The garden contains a wide variety of natural features and includes plant communities and habitats common to the Georgia Piedmont./state-farm-arena-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/state-farm-arena-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlState Farm Arena (formerly Philips Arena), in the heart of downtown Atlanta, was home to the National Hockey League's Atlanta Thrashers from 1999 to 2011. It has since served as a venue for many concerts and is the home of the Atlanta Hawks.   Photograph by Doug Waldron 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./stone-mountain-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/stone-mountain-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlStone Mountain Park, in DeKalb County, comprises 3,200 acres. The park contains about ten miles of walking trails, gardens, a golf course, a water park, and many other recreational facilities. 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./sylvania-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sylvania-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSylvania, the seat of Screven County, is located in east central Georgia, about fifty-four miles southeast of Augusta and fifty-eight miles northwest of Savannah. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 2,634. The date of Sylvania’s first settlement is not known. The county seat was moved to Sylvania from its former location at Jacksonborough by the state legislature in 1847. Land was purchased from Charles Church for one dollar per acre, and a courthouse and jail were built at the new location./the-three-faces-of-eve.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-three-faces-of-eve.htmlThe Three Faces of Eve, both a best-selling book and a major motion picture, is the true story of a young housewife who suffered from multiple personality disorder (MPD). Her psychiatrists, Corbett H. Thigpen and Hervey M. Cleckley of the Medical College of Georgia (later Georgia Health Sciences University) in Augusta, published the book in 1957, and a film adaptation was released that same year. Produced and directed by Nunnally Johnson, a Georgia native, the film featured another Georgian, Joanne Woodward, in the title role./thomaston-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/thomaston-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSelected for the 1986 edition of “The 100 Best Small Towns in America” and again in 1995,  Thomaston offers slow-paced southern charm and hospitality. Located in west central Georgia, it is approximately sixty-five miles south of Atlanta, forty-five miles west of Macon, and sixty miles northeast of Columbus. With a population of 9,816, according to the 2020 U.S. census, this Georgia Main Street city and former mill town features an early-twentieth-century courthouse square and historic businesses and homes./tifton-chemical-lab-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tifton-chemical-lab-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Feed and Fertilizer Laboratories and the Pesticide Formulation, Soil Termiticide, Treated Wood, Use/Misuse, and Groundwater Laboratories of the Georgia Department of Agriculture are located in Tifton. The Food Microbiology and Dairy Laboratories and the Food Chemistry and Pesticide Residue Laboratories are in Atlanta. Courtesy of Georgia Department of Agriculture 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./tom-wolfe-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tom-wolfe-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTom Wolfe, born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, is a former newspaper reporter and the best-selling author of such works as The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby (1965), The Right Stuff (1979), and The Bonfire of the Vanities (1987). His novel A Man in Full (1998) created a stir in the Atlanta area. 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./umc-logo-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/umc-logo-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Cross and Flame of the United Methodist Church represent the denomination's relationship to Christ and the Holy Spirit, respectively. The image also symbolizes founder John Wesley's epiphany during a Moravian meeting in 1738, when he felt his "heart strangely warmed." Reprinted by permission of General Council on Finance and Administration of The United Methodist Church 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./w-w-law-leader-of-naacp.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/w-w-law-leader-of-naacp.htmlW. W. Law, standing in front of the King-Tisdell Cottage in Savannah, became the leader of the state NAACP in 1955. Law was reelected eight times. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./william-and-ellen-craft-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/william-and-ellen-craft-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWilliam and Ellen Craft were an enslaved couple from Macon who gained celebrity after a daring, novel, and very public escape in December 1848. The daughter of an African American woman and her white enslaver, Ellen looked white and was able to dress as a southern slaveholder in trousers, top hat, and short hair to avoid detection by slave-catchers. Her darker-skinned husband, William, accompanied her by masquerading as her attentive valet./william-walsh-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 09 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/william-walsh-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAuthor, professor, and editor William Walsh is known for his work as a southern narrative poet and as an interviewer of contemporary authors. Courtesy of William Walsh 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./40n-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/40n-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe P-40 was the major fighter for the Army Air Corps at the beginning of World War II. The P-40N, the fastest of the series, was the final production version. The aircraft on display was obtained by the Museum of Aviation in 1994 with help from the 653rd Combat Logistics Support Squadron and the Air Force Reserve. Courtesy of the Museum of Aviation 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./ambrose-wright-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ambrose-wright-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAmbrose Wright, a native of Jefferson County, served as a general in the Confederate army during the Civil War. In 1866 he became part owner and editor of the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel newspaper, which he used to protest radical Republican policies during Reconstruction. 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./anna-ruby-falls-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/anna-ruby-falls-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAnna Ruby Falls, in the heart of the Chattahoochee National Forest, marks the junction of Curtis and York creeks. Curtis Creek drops 153 feet and York Creek 50 feet to form the twin falls known as Anna Ruby Falls. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia./annie-l-mcpheeters-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/annie-l-mcpheeters-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAnnie L. McPheeters was one of the first African American professional librarians in the Atlanta Public Library and an influential proponent of African American culture and history. A librarian, educator, and civil rights activist, McPheeters provided library services and resources to segregated communities through educational programs for children and adults. Her efforts were recognized in 1993, when the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System named the Washington Park/Annie L. McPheeters Branch Library in her honor./atlanta-national-bank-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-national-bank-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis photograph of the Atlanta National Bank (tall building, left) on Alabama Street was taken during the 1910s. Atlanta Joint Terminal Georgia Railroad Freight Depot is at the end of the street. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./atlanta-terminal-station-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-terminal-station-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Atlanta Terminal Station, pictured circa 1905, was designed in a Renaissance revival style by architect P. Thornton Marye. The structure, a pioneer work in reinforced concrete, was razed in 1971. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./augusta-riverwalk-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/augusta-riverwalk-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAugusta's Riverwalk development includes a convention center, a museum, shops, and other amenities, with a park along the riverfront. The Riverwalk was created as part of the city's downtown revitalization effort. 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./billy-graham-crusades-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/billy-graham-crusades-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWorld-famous evangelist Billy Graham has held four crusades in Georgia—one in Augusta, in 1948, and three in Atlanta, in 1950, 1973, and 1994. Each of these large revivals drew thousands of people from across the South. Graham grew up on a dairy farm in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 1939 he was ordained by a church in the Southern Baptist Convention and went on to attend the Florida Bible Institute (later Trinity College) in Trinity, Florida./bobby-ross-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bobby-ross-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWith more than forty years of experience, Bobby Ross remains one of the few football coaches to have enjoyed success at both the collegiate and professional levels. In 1990, as head coach at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in Atlanta, he led the Yellow Jackets to an undefeated season and a share of the national title. Four years later he took the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL) to Super Bowl XXIX, where they were defeated by the San Francisco 49ers./bodybuilding-and-weight-lifting-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bodybuilding-and-weight-lifting-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAn unusually large number of notable bodybuilders and weight lifters have hailed from Georgia. They include two Mr. Americas, a Mr. Olympia, two “World’s Strongest Man” claimants, one of the world’s greatest female power lifters, and a world champion arm wrestler. Georgia is also the home of two of the most successful weight-lifting programs in the nation. Early Developments The first of these preeminent Georgia athletes was Bob Hoffman, so-called Father of American Weight Lifting, who was born in Tifton in 1898./business-law-in-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/business-law-in-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBusiness law, a term without precise technical definition, encompasses in common usage a vast array of constitutional, legal, and administrative regulations of commercial activity in allits forms and includes a wide variety of both federal and state legislative and administrative prescriptions. Understood in this broad fashion, business law has been a feature of Georgia commercial life at all periods in the history of the colony and state. Early Regulations Business regulations have been familiar in Georgia since the colonial era when, during the Trusteeship period (1732-52), Georgia’s governmental authorities enacted restrictions on a number of commercial and professional activities, including prohibitions against trade of enslaved persons, the sale of rum and other alcoholic beverages, and professional activity by lawyers./button-gwinnett-s-signature-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/button-gwinnett-s-signature-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlButton Gwinnett's signature is said to be one of the rarest and most valuable of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The signature is housed at the Georgia Archives in Morrow. 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./cloudland-canyon-state-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cloudland-canyon-state-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA waterfall in Cloudland Canyon State Park in Dade County. The park is one of many scenic attractions in the county, which include Lookout Mountain and 164 caves. 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./coca-cola-bottles-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/coca-cola-bottles-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA 1960 Atlanta Coca-Cola Bottling Company store display. Coca-Cola drinks have appeared in a variety of bottle shapes and sizes over the years, settling finally into its distinctive "hobbleskirt" bottle in 1916. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to Special Collections and Archives at Georgia State University./cold-sassy-tree-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cold-sassy-tree-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAfter a career in journalism, Olive Ann Burns was inspired to write her first novel, Cold Sassy Tree, after being diagnosed with cancer in 1975. The book was published in 1984 by Ticknor and Fields; the cover of the 1986 paperback reprint by Dell is pictured. 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./count-casimir-pulaski-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/count-casimir-pulaski-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCount Casimir Pulaski was one of Georgia's most notable military heroes during the Revolutionary War. A Polish nobleman, Pulaski was killed while leading an unsuccessful charge against the British during the 1779 Siege of Savannah. 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 Georgia Historical Society./decorative-arts-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/decorative-arts-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe field of decorative arts encompasses ceramics, furniture, glass, metalwork, and textiles. Decorative arts offer a reflection of their makers’ and owners’ ways of life and include such functional, everyday objects as wooden chairs, silver spoons, cotton quilts, and stoneware jugs. In Georgia, decorative arts are shaped by settlement patterns, cultural influences, availability of materials, and changing fashions. Therefore, decorative arts made and used in Georgia vary greatly over time and throughout the state./desegregation-of-higher-education-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/desegregation-of-higher-education-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1936 the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) launched a legal campaign to compel the desegregation of southern colleges and universities. After years of litigation and incremental progress in Georgia, the organization earned a landmark victory in January 1961 when U.S. District Court judge William Bootle ordered the admission of Hamilton Holmes and Charlayne Hunter to the University of Georgia (UGA). Whether to avoid prolonged court battles or to preserve their academic reputations, Georgia’s other public and private colleges desegregated their institutions in the years that followed./elbert-parr-tuttle-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/elbert-parr-tuttle-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlElbert Parr Tuttle was a circuit court judge who exercised great influence during the civil rights era. U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed him to the Atlanta-based Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1954, shortly after the historic Brown v. Board of Education decision by the Supreme Court opened the door to massive social, legal, and political change. Tuttle was a perfect jurist for the challenge: he possessed great personal courage, sound judgment, and a belief in common law development./erskine-caldwell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/erskine-caldwell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOver the course of a long career, Erskine Caldwell wrote twelve books of nonfiction, twenty-five novels, and nearly 150 short stories. He was intent on depicting life among the lowly in Georgia and the rest of the South, and his concern for the less fortunate—poor whites and Blacks—shines in his great novels and short stories of the 1930s. This concern also permeates the strongest writing of his later years, his nonfiction works of the 1960s./evelyn-hanna-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/evelyn-hanna-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEvelyn Hanna was one of a number of southern women whose writing became known as one of Georgia’s new “money crops.” Like her contemporary Margaret Mitchell, Hanna used the Civil War (1861-65) as a backdrop for her romantic fiction. The Atlanta Journal touted her novel Blackberry Winter (1938) as “a possible companion for Gone With the Wind for screen entertainment” and enlisted Hanna in the literary renaissance of the South, characterized by depictions of “that determination to endure,” as critic Medora Field Perkerson expressed it./fletcher-henderson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fletcher-henderson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFletcher Henderson, an accomplished pianist and native of Cuthbert, is credited with forming the first big band orchestra in New York City during the 1920s. His musical contributions laid the foundation for swing music. 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./flint-river-farms-resettlement-community.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/flint-river-farms-resettlement-community.htmlThe Flint River Farms Resettlement Community in Macon County, named for the Flint River, which flows nearby, was one of several experimental planned communities established in 1937, during the Great Depression, under U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. The community became home to 106 African American families, most of whom had previously lived on the surrounding plantations, where they worked as sharecroppers. In an effort to elevate sharecroppers and tenant farmers into landowners and to alleviate poverty in rural areas, the federal government implemented a number of farm-ownership programs, which were brought together in 1935 under the newly formed Resettlement Administration and its successor, the Farm Security Administration./flowery-branch-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/flowery-branch-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFlowery Branch is located in Hall County on the shores of Lake Lanier in northeast Georgia. The town, incorporated in 1903, is forty-five miles from Atlanta and twelve miles from Gainesville, the seat of Hall County. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the population of Flowery Branch was 9,391 an increase from the 2010 population of 5,679. Once the site of an early Indian trading post, Flowery Branch was originally called Anaguluskee, a Cherokee word that translates as “flowers on the branch [stream]./fort-screven-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fort-screven-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Savannah Volunteer Guards occupy tents at Fort Screven in 1917, when the United States entered World War I. Built on Tybee Island from 1885 to 1897, Fort Screven was one of the state's five major military installations at that time. 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./fountain-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fountain-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFountain Hall, a National Historic Landmark, is the oldest building on the Morris Brown College campus in Atlanta. Originally built in 1882 as Stone Hall on the Atlanta University campus, the structure was renamed in honor of the Reverend W. A. Fountain Jr., Morris Brown's seventh president. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Historic American Buildings Survey, #HABS GA,61-ATLA,10A--12 (CT). 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./fran-h-joiner-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fran-h-joiner-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDobbs, Chris. "Fran H. Joiner." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Jul 19, 2017. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/fran-h-joiner/ Dobbs, C. (2017). Fran H. Joiner. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved Jul 19, 2017, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/fran-h-joiner/ Dobbs, Chris. "Fran H. Joiner." New Georgia Encyclopedia, 16 May 2017, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/fran-h-joiner/. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJ6ilrtutIyjpqKmlad8/francis-s-bartow-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/francis-s-bartow-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlColonel Francis S. Bartow was killed in July 1861 during a Civil War battle at Manassas, Virginia. He was the first high-ranking Georgia military officer to die in the war. Before his death, Bartow advocated for secession and became one of the leaders of the new Confederate government. His portrait was painted by Willis Pepoon. 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./g8-summit-on-sea-island.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/g8-summit-on-sea-island.htmlSea Island hosted the 2004 G8 Summit. From left, Bertie Ahern of the European Union, Romano Prodi of the European Commission, Tony Blair of the United Kingdom, Jacques Chirac of France, Paul Martin of Canada, Gerhard Shroeder of Germany, Vladimir Putin of Russia, Junichiro Koizumi of Japan, George W. Bush of the United States, and Silvio Berlusconi of Italy. 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-hooks-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/george-hooks-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorge Hooks is an Americus insurance agent who served for thirty-two years in the Georgia General Assembly, where he played an important role in shaping the state’s budget and spending priorities through his chairmanship of the senate Appropriations Committee. An avid student of Georgia’s past, Hooks was known as the historian of the senate and was frequently called upon by capitol reporters seeking his insight for a newspaper article. He spoke eloquently in senate floor speeches about such topics as the history of the state flag, and the constitutional prohibition against giving state funds to religious organizations./georgia-humorists-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-humorists-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Georgia humorists were early-nineteenth-century writers who published satiric sketches about the lawlessness and debauchery of frontier conditions in antebellum Georgia. Mostly lawyers, newspaper editors, and other professional men, they included Augustus Baldwin Longstreet (1790-1870), William Tappan Thompson (1812-82), and John Basil Lamar (1812-62). Lesser-known writers were T. A. Burke, T. W. Lane, Oliver H. Prince, and Francis James Robinson. More conservative than the later writers who followed the southwestern expansion of the frontier toward the Mississippi River (such Southwest humorists as Johnson Jones Hooper of Alabama, Thomas Bangs Thorpe of Louisiana, and George Washington Harris of Tennessee), the Georgia humorists strove to protect plantation society from further erosion by satirizing the earthiness, deceit, and violence of the frontier./gospel-pilgrim-cemetery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gospel-pilgrim-cemetery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFounded in 1882 by the Gospel Pilgrim Society, the Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery in Athens, GA provided burial spaces for formerly enslaved individuals. 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%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJqclrCsecKepJ6slae2pr%2BOoKasqJWherG1y6CpoqVdZX1yew%3D%3D/hernando-de-soto-and-crew.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hernando-de-soto-and-crew.htmlAn 1866 tobacco label depicts Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto and his crew being welcomed ashore by Native Americans. De Soto entered Georgia twice in 1540, encountering the Altamaha, Capachequi, Coosa, Ichisi, Ocute, Patofa, Toa, and Ulibahali chiefdoms during his travels in the area. 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./howard-finster-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/howard-finster-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Reverend Howard Finster emerged from the rural Appalachian culture of northeast Alabama and northwest Georgia to become one of America’s most important creative personalities in the last quarter of the twentieth century. He was a visionary artist in various visual media as well as a poet and a musician, and his creative output and cultural influence were enormous. Although he has been called “the Picasso of folk artists,” his fusion of tradition and innovation makes the label “folk artist” insufficient./james-blanchard-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/james-blanchard-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBeginning in 1971, James Blanchard served as the chief executive officer of Synovus, a Columbus-based financial services company. Blanchard is credited with leading the company into its greatest period of growth and profitability. In 2003 he was named Georgian of the Year by Georgia Trend magazine. Courtesy of Synovus 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./james-v-carmichael-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/james-v-carmichael-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBy 1951, when James V. Carmichael was just forty-one years old, he had become a successful and well-known businessman and politican. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Atlanta History Center. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrnyrrcyeqmauXZius7nInJ%2BanZxifnp9j2Zocm9iZLpugphwaWg%3D/james-wright-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/james-wright-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJames Wright was the third and last royal governor of Georgia, serving from 1760 to 1782, with a brief interruption early in the American Revolution (1775-83). Almost alone among colonial governors, Wright was a popular and able administrator and servant of the crown. He played a key role in suppressing the flame of revolution in Georgia long after it had flared violently in every other colony. Wright was born in London, England, on May 8, 1716, to Isabella and Robert Wright./john-lewis-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-lewis-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJohn Lewis speaks at a meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors in 1964. Lewis was elected chair of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in 1963 and served until 1966. The philosophy and tactics of SNCC underwent a radical shift following Lewis's departure. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, #LC-DIG-ppmsc-01270. 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./joseph-lowery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/joseph-lowery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJoseph Lowery was a distinguished civil rights leader and respected Methodist minister who, along with Martin Luther King Jr., helped to organize the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). Referred to as the “dean of the civil rights movement,” Lowery served as SCLC president from 1977 to 1997. He was a key figure in the desegregation of the United States and, after integration was achieved, focused his attention on other significant issues, such as Black voter registration, affirmative action, public health, and workers’ rights./joseph-rucker-lamar-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/joseph-rucker-lamar-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJoseph Rucker Lamar, an influential member of the Georgia legal community at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth centuries, was the fourth native Georgian appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. (His predecessors were James Moore Wayne, John Archibald Campbell, and Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar.) His appointment to the Court in 1910 by U.S. president William Howard Taft offered Lamar a chance to distinguish himself on the national stage./judicial-branch-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/judicial-branch-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlUnder the 1983 Constitution of Georgia, the judicial power of the state is vested in seven levels or classes of courts. The Georgia court system has two appellate-level courts: the Supreme Court of Georgia and the Court of Appeals of Georgia. There are five classes of trial-level courts: the superior, state, juvenile, probate, and magistrate courts. In addition, approximately 400 municipal and/or special courts operate at the local level. The most familiar trial court in Georgia’s judicial branch is the superior court./lowndes-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lowndes-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Lowndes County Courthouse (not the county's first) was completed in 1905. This structure is widely acknowledged as one of the most beautiful county courthouses in Georgia. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./martin-luther-king-jr-parkway-athens.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/martin-luther-king-jr-parkway-athens.htmlThe intersection of Ruth Drive and Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway in Athens. Photograph by Katie Korth 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%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6mmKusmaN6rcHToZyrZZueu6h5yatkrKyimrK1v4yipWaflaS%2FqLXAaKRmamJtfXA%3D/moonshine-kate-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/moonshine-kate-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRosa Lee Carson, better known as Moonshine Kate, was one of the first women to record country music during the 1920s and one of the genre’s earliest female comedians. Her father, Fiddlin’ John Carson, made the first successful country record in 1923 and went on to become one of the most extensively recorded country stars of the 1920s. Rosa Lee Carson sang and played guitar and banjo with her father and his band, the Virginia Reelers, first on radio broadcasts and then on more than 100 recordings for the OKeh and Bluebird labels between 1925 and 1934./national-championship-trophy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/national-championship-trophy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Georgia Tech football team won this National Championship Trophy in 1990. The team also won national championships in 1917, 1928, and 1952. 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./nellie-peters-black-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/nellie-peters-black-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMary Ellen Peters Black (known throughout her life as “Nellie”) personified the early club woman movement in the South. Black dedicated her life to organizing women for the purposes of benevolence, self-improvement, and social and civic reform. Nellie Peters was born in Atlanta on February 9, 1851, the eldest of nine children. Her father, Richard Peters, emerged from the Civil War (1861-65) to become a financial and civic leader in postwar Atlanta./religious-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/religious-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCharlie D. Tillman (photo taken ca. 1930), who called Atlanta home for most of his career, was a pioneer composer, performer, and publisher of southern gospel music. During the almost sixty years that he was involved in the music business, he wrote some one hundred songs and published twenty-two songbooks. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcL7EpaCgoZ%2BqwHA%3D/reynolds-nature-preserve-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/reynolds-nature-preserve-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe W. H. Reynolds Memorial Nature Preserve is named for Judge William Reynolds, who donated 130 acres of wetlands to Clayton County in 1976. In 1997 the preserve obtained an additonal sixteen acres adjacent to the original property, including primarily hardwood forests, as well as ponds, wetlands, streams, designated picnic areas, and four miles of well-defined footpaths. The preserve promotes environmental education and is open to the public. Courtesy of UGA Archway Partnership/richmond-hill-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/richmond-hill-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRichmond Hill, situated on the Ogeechee River fifteen miles south of Savannah, is the largest municipality in Bryan County (although Pembroke is the county seat). According to the 2020 U.S. census, the population is 16,633. It is best known as the winter residence of the automotive pioneer Henry Ford during the 1930s and 1940s. The history of the area goes back to the earliest days of the Georgia colony, when General James Oglethorpe built Fort Argyle near the juncture of the Ogeechee and Canoochee rivers./rupaul-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rupaul-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRuPaul Andre Charles was born to Ernestine “Toni” Fontenette and Irving Charles in San Diego, California, on November 17, 1960. His parents, who relocated from the South during the Great Migration, named him after the Creole cooking ingredient “roux.” When he was fifteen RuPaul moved with his sister Renetta to Atlanta. There he attended Northside School of Performing Arts and worked with his brother-in-law transporting and restoring luxury automobiles before pursuing a career in showbusiness./sam-jones-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sam-jones-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWith his plain style and simple “quit your meanness” theology, Sam Jones was the South’s most famous preacher in the late nineteenth century. Early Life Samuel Porter Jones was born October 16, 1847, in Oak Bowery, Alabama, the son of Nancy “Queenie” Porter and John J. Jones, a lawyer and businessman. After his mother’s death in 1855, Jones moved with his family to Cartersville, Georgia, where he grew up and lived for most of his life./sapelo-island-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sapelo-island-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSapelo Island, situated about sixty miles south of Savannah, lies in the center of coastal Georgia’s well-defined chain of barrier islands. The 16,500-acre island is Georgia’s fourth largest and, excepting the 434-acre African American community of Hog Hammock, is entirely state owned and managed. The island comprises various entities in addition to Hog Hammock, including the University of Georgia Marine Institute, the Richard J. Reynolds Wildlife Management Area, and the Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve./shrimp-boat-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/shrimp-boat-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCommercial fishing has long been an economic mainstay of McIntosh County. In 1960 McIntosh County had one of the largest shrimp-boat fleets on the south Atlantic coast. Although the seafood industry has seen a decline because of shifting market forces, shrimping is still economically important to the county. 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./skidaway-institute-of-oceanography-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/skidaway-institute-of-oceanography-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, located on Skidaway Island near Savannah, is an autonomous research unit within the University System of Georgia. The institute's 700-acre campus contains facilities for both saltwater and freshwater ecological research and supports approximately fourteen faculty and seventy staff members. Image from Michael Rivera 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./southern-league-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/southern-league-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Southern League was the first professional minor league baseball association in the South, lasting on and off from 1885 until 1899. The league was born on February 11, 1885, in Atlanta, under the direction of its first president, legendary Atlanta journalist Henry W. Grady. An avid baseball fan, Grady had insisted on including baseball scores in the Atlanta Constitution, even at his own expense. By then loosely organized teams and leagues were common throughout the South, but there was no uniform organizing body./spivey-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/spivey-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSpivey Hall sits on the shore of a small pond on the campus of Clayton State University. Known for its superb acoustics and cozy atmosphere, Spivey Hall patrons have greeted many world renowned musicians since it began its jazz and classical music Concert Series in 1991. Courtesy of Clayton State University 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./taylor-brown-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/taylor-brown-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTaylor Brown is a Savannah-based novelist whose work builds on and extends southern and Appalachian literary traditions. His essays and short fiction have appeared in numerous venues, including the New York Times and Garden & Gun.  Born in Brunswick in 1982, Brown grew up on the Georgia coast. After graduating from the University of Georgia in 2005, he lived and worked various jobs in Buenos Aires and San Francisco before moving to western North Carolina./thomas-r-r-cobb-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/thomas-r-r-cobb-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThomas R. R. Cobb was one of antebellum Georgia’s foremost legal authorities and most outspoken advocates of slavery and of secession from the Union. He fought for the Confederacy as a brigadier general and was killed at the Battle of Fredericksburg in 1862. Early Life Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb was born at Cherry Hill, a plantation in Jefferson County, on April 10, 1823. His family moved to Athens while he was still a child, and he resided there until his death./uncle-remus-museum-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/uncle-remus-museum-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Uncle Remus Museum in Eatonton pays tribute to the works of Joel Chandler Harris, an Eatonton native and the writer of the Uncle Remus folktales. The museum includes paintings and various memorabilia of the Uncle Remus stories. 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./university-system-of-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/university-system-of-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe University System of Georgia comprises an array of institutions, programs, activities, and personnel. Its twenty-six member institutions enrolled more than 328,000 students in fall 2018 and employed more than 50,000 faculty and staff members in 2017. Members of the University System of Georgia are Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Albany State University, Atlanta Metropolitan State College, Augusta University, Clayton State University, College of Coastal Georgia, Columbus State University, Dalton State College, East Georgia State College, Fort Valley State University, Georgia College and State University, Georgia Gwinnett College, Georgia Highlands College, Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia Southern University, Georgia Southwestern State University, Georgia State University, Gordon State College, Kennesaw State University, Middle Georgia State University, Savannah State University, South Georgia State College, University of Georgia, University of North Georgia, University of West Georgia, and Valdosta State University./william-brown-hodgson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/william-brown-hodgson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe distinguished scholar-diplomat William Brown Hodgson became a mainstay in the cultural and intellectual life of Savannah following his marriage in 1842 to Margaret Telfair, the youngest daughter of Georgia governor Edward Telfair. Education and Diplomatic Career Born on September 1, 1801, in Georgetown, D.C., Hodgson was left fatherless as a young boy. He never attended college, and his formal education was limited to studies in Georgetown, principally under the Reverend James Carnahan, a future president of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University)./wise-blood-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wise-blood-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOne of two novels by Georgia writer Flannery O’Connor, Wise Blood is a masterpiece of allegory and farce (a blending of humor and tragedy). O’Connor takes issue with a world in which Jesus is but another moral man, in which the Incarnation is valid only to the unintellectual, and in which people can—through their own actions or natural goodness—save themselves. Published in 1952, Wise Blood is a compelling portrait of isolated characters in their search for spiritual truth./worth-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/worth-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWorth County, spanning 570 square miles, was created from Dooly and Irwin counties by an act of the state legislature on December 20, 1853. Located in southwest Georgia just east of Albany, the county was named for Major General William J. Worth of New York, who gained fame in the Mexican War (1846-48) and was a son-in-law of General Zachary Taylor. Major William Harris, a leader in the formation of the new county, suggested Worth’s name because Harris had served under him./wyatt-prunty-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 08 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wyatt-prunty-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWyatt Prunty is identified with a widely based movement among poets sometimes called the New Formalism. Such poets use form (verse and meter) and narrative as a way of exploring and expressing meaning. Prunty does not restrict his poetry to preestablished forms but employs control and order as liberating means of expression. He writes about domestic subjects—his parents, family, personal experiences, and modern life. He is the author of six collections of poetry and one book of criticism and is a frequent reviewer or essayist for poetry and literary journals./atlanta-motor-speedway-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-motor-speedway-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAtlanta Motor Speedway fans stand for a restart during the Bass ProShops MBNA 500. The speedway holds a total number of 124,000 permanent seats and 141 luxury suites. Courtesy of Atlanta Motor Speedway 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./augusta-canal-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/augusta-canal-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA modern tourboat passes the Confederate Powder Works chimney in Augusta along the Augusta Canal. The Georgia Community Greenspace Program has worked to preserve the Augusta Canal as an important historic and archaeological site. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia./baldwin-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/baldwin-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWithin the borders of Baldwin County in central Georgia are some of the region’s most important historical landmarks. In 1807, just four years after the county was formed, Milledgeville, the county’s largest trading center, became the state’s new “frontier” capital. Since then, Baldwin County has continued to play an important role in the annals of Georgia history. Created out of the land lottery of 1803, Baldwin County is named for Abraham Baldwin, an early and influential U./battle-of-jonesboro-reenactment-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/battle-of-jonesboro-reenactment-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Battle of Jonesboro reenactment at Stately Oaks Plantation takes place every second weekend in October. Courtesy of Clayton County Convention and Visitor's Bureau 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./berkeley-quarry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/berkeley-quarry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Berkeley Quarry in Madison County, circa 1990. The quarry sits upon the Lexington-Oglesby Blue Granite Belt, which stretches from Elbert County to Oglethorpe and Madison counties. The Berkeley Quarry is one of many companies that contribute to the large granite industry centered in Elberton. Courtesy of the Elberton Granite Association 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./betty-johnson-horticulture-garden-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/betty-johnson-horticulture-garden-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Betty Johnson Horticulture Garden at the University of Georgia has been in existence since 1983 and is primarily a research and teaching garden. More than 600 annual and perennial plants are evaluated in the garden. Photograph by Melinda G. Smith, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./biotechnology-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/biotechnology-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia is the top producer of peanuts in the United States. Farmers in the state rely on genetics research, conducted at the National Peanut Research Laboratory in Dawson, the University of Georgia Tifton campus, and the Georgia Experiment Station in Griffin, to enhance peanut plants for higher yield and quality. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcK7IqKuem5ijvK27xrJm/boeing-757-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/boeing-757-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe two-engine Boeing 757 entered service in the early 1980s, replacing the aging 727.  Photograph by Wikimedia 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%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrnymrdKtnKumXZa2s3nLoqWeq1%2BarrTAxKulZpmZp7mqusSsZJunlZ67qHmWbm5moZ5is621xqGrmGhgZnpzew%3D%3D/bostock-v-clayton-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bostock-v-clayton-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn Bostock v. Clayton County (2020), the United States Supreme Court ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees against discrimination and unjust termination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. Background In 2003 Gerald Bostock began working as a child welfare advocate for Clayton County. In early 2013 he began participating in the Hotlanta Softball League, a gay recreational sports group; by June, Clayton County had fired him for “conduct unbecoming a county employee./burge-and-stevens-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/burge-and-stevens-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBurge and Stevens (later Stevens and Wilkinson) was the initial partnership of an architectural firm, still active in the twenty-first century, which has enjoyed one of the longest continuous practices in Atlanta’s history. Formed in 1919 by Flippen David Burge (1895-1946) and Preston Standish Stevens Sr. (1896-1989), Burge and Stevens began designing small suburban residences, often in simplified Tudor, colonial revival, or neoclassical styles. The practice evolved to become one of the most progressive architectural firms of the early modern period in the region./burt-reynolds-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/burt-reynolds-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBurt Reynolds was an actor and filmmaker recognized around the world. Over the course of his career, Reynolds made a number of films in Georgia, including Deliverance (1972), Smokey and the Bandit (1977), The Cannonball Run (1981), and Sharky's Machine (1981). 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./carrollton-team-1928-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/carrollton-team-1928-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAfter playing in 1920-21 as the Georgia State League, the Georgia-Alabama League was rekindled in 1928 with Carrollton, Cedartown, and Lindale as the Georgia teams. 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./chieftains-museum-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/chieftains-museum-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Cherokee leader Major Ridge and his family lived in this house, near present-day Rome, in the early 1800s. The house was part of Ridge's 280-acre plantation. Today, the historic site is a museum. Courtesy of Alice Taylor-Colbert, Shorter University. Reprinted by permission of Chieftains Museum 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./connie-thomas-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/connie-thomas-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDobbs, Chris. "Connie Thomas." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Jul 19, 2017. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/connie-thomas/ Dobbs, C. (2017). Connie Thomas. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved Jul 19, 2017, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/connie-thomas/ Dobbs, Chris. "Connie Thomas." New Georgia Encyclopedia, 13 February 2017, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/connie-thomas/. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJufo7uqsYytn6ilkah8/david-bottoms-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/david-bottoms-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDavid Bottoms served as state poet laureate of Georgia from 2000 to 2012. His first full-length volume of poetry, Shooting Rats at the Bibb County Dump (1980), brought him national attention. The poems are set in a landscape of southern woods and honky-tonks, "good old boys" and semi-outlaws. Photograph from David Bottoms 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./federal-road-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/federal-road-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe term Federal Road refers to either of two early-nineteenth-century thoroughfares. Both connected the borders of Georgia with western settlements. These roads facilitated a surge of westward migration, expanded regional trade and communication, and contributed to the removal of the Creeks and Cherokees to Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma. The roads were one instance of the federal government’s agenda of “internal improvements,” government-subsidized projects that would tie together the trade and people of the young nation./fort-mcallister-state-historic-park.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fort-mcallister-state-historic-park.htmlPresent-day view of Fort McAllister State Historic Park, in Bryan County. Photograph by Wikimedia 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%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6fpqusXaKworjLoqqtnaJksqK%2B06GuqKqbqHqiwIyfpqusXaKworjLoqqtnaJiurCwxKulZpyRrqxxfJBmaWg%3D/frank-manley-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/frank-manley-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPoet, dramatist, and novelist Frank Manley received two Georgia Author of the Year awards (one for fiction and one for short stories/anthologies), a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, and first prize at the 1985 Humana Festival of New American Plays. Courtesy of Emory University 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./freedmen-s-bureau-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/freedmen-s-bureau-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAn 1868 sketch by A. R. Waud illustrates the difficulties faced by the Freedmen's Bureau, caught between white planters on one side (left) and formerly enslaved African Americans on the other (right). The bureau was established in 1865 after Union general William T. Sherman issued his Field Order No. 15, which called for the resettlement of freedpeople on confiscated lands. 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./georgia-in-1860-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-in-1860-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia, uniquely situated among southern states on the eve of the Civil War (1861-65), played a vital part in the formation of the Confederacy. A geographic lynchpin that linked Atlantic seaboard and Deep South states, the “Empire State” was the second-largest state in area east of the Mississippi River (Virginia was larger until West Virginia broke away in 1861), and the second-largest Deep South state (only Texas was larger). In population, enslaved and free, Georgia was the largest in the Deep South./georgia-project-teachers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-project-teachers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlParticipants in the Georgia Project attend a summer exchange program in 1998 at the University of Monterrey in Mexico. The Georgia Project was established in 1997 to provide more effective bilingual education to Latino students in the Dalton school system.Reprinted by permission of Erwin Mitchell. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnpuum5GptrC6jqCcqKqXnq5uvNGooZ6bpGS6bn2QaWtvZw%3D%3D/georgia-southern-football-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-southern-football-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDefensive tackler Freddie Pesqueira (number 44) of Acworth helped Georgia Southern's Eagles win back-to-back national championships in 1999 and 2000. Courtesy of Georgia Southern Athletic Media Relations 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./georgia-s-historic-capitals-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-s-historic-capitals-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe gold-covered capitol dome in the Atlanta skyline signifies that the city is home to Georgia’s state government. That would seem to make sense, as Atlanta is the largest and best-known city in the state, but interestingly, the size of a city has nothing to do with its designation as a state capital. Of Georgia’s five contiguous states, only in South Carolina does the largest city serve as capital. In fact, in only seventeen states is the state capital also the largest city./harriet-powers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/harriet-powers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHarriet Powers is one of the best-known southern African American quilt makers, even though only two of her quilts, both of which she made after the Civil War (1861-65), survive today. One is part of the National Museum of American History collection at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. The second quilt is in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts. The cotton quilts consist of numerous pictorial squares depicting biblical scenes and celestial phenomena./historical-marker-mcintosh-inn-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/historical-marker-mcintosh-inn-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe marker reads: "Here on February 12, 1825, William McIntosh, a friendly chief of the Creek Indians, signed the Treaty by which all lands west of the Flint River were ceded to the State of Georgia. For this, he was murdered by a band of Creeks who were opposed to the treaty. This tablet is placed by The Piedmont Continental Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution A.D. 1911." Photograph by Melinda Smith Mullikin, New Georgia Encyclopedia/inspired-georgia-28-works-from-georgia-s-state-art-collection.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/inspired-georgia-28-works-from-georgia-s-state-art-collection.htmlAll the photographs in the Inspired Georgia collection, except for one, are gelatin silver prints, developed using a technique that dates to the late nineteenth century. Frank Hunter’s landscape Light Passage, however, is distinguished by the platinum/palladium process, which uses iron salts rather than silver salts to create a deep tonal range. The other photographers featured in the exhibition maintain the gelatin silver tradition through both landscape and portrait photography. The images of John McWilliams (Ireland ’78 and Washington County, Georgia) and Lucinda Bunnen (Lonesome Walk) portray isolated or desolate natural landscapes, while Steven D./jacob-rothschild-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jacob-rothschild-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFrom 1946 until his death in 1973, Jacob Rothschild served as rabbi for the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation, Atlanta’s oldest and most prominent Jewish synagogue, also known as “the Temple.” Throughout his rabbinate, Rothschild forged close relationships with members of the city’s Christian clergy, helped to engineer Atlanta’s moderate political consensus, and distinguished himself as a charismatic spokesperson for civil rights. Background Jacob Mortimer Rothschild was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on August 4, 1911, to Lillian and Meyer Rothschild./james-oglethorpe-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/james-oglethorpe-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgians have honored founder James Oglethorpe by naming a county, two cities, a university, and numerous schools, streets, parks, and businesses for him. 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 Georgia Historical Society./jekyll-island-club-hotel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jekyll-island-club-hotel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe original clubhouse for the Jekyll Island Club was completed late in 1887. In 1978 the 240-acre club district was designated a National Historic Landmark, and seven years later work began to restore the clubhouse and annexes into a world-class hotel and resort named the Jekyll Island Club Hotel. 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./jimmy-carter-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jimmy-carter-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAs governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975, Carter sought to reorganize state government, upgrade the state's weak educational system, reform the criminal justice system, initiate significant new mental health programs, and promote civil rights and equal opportunity for women and minorities. In 1976 he was elected president of the United States and served for one term. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoKavnaKjuqa602anqKSZqbakv46joKalqWKwor7Tnqlmml1mhnOAjqZkcm1lZA%3D%3D/joseph-smith-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/joseph-smith-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJoseph Smith founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1830. Adherents of the church, known as Mormons, sent missionaries to Georgia first in the 1840s, and then again after the Civil War (1861-65). Courtesy of the Church Archives, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 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./lamar-dodd-school-of-art.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lamar-dodd-school-of-art.htmlSince  its inception in 1937 the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia (UGA) has been committed to providing the opportunity and the environment for excellent education in studio art, art education, and art history. It offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees in each of these areas. Undergraduate majors in studio art include ceramics, drawing and painting, fabric design, graphic design, interior design, jewelry and metalwork design, photography, printmaking, sculpture, studio foundations, IDS scientific illustration, and digital media./liz-s-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/liz-s-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLiz's Hall by James Morgan Meaders is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Oil, 26 x 40 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomqiknJqwtbXOp6pon5Wkv6i1wKxkrKyRqbJurdGtZJynnKGypMDIqKVopJmvwG60wKWjmKWVlrGmvtKYZ2lpXWd8/louisville-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/louisville-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLouisville, the county seat of Jefferson County, also served as Georgia’s third capital from 1796 until 1807. The town grew as the result of both large-scale immigration to the Georgia upcountry after the American Revolution (1775-83) and the desire of many Georgians to enhance the state’s commercial prosperity. By the mid-1780s the new upcountry settlers outnumbered those in the older coastal counties, and upcountry legislators demanded a state capital in a more western location than Savannah./lucy-may-stanton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lucy-may-stanton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlStanton's professional career as an artist began in Atlanta in 1896, with a commission for three miniature portraits of soprano Adelina Patti. She went on to paint many of the distinguished citizens of Georgia, including Atlanta mayor Charles Collier (ca. 1899), Joel Chandler Harris (1906, 1914), and Howell Cobb, whom she portrayed as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKSlmMZuucCyZKyskaPBsLqMam9wbV1mhnR9jqZka2loa3w%3D/madison-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/madison-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLocated sixty miles east of Atlanta, in Georgia’s Piedmont, Madison is the seat of Morgan County. With a population of just 4,447 according to the 2020 U.S. census, Madison was named the number-one small town in America by Travel Holiday magazine in 2001. Although it was a center for education and agriculture in the nineteenth century, it is best known today as a popular tourist destination. Madison was incorporated in 1809 and named in honor of U./march-on-washington-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/march-on-washington-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMartin Luther King Jr. (bottom left) led the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in August 1963. King's "I Have a Dream" speech was the most memorable event of the day and confirmed him as Black America's most prominent spokesperson. Courtesy of the National Park Service 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./millmore-gristmill-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/millmore-gristmill-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Millmore gristmill in Hancock County was the site of Georgia's 1786 peace treaty with the Creek Indians. 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%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOoZinm5%2BYuG6vzq6lrbFfonp0fo9sZg%3D%3D/nathan-deal-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/nathan-deal-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlNathan  Deal was the eighty-second governor of Georgia and served two terms, from 2011-2019. His election continued the statewide trend toward support for the Republican Party, signaled in 2002 by the election of his predecessor, Sonny Perdue, who was the first Republican governor to serve in Georgia since Reconstruction. John Nathan Deal was born in Millen, the seat of Jenkins County, on August 25, 1942, to Mary Mallard and Noah J. Deal, both educators./neptune-small-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/neptune-small-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlNeptune Small was an enslaved man from Glynn County, in coastal Georgia, who accompanied members of the Thomas Butler King family to fight in the Civil War (1861-65). Small was born into slave status on September 15, 1831, on Retreat Plantation, the home of the King family of St. Simons Island. He was chosen to look after the older King sons and bonded quickly with the third son, Henry Lord Page King (known as Lord), who was only five months older./oglethorpe-university-museum-of-art.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/oglethorpe-university-museum-of-art.htmlOglethorpe University's art museum is the only one on such a campus in the Southeast that regularly shows nationally and internationally recognized exhibitions. Courtesy of the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art 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./old-clinton-barbecue-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/old-clinton-barbecue-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Old Clinton Barbecue House, located in Jones County in middle Georgia, has been serving barbecue since 1958. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOo6annaNisLDBza2waKVdaX5xfo4%3D/old-pickens-county-jail-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/old-pickens-county-jail-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Old Pickens County Jail in Jasper was built in 1906 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Marble from the nearby Delaware Quarry was used for the front of the building. The jail, which contains a gallows that was never used, closed in 1980. Image from Thomson M 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./on-the-chain-gang-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/on-the-chain-gang-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRadical journalist John Spivak wrote the pamphlet "On the Chain Gang" for International Pamphlets, a series of propaganda tracts published by the Communist Party. Spivak's investigations into Georgia's chain gangs provided the basis for his novel Georgia Nigger (1932), which exposed the system's abuses and contributed to its reform. 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./optic-saddle-iii-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/optic-saddle-iii-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOptic Saddle III (1988) by Carl Powell is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Glass, 11 x 9 x 3 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJuRp7luvM6wnKWkX6S9tbXCZqqanJShsm61yKKWqaenmrmtq49paGg%3D/osprey-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/osprey-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAn osprey (Pandion haliaetus) soars in the sky. 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%2BOoJyon6KWvanFjJ6lr6GipLuusc2tZpuhopnAcLmMcG1raF8%3D/rollins-planetarium-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rollins-planetarium-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRollins Planetarium, on the campus of Young Harris College in Towns County, opened in 1979 and is one of the largest planetariums in the state. The Young Harris College Observatory, also located on campus, houses a sixteen-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, which is used in undergraduate astronomy courses. Courtesy of Kent Montgomery 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./savannah-city-market-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/savannah-city-market-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Savannah City Market, one of the social and commercial hubs of the city, is a popular place for tourists and locals alike, and dates to 1755. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia./savannah-port-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/savannah-port-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSavannah is the oldest city in Georgia. For most of its life, it has been the largest port in the region. In 2015 Savannah was the fourth busiest container port in the country. While the port has trafficked in cotton, enslaved people, and naval stores, today it primarily handles forest and solid wood products, steel, automobiles, and farm equipment. 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./scad-architecture-student-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/scad-architecture-student-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA student in the Savannah College of Art and Design architecture program works on a project. Completion of the five-year program results in a master of architecture degree. Courtesy of Savannah College of Art and Design 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./seminole-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/seminole-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Seminole County Courthouse was built in 1922 in Donalsonville. The Beaux-Arts structure is the only courthouse in the county's history. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./shrine-of-the-black-madonna.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/shrine-of-the-black-madonna.htmlThe Shrine of the Black Madonna in Atlanta was founded as the ninth congregation of the Pan African Orthodox Christian Church in 1975. The denomination was originally founded in the 1950s by the Holy Patriarch Jaramogi Abebe Agyeman (born Albert B. Cleage Jr., the father of writer Pearl Cleage) in response to the theological, spiritual, and psychological needs of the African American people of Detroit, Michigan. The church’s central theological belief is that God supports the freedom of African Americans from all forms of oppression./stanley-love-stanley-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/stanley-love-stanley-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe architectural firm Stanley, Love-Stanley was established in Atlanta in 1978 by William J. “Bill” Stanley III, an Atlanta native, and his wife and partner, Ivenue Love-Stanley, born in Meridian, Mississippi. Both have made history from the day they graduated from the College of Architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology, he in 1972, and she in 1977. He was Georgia Tech’s first African American to graduate with a degree in architecture, and she was the school’s first female African American architect./terry-college-of-business-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/terry-college-of-business-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia is housed in Brooks Hall (middle), located on the university's historic north campus. Terry College offers seven degree programs and is consistently ranked as one of the best business schools in the nation. Courtesy of Terry College of Business, University 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./the-anvil-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-anvil-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Anvil (1976) by Marshall Smith is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Ink, 19 x 13 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomqiknJqwtbXOp6pon5Wkv6i1wKxkrKyRqbJurdGtZJynnKGypMDIqKVorJiaeqK61aKjmKudnsGpq49paGg%3D/the-sacred-harp-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-sacred-harp-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFirst published in 1844, The Sacred Harp songbook has helped to promote the style of singing known as "Sacred Harp," "shape-note," or "fasola" singing. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./the-violent-bear-it-away.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-violent-bear-it-away.htmlThe Violent Bear It Away is a novel written by Flannery O’Connor, one of Georgia’s most distinguished writers of the twentieth century. O’Connor was born in Savannah and lived most of her life in the central Georgia town of Milledgeville. When she wrote The Violent Bear It Away, O’Connor was living with her mother on a dairy farm called Andalusia, near Milledgeville. She began the novel in the summer of 1952, and it was published in 1960./third-parties-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/third-parties-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSince World War II (1941-45) third parties in Georgia have played pivotal roles in elections. In 1948 the prosegregation States’ Rights Democratic “Dixiecrat” Party nominee Strom Thurmond received 20.3 percent of the vote in Georgia in his bid for U.S. president. Thurmond garnered a higher percentage of votes in Georgia than in any of the other eight states in which he appeared on the ballot as the Dixiecrat Party nominee, although his vote percentages were higher in the four states (Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Louisiana) where he was the nominee of the Democratic Party./tift-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tift-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Tift County Courthouse, located in Tifton, was completed in 1913. Designed by W. A. Edwards, it is the only courthouse ever to be constructed in Tift County. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./tom-murphy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tom-murphy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDuring Tom Murphy's forty-two-year career as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, he was known as a man with a quick wit and a sharp tongue. He conducted his politics in a style familiar to the rural South. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./towns-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/towns-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTowns County, which borders North Carolina in northeast Georgia’s Blue Ridge Mountains, is the state’s 118th county and comprises 167 square miles. It was created in 1856 from Rabun and Union counties. Originally inhabited by Cherokee Indians, the newly formed county was named for George W. Towns, the governor of Georgia from 1847 to 1851. The first white settlers, attracted by the promise of free land, arrived after the Indian cessions of 1818 and 1819./ty-cobb-museum-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ty-cobb-museum-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Ty Cobb Museum in Royston features, among other things, a uniform worn by the baseball legend. Courtesy of the Ty Cobb Museum 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./university-of-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/university-of-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe University of Georgia (UGA) is the oldest, largest, and most comprehensive educational institution in Georgia. Chartered by the Georgia General Assembly in 1785, UGA was the first university in America to be created by a state government, and the principles undergirding its charter helped lay the foundation for the American system of public higher education. UGA strives for excellence in three fundamental missions: providing students with outstanding instruction in classrooms and laboratories, providing Georgia citizens with information and assistance to improve quality of life in the state, and discovering new knowledge and information through advanced research./utopians-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/utopians-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlReligious, political, and economic utopianism arose in America during the late nineteenth century, at a time when the nation was plagued with economic, social, and cultural problems. Utopian reformers organized communal experiments promoting cooperative and equitable living as a response to the rise of industrial capitalism. In contrast to the utopian movements of the antebellum years, which were mostly confined to the Northeast and Great Lakes regions, the utopian revival after the Civil War (1861-65) was largely centered in the South, which offered a mild climate, cheap land and building materials, and transportation links./vernon-jordan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/vernon-jordan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlVernon Jordan, a lawyer and presidential advisor, was an influential figure in the civil rights movement and in American politics. Jordan served as field director for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), executive director of the United Negro College Fund, executive director of the National Urban League, and head of the transition team for U.S. president Bill Clinton. Education and Early Career Vernon Eulion Jordan Jr. was born in Atlanta on August 15, 1935./waycross-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/waycross-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWaycross College, a two-year institution of the University System of Georgia, was founded in Waycross in 1970. The administration building, pictured, is part of the school's 155-acre campus, which opened for classes in 1976. Courtesy of Waycross College 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./weighing-cotton-1939-40-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/weighing-cotton-1939-40-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCarroll County resident J. G. Richards Sr. (center) weighs a basket of cotton that has just been picked. Roosevelt Robinson is standing just behind Richards, along with other cotton pickers. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./willard-nixon-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/willard-nixon-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBaseball player Willard Nixon is pictured in 1951 as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. He was especially effective pitching against the New York Yankees and earned the nickname "Yankee Killer." Courtesy of Boston Red Sox 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./william-b-hartsfield-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/william-b-hartsfield-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWilliam B. Hartsfield was a man of humble origins who became one of the greatest mayors of Atlanta. He served as mayor for six terms (1937-41, 1942-61), longer than any other person in the city’s history. Hartsfield held office during a critical period when the color line separating the races began to change and the city grew from more than 100,000 inhabitants to a metropolitan population of one million. He is credited with developing Atlanta into the aviation powerhouse that it is today and with building its image as “the City Too Busy to Hate./wrestling-temptation-the-quest-to-control-alcohol-in-georgia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wrestling-temptation-the-quest-to-control-alcohol-in-georgia.htmlProhibitionist forces capitalized on the notoriety of the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre, blaming liquor for the violence and using the episode as leverage in the fight for statewide prohibition. Many white southerners saw prohibition as a solution to the region’s “Negro Problem.” When coupled with the gubernatorial victory of prohibitionist candidateHoke Smith, the riot emboldened legislators to propose a bill banning the sale of spirits statewide. After lengthy debate, the bill passed, and Governor Smith signed the legislation outlawing the sale or manufacture of alcohol in public or at any place of business./yazoo-land-grant-map-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/yazoo-land-grant-map-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1795 Georgia governor Georgia Mathews signed the Yazoo Act, which transferred 35 million acres of the state's western territory to four separate companies for a sum of $500,000. This lithograph, originally published in The American Gazetter (1797), shows the land purchased by each company in what is known today as the Yazoo land fraud. 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./young-dog-biscuit-heaven-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 07 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/young-dog-biscuit-heaven-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlYoung Dog, Biscuit Heaven by Alan Loehle is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Oil, 32 1/2 x 41 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomqiknJqwtbXOp6pon5Wkv6i1wKxkrKyRqbJurdGtZJynnKGypMDIqKVosZ%2Bqu6h5w6ieZpqZqLC2tdNmn56Zppq7oLjOnp%2BlnY9lfXJ7/andersonville-cemetery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/andersonville-cemetery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1970 Andersonville was named a National Historic Site, and includes the Confederate prison site, the cemetery, and the National Prisoner of War Museum. It is the only park in the National Park System that serves as a memorial to all American prisoners of war.  Photograph by Ken Lund  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./athens-city-hall-dedication-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/athens-city-hall-dedication-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMembers of the Athens police department and city dignitaries attend the dedication of City Hall, circa 1911. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOmquhnZ6ofKLAx56lrGWTnsG6eceao6VllJqxqq%2FAraCopo9lfXJ7/atlanta-rhythm-section-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-rhythm-section-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1972 a group of Atlanta-area studio musicians formed the Atlanta Rhythm Section. The band provided a different twist to the growing phenomenon of southern rock. The brainchild of songwriter-producer Buddy Buie—a former member of Roy Orbison’s Candymen and the pop band Classics IV—the Atlanta Rhythm Section was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 1996. ARS, as they were known to their fans, consisted of guitarist J. R./atticus-g-haygood-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atticus-g-haygood-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAtticus G. Haygood, a bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, rose to national prominence around 1880 with a Thanksgiving speech and a book extolling the contributions of African Americans since emancipation. Haygood served as president of Emory College in Oxford from 1875 until 1884. Courtesy of Moore Methodist Museum 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./auction-barn-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/auction-barn-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJackson Lee Nesbitt created the lithograph Auction Barn (15" x 19 1/2") in Atlanta with master printer Wayne Kline in 1989. The image is a composite of several sketches of Arkansas cattle auctions in the 1940s. Nesbitt added a Coca-Cola bottle, which sits on a rafter behind the auctioneer. Courtesy of Morris Museum of Art 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./baldowski-cartoon-georgia-s-peanut-industry.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/baldowski-cartoon-georgia-s-peanut-industry.htmlA 1952 cartoon by Clifford H. "Baldy" Baldowski depicts a farmer blowing a large horn labeled "Georgia's Peanut Industry." Emerging from the horn are peanuts labeled "350,000 tons annually," "$75,000,000 Industry," "No. 2 Crop in State," "Nation's Leading Producer," "Local Processing Plants."Atlanta Constitution, 1952, Clifford H. "Baldy" Baldowski Cartoons. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZonLGgmZe2tbXOp2afp5%2BZerG71p6pZpmemXqxu8uiq6Kbo2LBqbGMrKuoqqlivKd50pyfqKecYrm2usKhZpuZnJnGbq%2FAq6uop56UwbC706KloJdgZX5ufo4%3D/bargain-basement-1937-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bargain-basement-1937-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLamar Dodd painted Bargain Basement in 1937. Courtesy of the Morris Museum of Art 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%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKSRoq6zecOom51lYW59enmQcnBvZ5KWv6ityKdkm5mjmrqmutOYm6iclJR9cX2Ma2Y%3D/benjamin-j-davis-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/benjamin-j-davis-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBenjamin J. Davis Jr., along with John H. Geer, served as the attorney contracted by the International Labor Defense party to defend Angelo Herndon. Herndon, arrested as a Communist insurrectionist in 1932, was acquitted in 1937. From Let Me Live, by Angelo Herndon 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./bradwell-institute-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bradwell-institute-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSamuel Dowse Bradwell (left) poses with faculty members outside Bradwell Institute, circa 1875. The private boarding school was founded as the Hinesville Academy by Bradwell's father but closed during the Civil War. Bradwell reopened the school after the war and renamed it in honor of his father. 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./brenda-lee-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/brenda-lee-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSinger Brenda Lee, known as “Little Miss Dynamite,” has enjoyed success as a child performer, teen idol, easy-listening chanteuse, and country music queen, sustained through each of these career transformations by a powerful voice that belies her diminutive stature (four feet, nine inches tall). An important pioneer of early rock and roll, she achieved unprecedented international popularity during the 1960s. Brenda Lee was born Brenda Mae Tarpley on December 11, 1944, in the charity ward of Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta and was raised in Conyers and Lithonia./bushnell-s-submarine-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bushnell-s-submarine-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlConnecticut native and, later, Georgia resident David Bushnell invented the submarine. He created the first prototype of a manned submarine, called the "Turtle," in the 1770s. His design was used in the Revolutionary War against the British. 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./chattahoochee-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/chattahoochee-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlChattahoochee County, which borders Alabama just south of Columbus in west central Georgia, is named for the Chattahoochee River, which forms its western boundary. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the population is 9,565, a decrease from the 2010 population of 11,267. By an act of the state legislature on February 13, 1854, Chattahoochee was formed from portions of Muscogee and Marion counties. It was the 109th of Georgia’s 159 counties./chattahoochee-national-forest-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/chattahoochee-national-forest-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe wilderness of the Chattahoochee National Forest attracts a number of hikers, hunters, and other outdoor enthusiasts to nearby Ellijay each year. 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%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOnqOloZqWxnC5jHFqcGtf/coca-cola-delivery-trucks-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/coca-cola-delivery-trucks-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Coca-Cola Company is the world's largest manufacturer, distributor, and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. Image from CEphoto, Uwe Aranas 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%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrnyku8KaZJynnJZ6pLvMqZinsV%2BienODlHBm/cockspur-island-lighthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cockspur-island-lighthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Cockspur Island Lighthouse, erected in 1857 and built of Savannah gray brick, overlooks Fort Pulaski on Tybee Island. 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. 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Courtesy of Columbus State University 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./congregational-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/congregational-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAmerican Congregationalism is a direct descendent of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Puritanism, which began as a protest movement in England’s national Anglican Church. Congregational churches have been active in Georgia since the eighteenth century, but their numbers remain relatively low across the state. Early History Puritanism was founded on, among other things, a belief in God’s supreme authority as expressed in the Bible, simplicity in worship, and opposition to the supremacy of a monarch in the church./court-of-appeals-motto-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/court-of-appeals-motto-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe motto of the Court of Appeals of Georgia was engraved into the wall of its former courtroom in the State Judicial Building in Atlanta. Fifteen judges serve on the Court of Appeals, which was established in 1906 to ease the caseload of the Supreme Court of Georgia. Photograph by S. Sean Barrett 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./crab-burrows-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/crab-burrows-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFossilized crab burrows on Cumberland Island were formed in sand deposits during the Pleistocene. Such burrows are found throughout the barrier islands and are typically about one meter deep. Photograph by David R. Schwimmer 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./david-a-sampson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/david-a-sampson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDavid Arkright Sampson was born in Tampa, Florida, in 1953. He graduated from Georgia State University in Atlanta, where he has lived nearly his entire life. His work has been displayed in the Old Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., and he was selected as Atlanta’s official artist in the 1996 Cultural Paralympiad, which followed the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Born with cerebral palsy, Sampson works as an advocate for the disabled./david-b-mccorkle-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/david-b-mccorkle-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDavid B. McCorkle, the first president of Floyd Junior College (now Georgia Highlands College) stands beside his namesake building, which houses administrative offices on the school's main campus outside of Rome. Courtesy of Georgia Highlands College 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./delta-air-lines-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/delta-air-lines-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBegun in 1928 in Louisiana as the Delta Air Service, the Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines is, as of 2015, the world’s largest in terms of passengers, with operations around the world. Through sound management it survived a competitive airline market in the 1930s; in the postwar era it modernized and expanded its fleet, gaining new service routes beyond the South through approval by the Civil Aeronautics Board and by corporate acquisitions./dinosaur-exhibition-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dinosaur-exhibition-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 2001 the Fernbank Museum of Natural History installed Giants of the Mesozoic, a permanent exhibition featuring life-size replicas of dinosaurs, in its atrium. Based on fossils found in Argentina, the replicas include two of the world's largest dinosaurs, Argentinosaurus and Gigantosaurus. 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./doodlebug-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/doodlebug-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe old St. Marys train, known as "Doodlebug," is pictured in 1944. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOrKtmpZGnxrR7w6imnaSVl8Koq49paGg%3D/ellamae-ellis-league-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ellamae-ellis-league-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEllamae Ellis League practiced as an architect in Macon for more than fifty years, from 1922 until she retired in 1975. She was a pioneering woman in the architectural profession in the South. League ran her own successful practice for forty-one years (1934-75). Her work spanned the whole range of architectural design—new homes, residential remodeling, churches, schools, public housing, office buildings, parking garages, hospitals, and even a residential bomb shelter. League was elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) in 1968./ellis-arnall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ellis-arnall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlArnall, who had served as governor from 1943 to 1947, became the front-runner in the 1966 gubernatorial race. His accomplishments as a reform governor included establishing a retirement system for teachers, repealing the state's poll tax, lowering the voting age to eighteen, and gaining reaccreditation of the University System 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./ernie-mills-decoy-maker-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ernie-mills-decoy-maker-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlErnie Mills, who moved to Perry, Georgia, in 1978, is one of the few working decoy makers who still use a hatchet to hand-chop each decoy. Mills talks about decoy making. Video by Darby Carl Sanders and Josh Borger, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./film-industry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/film-industry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA camera operator works on a film set in Georgia, where the film industry has generated more than $4 billion for the state's economy since the 1970s. The Georgia Film, Video, and Music Office, established in 1973 by then-governor Jimmy Carter, recruited more than 550 major projects between 1973 and 2007. 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./fulton-county-voters-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fulton-county-voters-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe 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 Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library and Archives Research Center. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoKavnaKjuqa602anqKSZqbakv46eo56bpJ68r3nSramum6Sqv6a%2FjJqlnWWimrOwvsxopGZpYWeBdHs%3D/george-foster-pierce-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/george-foster-pierce-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorge Foster Pierce, a Methodist bishop, preacher, and educator, was renowned for his preaching skills and his efforts to maintain early Methodist practices. At the General Conference of 1844 Pierce, an enslaver himself, defended the ownership of enslaved people by Bishop James Osgood Andrew, which was an issue that divided the church. He also helped to organize the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and was elected a bishop in 1854. Pierce was born on February 3, 1811, in Greene County to Ann Foster and Lovick Pierce, a Methodist minister./georgia-bill-of-rights-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-bill-of-rights-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA bill of rights enumerates certain individual liberties and protects those liberties from governmental intrusion, unless there is a sufficiently compelling justification for government action. The Georgia Bill of Rights consists of forty paragraphs, which constitute Article I of the Constitution of 1983. Twenty-eight paragraphs enumerate individual rights, nine deal with the origins of government, and three are devoted to “general provisions.” All of the rights protected by the U.S. Constitution are also protected under the Georgia Bill of Rights./ivan-allen-jr-1965-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ivan-allen-jr-1965-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIvan Allen Jr. served as mayor of Atlanta from 1962 to 1970. He is credited with leading the city through an era of significant physical and economic growth and with maintaining calm during the civil rights movement. In 1965 he persuaded the Braves to move to Atlanta from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 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./jackson-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jackson-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Jackson County Courthouse in Jefferson, designed in the classical modern style, was completed in 2004. It is the county's fifth courthouse. Photograph by Jimmy Emerson, DVM 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./james-alan-mcpherson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/james-alan-mcpherson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJames Alan McPherson attends a University of Iowa Writer’s Workshop class in 2005. McPherson, a Savannah native, was the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize, awarded for his short story collection Elbow Room. Photograph by Kirk Murray 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./jewish-community-of-atlanta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jewish-community-of-atlanta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJews have lived in Atlanta since its founding. Their businesses met important economic needs, and they contributed substantially to the cultural, educational, and political well-being of the society. Their history also reflects a rich cultural diversity not typically recorded in southern history. Most of Atlanta’s Jews were immigrants, having lived in other areas of America before migrating to the city. Yet theirs was not necessarily a random movement. They tended to travel in chains of migration following earlier relatives or landsmen—people from the same areas of Europe—to locations that offered the greatest likelihood of mercantile success and, ultimately, in which they could establish Jewish community institutions./john-wesley-dobbs-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-wesley-dobbs-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOften referred to as the unofficial mayor of Auburn Avenue, John Wesley Dobbs was one of several distinguished African American civic and political leaders who worked to achieve racial equality in segregated Atlanta during the first half of the twentieth century. Born in Marietta in 1882 to Minnie and Will Dobbs, John Wesley Dobbs grew up in poverty on a farm near Kennesaw. Two years after his birth his mother and father separated./julian-bond-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/julian-bond-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia senator Julian Bond is pictured on the road for a speech in 1978. He retired from the senate to run for the U.S. Congress in 1986; Bond lost the election in a fiercely contested battle to his longtime friend and fellow civil rights activist John Lewis. 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./kenneth-coleman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/kenneth-coleman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlKenneth Coleman, professor of history at the University of Georgia in Athens was the preeminent authority of his generation on colonial and revolutionary Georgia. He wrote what is probably the most widely read history of the state, Georgia History in Outline (1955), which has been revised many times and remains in print. As the recommended text for students preparing for the University System’s Georgia history and government exam, it has proven to be the all-time best-seller of the University of Georgia Press./kimball-house-hotel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/kimball-house-hotel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWilliam Parkins's original Kimball House Hotel (1869-70), a combination of Italianate and Second Empire architecture, burned in 1883. Image from Jolomo~commonswiki 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%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJ2Rp7m6edWimq2nop6ur3nAq5qhoaSasLXB0Z5kqK6Vp8OqsdZopGZuYm58/little-st-simons-island-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/little-st-simons-island-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLittle St. Simons Island lies in Glynn County across the north end of great St. Simons Island, separated from it by the Hampton River. The north side of Little St. Simons fronts on the mouth of the Altamaha River and the Atlantic Ocean. The 8,840-acre island, consisting mostly of low tidal salt marsh with forested upland tracts on its eastern (ocean) side, is privately owned and is accessible only by water./marietta-square-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/marietta-square-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA fountain is the centerpiece of Marietta's historic square. The square is also referred to as Glover Park. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOppiroZWpwaJ7zGZobWplZA%3D%3D/mcdonough-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mcdonough-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe city of McDonough, located approximately thirty miles southeast of Atlanta, is the seat of government for Henry County. Incorporated on December 17, 1823, the town was named for Commodore Thomas MacDonough, the hero of the Battle of Lake Champlain in the War of 1812 (1812-15). The town was laid out in blocks, with the Henry County Courthouse originally in the center. Like most towns, it was established near its water source./midnight-in-the-garden-of-good-and-evil.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/midnight-in-the-garden-of-good-and-evil.htmlPublished by Random House in January 1994, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil quickly became known in Savannah as simply "The Book." Since that time the nonfiction narrative has sold more than three million copies in 101 printings, has been translated into twenty-three languages and appeared in twenty-four foreign editions, and has brought hundreds of thousands of tourists to Savannah. 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./mildred-mcdaniel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mildred-mcdaniel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAtlanta native Mildred McDaniel excelled in basketball and gained fame in track and field by winning Olympic gold and setting a world record in the high jump. Born on November 3, 1933, to Victoria and Claude McDaniel, Mildred was the youngest of three children. She was a reluctant athlete who became interested in basketball and the high jump by accident. She began playing basketball only after her gym teacher at David T./moccasin-creek-waterfall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/moccasin-creek-waterfall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA small waterfall along Moccasin Creek, in Rabun County, is located near the Moccasin Creek State Park. 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%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOq5ibrZ5isLDBza2waKVdZn16hI4%3D/okefenokee-swamp-folklore-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/okefenokee-swamp-folklore-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Okefenokee Swamp and environs are a distinctive folk region, shaped by Celtic ethnicity, geographic isolation, and Primitive Baptist religion. The swamp alone covers more than 700 square miles of southeast Georgia and northwest Florida. Indian peoples occupied the “land of the trembling earth” through the early 1800s, when most were driven out or forcibly removed by Europeans. From the early nineteenth through the mid-twentieth century, the swamp was home to an independent, self-sufficient community of “crackers,” most of whom came to Georgia from North Carolina and were of Scottish and Scots-Irish origin./old-pickens-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/old-pickens-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe second Pickens County Courthouse, pictured circa 1890, was built in 1888. Located in Jasper, the courthouse was in use until 1947, when it was destroyed by a fire. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./peach-blossom-festival-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/peach-blossom-festival-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlQueen Elizabeth Joyner rides a float from Americus–Sumter County in the Peach Parade, held during Fort Valley's Peach Blossom Festival in the mid-1920s. Fort Valley is the seat of Peach County, the self-proclaimed "Peach Capital of the World." 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./r-j-reynolds-mansion-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/r-j-reynolds-mansion-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlNorth Carolina tobacco heir Richard J. Reynolds Jr. utilized the island as a part-time residence for thirty years, from 1934 until his death in 1964. His widow sold her holdings on Sapelo to the state of Georgia in two separate transactions in 1969 and 1976. Image from Bubba73 (Jud McCranie) 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./rattlesnake-roundup-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rattlesnake-roundup-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAt a Whigham Roundup a rattlesnake is displayed for festivalgoers who want a closer view. Courtesy of John B. Jensen, Georgia Department of Natural Resources 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./robins-air-force-base-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/robins-air-force-base-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRobins Air Force Base is Georgia’s largest industrial installation and is located in Warner Robins, sixteen miles south of Macon. Both the base and the town were named for Brigadier General Augustine Warner Robins (1882-1940), one of the first logistics specialists and generals of the Army Air Corps. Early History The 1935 Wilcox-Wilson bill provided for construction of new army air logistics depots, and in the early 1940s Macon civic leaders, led by Mayor Charles L./rocky-mountain-hydroelectric-plant-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rocky-mountain-hydroelectric-plant-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe upper reservoir of the Rocky Mountain Hydroelectric Plant, located in Floyd County, holds water to be released into a powerhouse that generates electricity. The plant is jointly owned by Oglethorpe Power Corporation and Georgia Power Company. Courtesy of Oglethorpe Power Corporation 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./royal-period-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/royal-period-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOne face of the 1733 seal of the Georgia Trustees features two figures resting upon urns. They represent the Savannah and Altamaha rivers, which formed the northwestern and southeastern boundaries of the province. The genius of the colony is seated beside a cornucopia, with a cap of liberty on her head and a spear in one hand. The abbreviated Latin phrase Colonia Georgia Aug means "May the colony of Georgia prosper./savannah-confederate-monument-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/savannah-confederate-monument-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe original Confederate monument in Savannah, pictured circa 1875, was dedicated in 1875 and located in Forsyth Park. The ornate sandstone monument featured two Greek goddesses, Judgement and Silence. In 1879 the goddesses were removed, and a soldier was added to the top. Courtesy of David N. Wiggins 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./savannah-meeting-place-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/savannah-meeting-place-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAlthough the precise locations of state legislature meetings in Savannah are not known, this building may have served as one meeting place for the assembly. From 1777 to 1784, Savannah served as the state capital on a rotating basis with Augusta. 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./savannah-morning-news-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/savannah-morning-news-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Savannah Morning News covers coastal Georgia, a number of inland counties, and a small portion of South Carolina. With a circulation of approximately 56,600 daily, and 70,000 on Sundays, the medium-sized paper is smaller than both the Augusta Chronicle and the Macon Telegraph. It has a newsroom staff of about seventy, and the paper’s lofty motto is “Light of the Coastal Empire and Lowcountry.” During the tenure of Frank T./sheftall-sheftall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sheftall-sheftall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSheftall Sheftall was the eldest son of Mordecai Sheftall, a successful Savannah merchant, shipper, and statesman. In 1777, during the Revolutionary War, Mordecai became a colonel, and he named Sheftall as his assistant. The following year both men were taken as prisoners by the British and held in the Caribbean for two years before being released. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6mpquclZiuqnnSoZyfrJGhuW59lmxsZmlnboRwuYxqZ3BqY2Q%3D/shingler-home-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/shingler-home-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe home of J. S. Shingler, pictured in 1918, is located in the historic Shingler Heights neighborhood of Ashburn, the seat of Turner County. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./southface-energy-institute-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/southface-energy-institute-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Southface Energy Institute, established in Atlanta in 1978, promotes sustainable homes, workplaces, and communities through environmental education, research, advocacy, and technical assistance in Georgia. The institute is concerned specifically with energy efficiency and with minimizing the impact of built structures on natural resources. A nonprofit corporation, Southface each year provides objective, practical information to more than 40,000 people directly and to thousands more through media outreach. The public’s renewed focus on the importance of energy, as well as the environmental challenges facing Georgia, has resulted in record demands for the high-quality instruction and services that Southface provides./thomas-nast-cartoon-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/thomas-nast-cartoon-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis political Thomas Nast cartoon from Harper's Weekly depicts Mitchell County whites holding freed Blacks down after the Camilla Massacre in 1868. The massacre was one of the more violent episodes in Reconstruction Georgia. From Harper's Weekly 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./travis-tritt-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/travis-tritt-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTravis Tritt, a native of Marietta, is a Grammy Award-winning country musician and member of the Grand Ole Opry. In 1999 he was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame. Tritt's platinum-selling albums include Country Club (1990), It's All about to Change (1991), and T-R-O-U-B-L-E (1994). 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./trustees-charter-boundaries-1732-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/trustees-charter-boundaries-1732-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlKing George II granted James Oglethorpe and the Trustees a charter in 1732 to establish the colony of Georgia. This charter provided, among other things, that the new colony would consist of all the land between the headwaters of the Savannah and the Altamaha rivers, with its eastern boundary formed by the Atlantic Ocean and its western boundary by the "south seas," a reference to the Pacific Ocean. Map by John Nelson./university-of-georgia-press-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/university-of-georgia-press-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFounded  in Athens in 1938, the University of Georgia Press is the oldest and largest book publisher in the state and the only member of the Association of University Presses within the University System of Georgia. The press publishes sixty to seventy new books each year. Its mission is to produce distinguished, peer-reviewed publications that advance the intellectual, cultural, and environmental heritage of Georgia, the Southeast, and the nation.  Early Years The press evolved from the public relations and publications department of the University of Georgia (UGA)—its first publications were financed through the sales of syllabi printed for survey courses./war-of-jenkins-ear-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/war-of-jenkins-ear-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe pickled ear of Captain Robert Jenkins became a rallying point for Englishmen eager to challenge Spanish power in the New World. The 1738 satirical cartoon depicts Prime Minister Robert Walpole swooning when confronted with the Spanish-sliced ear, which led to the War of Jenkins' Ear in 1739. 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./welfare-and-poverty-during-the-civil-war.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/welfare-and-poverty-during-the-civil-war.htmlGeorgia’s civilian population felt the economic effects of the Civil War (1861-65) nearly as soon as soldiers left home to fight. As the war progressed, those on the home front faced growing shortages of food, salt, cloth, and cash. Governor Joseph E. Brown and the state’s legislators were acutely aware of increasing deprivation, and they responded with a series of measures designed to prevent starvation and suffering. The general attitude toward welfare in the nineteenth century was that it should be provided as needed but not excessively, for fear of encouraging idleness and dependence on the government./william-a-connelly-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/william-a-connelly-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMonticello native William A. Connelly served as Sergeant Major of the Army, the highest-ranking noncommissioned officer in the U.S. Army, from 1979 to 1983. Courtesy of U.S. Army 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./william-o-golding-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/william-o-golding-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlKidnapped from the Savannah waterfront when he was eight years old, William O. Golding chronicled his travels through a series of maritime drawings that he created near the end of his life while a patient at the U.S. Marine Hospital in Savannah. Between 1932 and 1939 he executed around sixty drawings, created from his memories of the ships he sailed and the ports of call he visited around the globe. Golding’s drawings reveal details of his remarkable life, as do the only two extant letters of this African American self-taught artist./william-pierce-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/william-pierce-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWilliam  Pierce was an officer in the Revolutionary War (1775-83), a member of the Continental Congress, and a Georgia state legislator. Although traditionally believed to be a native Georgian, William Leigh Pierce was born in York County, Virginia, around 1753, the third and youngest son of Elizabeth and Matthew Pierce. Though frequently referred to with a middle name of “Leigh,” he always signed his name as “William Pierce Jr.,” perhaps to distinguish himself from an uncle of the same name./woman-suffrage-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 06 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/woman-suffrage-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMost southern women did not publicly express a desire for equal rights with men until well after the Civil War (1861-65), and suffrage, or the right to vote, came later to women in Georgia than to women in most other states. Northern women, inspired by the national reform movements in abolition and temperance, had held the first women’s rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848, and the first national women’s rights convention in 1850, in Worcester, Massachusetts./agriculture-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/agriculture-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe most popular apple varieties grown in Georgia include Empire, Fuji, Granny Smith, Jonagold, Jonathan, Ozark Gold, Paulard, Red Delicious, Rome Beauty, and Yates. The Annual Apple Festival, hosted each October in Ellijay, features a crafts show and vendors selling a variety of apple products. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcK3Gq6CcrZypwrOxjg%3D%3D/alexander-mcgillivray-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/alexander-mcgillivray-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA controversial Creek Indian leader in the 1780s and 1790s, Alexander McGillivray was one of many Southeastern Indians with a Native American mother and European father. He played off European powers to protect Creek interests, initiated nationalist reforms within Creek society, and used trade to increase his own position on the southern frontier. McGillivray was born probably in 1750 in Little Tallassee near present-day Montgomery, Alabama. The son of Scottish trader Lachlan McGillivray and a Creek woman named Sehoy, McGillivray grew up in matrilineal Creek society as a full member of his mother’s Wind Clan./anchored-boats-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/anchored-boats-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAnchored Boats (1989) by Lamar Dodd is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Watercolor, 30 1/4 x 24 1/4 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKSRoq6zecOom51lYW59enmQcnBvZ5GjsKm70Z6bZpqflsG0q8Oom52XYGV%2BcA%3D%3D/andrew-pickens-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/andrew-pickens-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlColonel Andrew Pickens led South Carolina and Georgia militiamen to victory at the Battle of Kettle Creek in 1779.  Photograph by Wikimedia 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%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6bmK2snJp6sLKMpJytrJyaeqS%2BxJ6iaJmemb%2Bmw4ypoJyjlaPAbrzOq6urmZmprHF8kGZpaA%3D%3D/atlanta-race-massacre-of-1906.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-race-massacre-of-1906.htmlBetween September 24 and September 26, 1906, white mobs killed dozens of Black Atlantans, wounded scores of others, and inflicted considerable property damage. Known thereafter as the Atlanta Race Riot, or the Atlanta Race Massacre, the event was one of a series of violent conflagrations that erupted in southern cities during the dawn of the Jim Crow era. Background By the 1880s Atlanta had become the hub of the regional economy, and the city’s overall population soared from 89,000 in 1900 to 150,000 in 1910; the Black population was approximately 9,000 in 1880 and 35,000 by 1900./audio-the-marshes-of-glynn-by-sidney-lanier.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/audio-the-marshes-of-glynn-by-sidney-lanier.htmlSet in Glynn County, the poem begins with a rhythmic description of the thick marsh as the narrator feels himself growing and connecting with the sinews of the marsh itself. As his vision expands seaward, he recognizes that the marshes and sea, in their vastness, are the expression of God's greatness and are filled with power and mystery. Read by David Bottoms.Audio by Georgia Public Broadcasting and New Georgia Encyclopedia. /baxley-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/baxley-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBaxley, the seat of Appling County, is located in the wiregrass region of southeastern Georgia. Most of the town’s early economic development stemmed from the timber rafting and naval stores industries that dominated southeast Georgia during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the population of Baxley is 4,942. Baxley was named for Wilson Baxley, a North Carolinian who arrived in Appling County during the 1820s./bellsouth-telecommunications-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bellsouth-telecommunications-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe BellSouth Telecommunications Building, located at 675 West Peachtree Street in Atlanta, was built in 1980 by the Atlanta-based firm FABRAP, in conjunction with Skidmore Owings and Merrill of New York. It served as headquarters for both Southern Bell and BellSouth. In 2006 BellSouth was absorbed by AT&T, and today the building is part of the AT&T Midtown Center. Courtesy of AT&T 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./blessing-of-the-fleet-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/blessing-of-the-fleet-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Blessing of the Fleet is a centuries-old tradition originating in southern European, predominantly Catholic, fishing communities. A blessing from the local priest was meant to ensure a safe and bountiful season. Two communities in coastal Georgia, Darien and Brunswick, observe this annual tradition. Brunswick held its first blessing more than sixty years ago when Portuguese immigrants introduced the practice in their new home. The Brunswick Portuguese community was mostly Catholic, and still today the blessing is inextricably tied to the local Catholic church, St./boeing-b-17-flying-fortress-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/boeing-b-17-flying-fortress-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBy August 1942 the Mighty Eighth Air Force was flying missions in the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. Courtesy of Family of Lt. Patrick A. Walls 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./braselton-town-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/braselton-town-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWilliam Henry Braselton, the first mayor of Braselton, built this house in the early 1900s. Today it is used as Braselton's town hall, and the structure is rumored to be haunted. Image from Chris Pruitt 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./central-rail-road-and-banking-company-of-georgia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/central-rail-road-and-banking-company-of-georgia.htmlOriginally known as the Central Railroad and Canal Company of Georgia, it was reorganized as the Central Rail Road and Banking Company in 1835. At that time the Central was perhaps the longest railroad under one management in the world. 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 Georgia Historical Society./claude-sitton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/claude-sitton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJournalist Claude Sitton (right) covers the desegregation of the University of Georgia in 1961 as the southern correspondent for the New York Times. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6co5qtlJp6tLXTraanZWFuf3Z5kWlobmedYn5yfJRqZg%3D%3D/coastal-plain-experiment-station-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/coastal-plain-experiment-station-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFarmers and other agricultural professionals gather in 1987 at the Coastal Plain Experiment Station (later University of Georgia Tifton campus), known as the "Plant Center of the World." Courtesy of University of Georgia Tifton campus 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./coker-v-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/coker-v-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDespite  the rejection of broadside attacks on capital sentencing in cases like Gregg v. Georgia (1976) and McCleskey v. Kemp (1987), litigants have successfully challenged particular features of state death-penalty laws in a number of U.S. Supreme Court cases. An especially significant ruling came in Coker v. Georgia (1977), which invalidated Georgia’s effort to extend eligibility for the death penalty to persons convicted of the crime of rape./colonial-coastal-fortifications-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/colonial-coastal-fortifications-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSincere though General James Oglethorpe may have been about Georgia’s philanthropic rhetoric, he understood that the colony also had a vital military mission to fulfill. Imperial strategy demanded a sturdy settlement to defend South Carolina’s southern flank, both against Spanish Florida and unpredictable Southeastern Indians, and to secure the strategically vital Altamaha River against possible French encroachments from the west. Oglethorpe took these responsibilities seriously and, as soon as circumstances allowed, began the work of fortifying Georgia’s coastline in earnest./country-music-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/country-music-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCountry music has played a large role in the culture of Georgia, as it has in all southern states, and Georgians have played major roles in the history of country music. A Brief History The event often referred to as the birth of country music took place in 1927 in Bristol, Tennessee, when the  Victor Records talent scout and recording engineer Ralph Peer set up a temporary recording studio on the last leg of his tour of the South./cox-enterprises-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cox-enterprises-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCox Enterprises is one of the largest media companies in the United States. In 2007 the company owned seventeen daily and twenty-five nondaily newspapers, eighty radio stations, fifteen television stations, and the nation’s third-largest cable television provider. Early Growth of a Family Empire James Middleton Cox began the company that would become Cox Enterprises in 1898, when he purchased the Dayton Evening News in Dayton, Ohio, for $26,000. As publisher, Cox developed a reputation for aggressive, reform journalism, and he characterized the Evening News as “the people’s paper./eatonton-cooperative-creamery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/eatonton-cooperative-creamery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA worker, pictured in 1952 at the Eatonton Cooperative Creamery in Putnam County, processes milk. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrnynrdGmZJynn6Wys63Toq2eq1%2BienmEl29m/echols-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/echols-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Echols County Courthouse in Statenville, designed in the modern style, was built in 1956. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./enslaved-family-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/enslaved-family-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAn enslaved family picking cotton outside Savannah in the 1850s. Courtesy of New York Historical Society, Photograph by Pierre Havens.. 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%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6gnKiql56ubrXNZmhxbmBkum6AkGtqaA%3D%3D/environmental-education-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/environmental-education-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSince few states in the United States are as topographically and biologically diverse as Georgia, one might conclude that environmental education has flourished here for many decades. Outdoor education programs are relative newcomers to the state’s education scene, however. The Savannah–Chatham County Board of Education established Oatland Island Education Center in 1974. Located on a marsh island just east of Savannah, Oatland built large habitats for native wildlife and taught local students about coastal ecology./eugene-bullard-statue-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/eugene-bullard-statue-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOn October 9, 2019, a statue honoring Eugene Bullard—the world's first Black fighter pilot—was unveiled at the Museum of Aviation, on the grounds of Robins Air Force Base.  Photograph by Captain Edner J. Julian, U.S. Army National Guard 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./flatiron-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/flatiron-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Flatiron Building, pictured in 1911, is the oldest standing skyscraper in Atlanta. Built in 1897, the building was designed by Bradford Gilbert, a New York architect. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./flowery-branch-depot-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/flowery-branch-depot-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe old Southern Railway depot in Flowery Branch was restored and converted to a community center in the 1970s. The Flowery Branch Museum is housed in the railroad car beside the depot. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./georgia-platform-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-platform-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWith the nation facing the potential threat of disunion over the passage of the Compromise of 1850, Georgia, in a special state convention, adopted a proclamation called the Georgia Platform. The act was instrumental in averting a national crisis. Slavery had been at the core of sectional tensions between the North and South. New territorial gains, westward expansion, and the hardening of regional attitudes toward the spread of slavery provoked a potential crisis of the Union, which in many ways portended the tragic events of the 1860s./georgia-state-college-of-agriculture.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-state-college-of-agriculture.htmlThe Georgia State College of Agriculture in Athens, shown here in 1919, became part of the University of Georgia in 1932. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnpuum5GptrC6jq6loq6Vp8CqwNhmpp9ll5q8s7PImmamZWhnhHF7/gertrude-ma-rainey-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gertrude-ma-rainey-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlStyled as the “Mother of the Blues,” Gertrude Pridgett Rainey, better known as “Ma” Rainey, was one of the most important of the early blues singers. In her thirty-five years of touring and recording, the Georgia native did much to establish the “classic” blues as a staple in American musical life. Rainey played a central role in connecting the less polished, male-dominated country blues and the smoother, female-centered urban blues of the 1920s./ghost-image-athens-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ghost-image-athens-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGhost Image—Athens (1974) by James Sitton is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Pencil, 26 x 40 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomqiknJqwtbXOp6pon5Wkv6i1wKxkrKyRqbJurdGtZJynnKGypMDIqKVon5ikwLV5yKaYoJ1dlsGpsc2slqyhpKm8r6uPaWhmal8%3D/homeschooling-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/homeschooling-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1975 the number of children receiving home-based instruction in the state of Georgia was about 10,000. According to the Georgia Home Education Association, that number had grown to 34,363 by the end of 2004, an increase of nearly 25,000, or three and a half times the number in 1975. This growing trend of home-based instruction is not confined to Georgia. A number of factors contribute to a family’s decision to homeschool./james-young-and-bunny-stokes-jr.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/james-young-and-bunny-stokes-jr.htmlIn 1998 James Young (left) became the president and CEO of Citizens Trust Bank in Atlanta, following the bank's merger with First Southern Bank. Young shakes hands with Bunny Stokes Jr., the former chair and CEO of Citizens Federal Savings Bank in Birmingham, Alabama, which was acquired by Citizens Trust Bank in 2003. Stokes retired in 2004. Courtesy of Citizens Trust Bank 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./joe-street-savannah-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/joe-street-savannah-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJoe Street, Savannah (charcoal on paper, 9 3/4" x 15 1/2"), an undated etching by Savannah artist Christopher Murphy Jr., was chosen in 1935 by the Print Club of Rochester in New York as its second annual presentation print. Courtesy of Morris Museum of Art 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./kolomoki-mounds-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/kolomoki-mounds-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Kolomoki Mounds site is one of the largest prehistoric mound complexes in Georgia. At the time of its highest development, from around A.D. 350 to 600, Kolomoki was perhaps one of the most populous settlements north of Mexico. The site is located in Early County in southwest Georgia. It lies on a tributary of the Chattahoochee River near the town of Blakely. Most of the site is now protected as part of Kolomoki Mounds State Historic Park./late-19th-century-groups-organizations.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/late-19th-century-groups-organizations.htmlJohn B. Gordon, a renowned Confederate officer and political leader, was a member of the Farmers' Alliance in Georgia until the organization's split with the Democratic Party in 1892. A member of the Bourbon Triumvirate, Gordon served multiple terms in the U.S. Senate and, from 1886 to 1890, as governor of the state. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLjArZxmaWmptW6vxKerrqqpYrSzu9Spqmanopyur7XZmquip56ofA%3D%3D/lester-maddox-s-souvenir-store-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lester-maddox-s-souvenir-store-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLester Maddox is photographed shaking hands inside his souvenir store in Underground Atlanta. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKSVqMGmvoymmJ2cn616coWQbmRraGBofK6tw52msWWjna6stc2gZKGZnpl6qrrSopueZaOkwrexzaKpZquYpL2gfI9qZg%3D%3D/livestock-festival-parade-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/livestock-festival-parade-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlResidents of Screven County participate in the parade for the 2006 Livestock Festival, held each April in Sylvania. The Miss Screven County Livestock Festival Queen is also crowned during the festival. Photograph by Nancy Edenfield 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./lyke-house-chapel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lyke-house-chapel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Lyke House Catholic Student Center at the Atlanta University Center was built in 1999 by the architectural firm Stanley, Love-Stanley. The center includes a chapel (pictured), as well as a student center and priest's rectory. Courtesy of Stanley, Love-Stanley, P.C. 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./major-general-george-h-thomas.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/major-general-george-h-thomas.htmlThomas was a corps commander under the Union's Major General William S. Rosecrans in the crucial Battle of Chickamauga. 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%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6bmK2snJp6sLKMnJ%2Bim5uWuqLBxppmpmVnbYNw/melvyn-douglas-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/melvyn-douglas-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMelvyn Douglas was an Oscar, Emmy, and Tony award–winning actor, whose film career began during the rush for “talkie” performers in the early 1930s. Born in Georgia, Douglas first experienced the spotlight when his parents entered him in baby shows throughout the state. Early Life Melvyn  Douglas was born Melvyn Edouard Hesselberg on April 5, 1901, in Macon. His father, Edouard Hesselberg, was a musician who emigrated from Russia to the United States, where he met Douglas’s mother, Lena Shakelford./mount-yonah-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mount-yonah-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMount Yonah, located in White County between Cleveland and Helen, is best known for its granite outcrops, formed by granite magma intruding the overlying stacks of metamorphic rocks about 375 million years ago. The outcrops are one of the favorite spots for rock climbers in the state. 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./nathan-bedford-forrest-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/nathan-bedford-forrest-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlNathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate general, was known for his successful cavalry raids throughout much of the Civil War. On April 2, 1865, he was unable to prevent Union general James Harrison Wilson from raiding Selma, Alabama, a critical production and supply center for the Confederacy. 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./nathanael-greene-reinterment-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/nathanael-greene-reinterment-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSoldiers from Fort Screven stand in formation during the 1902 reinterment of Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene in Savannah's Johnson Square. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6nmK2gkaOupriMoKmenZ6aenKDk2tkam9oa3yueZdscGxn/oglethorpe-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/oglethorpe-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOglethorpe County, in northeast Georgia, is the state’s seventeenth county and comprises 441 square miles. Creek and Cherokee Indians lived there when the first white people arrived, but they lost their land through treaties signed in 1773. Fur trappers and traders traversed the area before the first non-Indians established permanent settlements. A few trappers established a temporary community known as Kennedy’s Gate, but it was no longer extant by the time of the American Revolution (1775-83)./okefenokee-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/okefenokee-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe main campus of Okefenokee Technical College is located in Waycross, the seat of Ware County. The school also operates a satellite campus in Bacon County. As of 2005 the college's most popular program was industrial mechanics and maintenance technology. Courtesy of Technical College System 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./orthodox-christianity-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/orthodox-christianity-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAlthough various forms of Protestant Christianity may dominate the religious landscape of Georgia, an accurate picture of that religious landscape must include the vibrant and varied churches of Orthodoxy Christianity. Churches associated with Orthodoxy represent a continuation of early Eastern Christianity, in which the language, practices, and beliefs differ from those of other dominant forms of Christianity. To the adherents of Orthodox churches, orthodoxy means “right belief” as defined by the earliest scriptures and traditions of Christianity./preacher-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/preacher-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBenny Andrews, a native of Plainview, began experimenting with collage as a student at the Art Institute of Chicago during the 1950s. His 1994 work Preacher, oil and collage on canvas (48 x 28 inches), is housed at the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta. Courtesy of Morris Museum of Art. Reprinted by permission of Benny Andrews 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./progressive-era-to-wwii-1900-1945.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/progressive-era-to-wwii-1900-1945.htmlOver the course six decades, roughly 6 million Black southerners moved from the South to the North, Midwest, and West. Driven by the availability of jobs outside the South, as well as the desire to escape racial violence within it, migrants moved primarily from rural, agricultural areas like Georgia’s Black Belt to cities such as Detroit, New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago. From The New York Public Library, The Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot, by the Chicago Commission on Race Relations./quitman-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/quitman-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Quitman County Courthouse in Georgetown was built in 1939. Designed in the stripped classical style, the structure also features colonial revival elements. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./reconstruction-school-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/reconstruction-school-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMany freedpeople took advantage of the educational opportunities offered to them during Reconstruction. Often affiliated with Black churches of the time, these schools were usually founded by teachers from the North. 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./roy-blount-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/roy-blount-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRoy Blount Jr. is a humorist, journalist, sportswriter, poet, novelist, performer, editor, lyricist, lecturer, screenwriter, dramatist, and philologist. He recognizes and appreciates the comedic possibilities of the southern, and national, landscape. Photograph from Roy Blount Jr. 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./southern-poetry-review-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/southern-poetry-review-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSouthern Poetry Review is one of the oldest and most prestigious poetry journals in the Southeast. It is currently housed at Armstrong State University in Savannah. Southern Poetry Review was founded in Florida in 1958. In 1962 editor Guy Owen moved the journal’s headquarters to Raleigh, North Carolina, where it remained for fifteen years. Southern Poetry Review then moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, where Robert Grey edited the publication from 1978 to 1990./st-patrick-s-day-festival-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/st-patrick-s-day-festival-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe St. Patrick's Day Festival in Dublin, the seat of Laurens County, has been an annual event since 1966. The town is named for the city of Dublin in Ireland. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to the Georgia Department of Economic Development./staff-of-atlanta-life-insurance-company.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/staff-of-atlanta-life-insurance-company.htmlThe staff of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company Branch Office, ca. 1925. In 1922 the company had achieved legal reserve status, a position enjoyed by only four other Black insurance companies at that time. Courtesy of The Herndon Home 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./television-broadcasting-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/television-broadcasting-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOn September 29, 1948, from a new building near Atlanta’s Peachtree Street, the first live commercial television program was broadcast in Georgia. Broadcasting on channel eight from the state’s tallest structure at the time, a tower higher than 800 feet, the television arm of WSB Radio and its parent, Cox Broadcasting, began regular service after years of planning and development. WSB-TV was the first television service in Georgia, as well as in the South./timber-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/timber-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1935 Union Bag and Paper, a New Jersey-based paper and packaging manufacturer, built a mill in Savannah, which became the company's largest facility in the Southeast. In 1956 Union Bag merged with Camp Manufacturing to form Union Camp, which was acquired by International Paper in 1999. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcMDIppmeql8%3D/travel-back-in-time-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/travel-back-in-time-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia Archives Month, held each year in October, is a celebration of the state's preserved historical record and is sponsored by the Society of Georgia Archivists. The theme for 2010 was "Travel Back in Time." Courtesy of Society of Georgia Archvists 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./truett-cathy-with-foster-children.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/truett-cathy-with-foster-children.htmlTruett Cathy, along with his wife, Jeannette, took in more than 150 foster children. In 1984 Cathy established the WinShape Center Foundation, which supports foster care for disadvantaged children. The foundation also runs WinShape Camps, a Christian camp for children, each summer on the campus of Berry College. Courtesy of Chick-fil-A 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./turner-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/turner-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTurner County, in central Georgia, is the state’s 145th county and comprises 286 square miles. It was created in 1905 from Dooly, Irwin, Wilcox, and Worth counties, and named for Henry Gray Turner, a Confederate veteran, U.S. congressman, and justice on the Supreme Court of Georgia. The original inhabitants were Creek and Seminole Indians, who lost their land in the Seminole Wars. Many of the first white settlers in the area were of Irish or German heritage./ty-cobb-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ty-cobb-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1911, in one of the greatest offensive displays in baseball history, Ty Cobb paced the American League in hits (248), runs scored (147), doubles (47), triples (24), runs batted in (127), and stolen bases (83). 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame./united-parcel-service-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/united-parcel-service-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlUnited Parcel Service (UPS), based in Atlanta since 1991, was established in Seattle, Washington, in 1907 as the American Messenger Company. Its financial backing was a mere $100, borrowed by the company’s founder, Jim Casey. He soon began to expand the company’s services from delivering simple messages to providing delivery of parcels for retail stores in the Seattle area. This was a humble beginning for a company that in 2004 was a $31./united-states-v-darby-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/united-states-v-darby-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlUnited States v. Darby (1941) was a highly influential case in the history of the relationship between federal and state law. In this case, the U.S. Supreme Court set a groundbreaking precedent by allowing federal interference with local wage regulations in Georgia. In many cases of the last half of the twentieth century—including the important Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States (1964) and other decisions upholding modern antidiscrimination laws—the U./webster-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/webster-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOn December 16, 1853, Webster County, in the southwestern part of the state, was carved out of Lee and Stewart counties to become Georgia’s 103rd county. The Creek Indians ceded the land to the United States in the treaty of 1826. Creek influence is still apparent in the names of three of the area’s slow-moving creeks, the Kinchafoonee, Choctahatchee, and Lanahassee. The county was originally called Kinchafoonee (a Creek word meaning white bones) for the main creek running from north to southeast, but the name drew so much criticism that in 1856 it was changed to Webster, in honor of Daniel Webster, the New Hampshire orator and statesman./wilkinson-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 05 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wilkinson-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWilkinson County, near the geographic center of Georgia, was established in 1803 from territory between the Oconee and Ocmulgee rivers ceded by the Creek confederation. The Georgia state legislature divided the area into Wilkinson and Baldwin counties. A later treaty, which pushed the frontier of Georgia west to the Ocmulgee River, added land to the earlier portion and gave rise to the need for smaller county areas. The legislature then partitioned Laurens and Telfair counties from Wilkinson and established their boundaries in 1807./african-american-contrabands-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/african-american-contrabands-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAs Union troops entered the state during the Civil War, enslaved Georgians took the opportunity to escape under their protection. The Union army established "contraband" camps to provide food and shelter for the newly freed African Americans. Photograph by Wikimedia 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./alfred-corn-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/alfred-corn-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSince the appearance of his first book of poems in 1976, Alfred Corn has distinguished himself as one of the most original poets writing in the United States. In addition to his poems, Corn has also published one novel, a highly praised manual of prosody, a collection of essays, translations of poetry and drama, and critical writing on art, music, and the theater, as well as an edited collection of essays on the New Testament./alfred-iverson-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/alfred-iverson-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA brigadier general in the Confederate army, Alfred Iverson Jr. captured the highest-ranking Union officer ever taken prisoner during the Civil War (1861-65), Major General George Stoneman. Iverson led forces in the Battles of Gaines’ Mill and Chancellorsville in Virginia, Antietam in Maryland, and Gettysburg in Pennsylvania. Iverson was born in Clinton, in Jones County, on February 14, 1829. When he was a year old, his family moved to Columbus. His father, Alfred Iverson Sr./alligator-mug-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/alligator-mug-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAlligator Mug by Jerry Chappelle is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Clay (stoneware), 14 x 10 x 4 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomqiknJqwtbXOp6pon5Wkv6i1wKxkrKyRqbJurdGtZJynnKGypMDIqKVomZyhtqit06ipZqWlnKyktMCpp56knJqscXyQaA%3D%3D/american-chestnut-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/american-chestnut-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA photo of American chestnut flowers that have been bagged for controlled pollination. American chestnut trees provided the most useful hardwood in the United States until a widespread fungus almost eradicated the species. Courtesy of American Chestnut Foundation 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./anona-grandiflora-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/anona-grandiflora-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis drawing by botanist William Bartram appears in his 1791 publication, Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or the Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Choctaws. The drawings in this book were based on earlier sketches made during his travels in the Southeast during the 1770s. From Travels, by W. Bartram 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./arthur-blank-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/arthur-blank-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlArthur Blank, pictured here in 2004, has twice been voted the most respected chief executive officer in the state by Georgia Trend magazine. Cofounder of the Home Depot and owner of the Atlanta Falcons football team, Blank also established the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation in 1995. Courtesy of Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation 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./atlanta-memorial-arts-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-memorial-arts-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Atlanta Memorial Arts Center opened in 1968. It stands as a memorial to the Atlanta Art Association members who died in the Orly air crash. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Atlanta History Center./bethlehem-primitive-baptist-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bethlehem-primitive-baptist-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBethlehem Primitive Baptist Church in Quitman was initially established in 1834 about a mile away from the site of the pictured building, which was constructed in the mid-1860s. Primitive Baptists formed as a separate denomination early in the nineteenth century. Image from Jud McCranie 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./bill-lowery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bill-lowery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBill Lowery, often referred to as “Mr. Atlanta Music,” was a disc jockey, manager, producer, and publisher whose efforts were central to the establishment of the Atlanta popular music scene from the 1950s until the end of the twentieth century. He was one of the first two individuals inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame (along with Ray Charles) in 1979. William James Lowery Jr. was born on October 21, 1924, in Leesburg, Louisiana, to Elizabeth McCracken and William J./bobwhite-quail-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bobwhite-quail-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe bobwhite quail, pictured here on a 1987 first-class stamp, is Georgia's official state game bird.  Courtesy of Smithsonian National Postal Museum  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%2BOoJyon6KWvanFjJ6lr6GipLuusc2tZpuhopnAcK7Om66hoaSaerLBwKKjZquklrqxeZByb3Bn/camp-benning-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/camp-benning-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCamp Benning in Columbus, shown circa 1919. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoKavnaKjuqa602anqKSZqbakv46fpqusXaK8sL7EaKRmamlmhHA%3D/cancer-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cancer-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCancer is a significant health problem in Georgia. In the twenty-first century there will be an estimated 33,400 newly diagnosed cases of cancer and about 13,900 deaths from cancer annually. Cancer is a disease that affects adults and children of all races, cultures, and educational backgrounds. Though the number of children diagnosed with cancer is not large in comparison with Georgia’s population, cancer is the second leading cause of death among adults (after heart disease) and the third leading cause of death among children in the state./charles-m-dobbins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/charles-m-dobbins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCaptain Charles M. Dobbins, from whom Dobbins Air Reserve Base takes its name, was a pilot assigned to an air force paratroopers division during World War II. He was reported missing in action on July 11, 1943, when his plane failed to return to its North African base from a raid on Sicily, Italy. Dobbins was never seen again. Courtesy of Georgia National Guard 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./cherokee-removal-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cherokee-removal-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1838 and 1839 U.S. troops, prompted by the state of Georgia, expelled the Cherokee Indians from their ancestral homeland in the Southeast and removed them to the Indian Territory in what is now Oklahoma. The removal of the Cherokees was a product of the demand for arable land during the rampant growth of cotton agriculture in the Southeast, the discovery of gold on Cherokee land, and the racial prejudice that many white southerners harbored toward American Indians./christ-church-of-savannah-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/christ-church-of-savannah-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlChrist Church of Savannah, the first Anglican church to be established in the Georgia colony, was founded by Henry Herbert in 1733. The current church building, the third to be constructed on the site since 1744, was completed in 1838. Image from Roman Eugeniusz 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./civil-rights-movement-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/civil-rights-movement-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe civil rights movement in the American South was one of the most significant and successful social movements in the modern world. Black Georgians formed part of this southern movement for full civil rights and the wider national struggle for racial equality. From Atlanta to the most rural counties in Georgia’s southwest Cotton Belt, Black activists protested white supremacy in myriad ways—from legal challenges and mass demonstrations to strikes and self-defense./coastal-shell-rings-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/coastal-shell-rings-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlComplex hunter-gatherer societies became increasingly common in the Southeast during the Late Archaic Period (5,000 to 3,000 years ago). While still providing for most of their dietary needs with wild foods, such groups also exhibited characteristics usually associated with later prehistoric agricultural populations (e.g., Mississippian societies). These characteristics include year-round occupation of sites, larger populations, emergent social differentiation (or status), monument construction (e.g., earthen or shell mounds), and the development of new technologies (e./coca-cola-philanthropy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/coca-cola-philanthropy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFor much of its history, the Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Company and its corporate leadership and regional bottling franchises have offered broad support to charitable causes in the state. Emory University was an early beneficiary of Coca-Cola philanthropy through the Candler family, which owned the company until 1919. Coca-Cola’s philanthropy has also extended through its bottlers since 1900. Although the bottlers are independent operating concerns organized by region, they are an important part of the corporate “Coke family” and have carved out a philanthropic tradition that emphasizes locally based giving./columbus-enquirer-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/columbus-enquirer-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMirabeau B. Lamar established the Columbus Enquirer as a four-page weekly newspaper in 1828, the same year the Georgia legislature incorporated the city of Columbus. The issue seen here dates from May of that year.  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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to the Digital Library of Georgia./coosa-river-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/coosa-river-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Coosa River, formed by the confluence of the Etowah and Oostanaula rivers in Rome, empties into the Gulf of Mexico. The river supports more than 147 species of fish and contains the world's largest diversity of freshwater snails and mussels. Image from CarolinePope22 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./crypt-of-civilization-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/crypt-of-civilization-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Crypt of Civilization, a multimillennial time capsule, is a chamber that was sealed behind a stainless steel door in 1940 at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta. The crypt is the “first successful attempt to bury a record of this culture for any future inhabitants or visitors to the planet Earth,” according to the Guinness Book of World Records (1990). Origins of the Crypt Oglethorpe University president Thornwell Jacobs (1877-1956), in an article in the November 1936 Scientific American magazine, claimed to be the first to conceive the idea of consciously preserving artifacts for posterity by placing them in a sealed repository./cumming-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cumming-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe county seat of Forsyth County, Cumming is located forty miles north of Atlanta. The town was founded in 1833, a year after the creation of Forsyth County. The land for the town, two forty-acre lots that were part of an 1832 Cherokee land lottery, was purchased by local officials in 1833 and 1834. They then divided the town land into smaller lots and sold them off over the next several years, reserving one lot for the county courthouse./day-chapel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/day-chapel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Day Chapel, completed in 1994, was the third major building constructed at the State Botanical Garden. Modern in design, the chapel contains an eclectic combination of styles and details. Courtesy of the State Botanical Garden 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./diamondback-terrapin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/diamondback-terrapin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWhile alligators often feed in Georgia's salt marshes, the only reptile inhabitants of the marshes are diamondback terrapins (Malachlenys terrapin; adult female pictured). Other animals residing in the marshes include several bird species, as well as raccoons, marsh rabbits, and rice rats. Photograph by Mary Hollinger, NODC biologist. Courtesy of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Department of Commerce 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./dress-and-bonnet-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dress-and-bonnet-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDress and Bonnet by Carol Burks is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. According to Burks, "English smocking is decorative embroidery that is worked on fabric which has been gathered or evenly pleated. Lightweight fabrics such as cotton or cotton blends can be smocked to produce a variety of lovely garments." Dress (garment) 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./edmund-marshall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/edmund-marshall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDiaz, Laura. "Edmund Marshall." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Oct 1, 2015. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/edmund-marshall/ Diaz, L. (2014). Edmund Marshall. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved Oct 1, 2015, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/edmund-marshall/ Diaz, Laura. "Edmund Marshall." New Georgia Encyclopedia, 13 November 2014, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/edmund-marshall/. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJ2UosKvsIymmKurmJa5rXs%3D/emory-university-school-of-medicine.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/emory-university-school-of-medicine.htmlLocated in Atlanta, Emory University School of Medicine ranks among the nation’s finest institutions for teaching, patient care, and research. In 2003 it had more than 1,400 faculty, 450 students, and almost 1,000 interns and residents. Emory doctors are responsible for more than 2 million patient visits a year. The school’s long-term strengths in patient care and research include heart, stroke, cancer, eye, transplants, Parkinson’s, and infectious disease; areas targeted for growth include genetics, vaccines, and neurosciences./farm-family-at-rabun-gap.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/farm-family-at-rabun-gap.htmlJust after World War I (1917-18) the Rabun Gap school created the Farm Family Settlement Program. Entire families lived at Rabun Gap; the men learned agriculture, the women learned homemaking and health care, and the children attended school. The Speed family is pictured. Courtesy of Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School 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./floyd-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/floyd-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe current Floyd County Courthouse, built in Rome in 1995, is the county's sixth courthouse. The building functions as a multipurpose government facility, housing offices for various agencies in addition to the county and superior courts. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./fort-king-george-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fort-king-george-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFort King George, the first British garrison of the Georgia colony, is located in Darien, at the mouth of the Altamaha River. Established in 1721 as the southernmost outpost of British North America, the post became the stronghold for the coveted southeastern region. Garrisoned from 1721 to 1732, Fort King George was built under the command of Colonel John “Tuscarora Jack” Barnwell and manned by His Majesty’s Independent Company of Foot./george-troup-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/george-troup-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorge Troup served as a state representative, U.S. congressman, U.S. senator, and Georgia governor during the course of a lifelong political career. His two terms as Georgia’s thirtieth governor (1823-27) were marked by his successful efforts to ensure the removal of the Creek Indians from the state. During the ensuing negotiations with the federal government over the Creek removal, Troup was a staunch advocate for state’s rights. A Democratic Republican and later a Jacksonian, Troup was known for recalcitrance and a willingness to spite the federal government when he disagreed with its policies./grady-memorial-hospital-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/grady-memorial-hospital-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGrady Memorial Hospital has often been among the first to implement new medical technology. The hospital's most notable achievements include performing the state's first open-heart surgery in 1921, opening the world's first cancer center in 1923, and acquiring the earliest dialysis and X-ray machines. Grady Hospital's original building, shown here in 1952, was re-purposed when the hospital built new structures for white and Black patients in 1912. 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./hamilton-jordan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hamilton-jordan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHamilton Jordan, pictured in 1977, served as a prominent advisor to Jimmy Carter during Carter's tenures as governor of Georgia and president of the United States. Jordan grew up in Albany and graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in political science. 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./hubert-h-humphrey-campaign-dress.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hubert-h-humphrey-campaign-dress.htmlHubert H. Humphrey dress, 1968. Courtesy of Ashley Callahan 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%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJ6ilrustcRmrp6kk518p77Ap6KinV2ssq2vx5hnaW1f/indian-springs-gristmill-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/indian-springs-gristmill-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBeginning in the 1840s, a number of waterwheel-powered mills, including the Indian Springs Gristmill, appeared along the rivers of Butts County. Because of its easy access to water transportation, the county became an industrial community well in advance of other areas in the state. 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./irene-mounds-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/irene-mounds-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA group of African American women (pictured in December 1937) helped to excavate the Irene mounds site. The split oak basket, on the right, was made in Savannah especially for this project. The woman in the foreground is smoking a pipe. Reprinted by permission of the Coastal Georgia Archaeological Society 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./izzy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/izzy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOlympic mascot designer John Ryan with an illustration of Izzy, the official mascot for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. The amorphous, abstract figure carried the name "Izzy," derived from "Whatizit?" because no one seemed to know exactly what "Izzy" really was. 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./jimmy-and-jack-carter-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jimmy-and-jack-carter-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlU.S. president Jimmy Carter (left) walks with his oldest son, Jack, on the site of the future Gordon County Grain Company in 1977. At the time of this photograph, Jack was a resident of Calhoun, located in Gordon County, where he practiced law. 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./john-ross-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-ross-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAs principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, John Ross struggled until 1838 against the removal of the Cherokees from the Southeast. Beginning in 1838, however, he was forced to lead the Cherokees through the tragic removal period, which culminated in the Trail of Tears. He remained principal chief until his death in 1866. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6jpqGmXae8tL%2BMam5yaF1mhXeCjqZkbWplaHw%3D/ludacris-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ludacris-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe rap musician Ludacris poses in 2003 outside the Def Jam South offices in Midtown Atlanta. Ludacris signed with Def Jam in 2000 and later that year released the album Back for the First Time, which contained his first national hit, "What's Your Fantasy?" 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./magnolia-tree-ponce-de-leon-ballpark.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/magnolia-tree-ponce-de-leon-ballpark.htmlThis magnolia tree, which once stood in centerfield of the Ponce de Leon Ballpark, is all that survives of the former home of the minor league Atlanta Crackers. Legendary professional players Babe Ruth and Eddie Mathews are the only two men ever to have hit home-run balls into the magnolia. Photograph courtesy of Chris Dobbs. 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./maynard-jackson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/maynard-jackson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAtlanta mayor Maynard Jackson appealed for calm on the steps of City Hall after mass violence and vandalism erupted in downtown Atlanta in response to the Rodney King verdict on April 30, 1992. Jackson was shouted down several times before the crowd finally moved off toward Peachtree Street. 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./nathan-deal-s-inauguration-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/nathan-deal-s-inauguration-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlNathan Deal (right) was sworn in as Georgia's eighty-second governor on January 10, 2011, in Atlanta. He is pictured with his predecessor, Governor Sonny Perdue (left), and Georgia secretary of state Brian Kemp. Deal served as governor from 2011 to 2019. Courtesy of Georgia.gov 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./navy-supply-corps-school-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/navy-supply-corps-school-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOfficers in training stand in formation outside of Winnie Davis Hall on the campus of the Navy Supply Corps School, which was located in Athens from 1954 until 2010. Courtesy of the United States Navy 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./olympic-games-in-1996-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/olympic-games-in-1996-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFrom July 19 until August 4, 1996, Atlanta hosted the Centennial Summer Olympic Games, the largest event in the city’s history. Local leaders hoped to use the publicity to promote Atlanta’s image as an international city ready to play an important role in global commerce. After winning the bid to host the games, Atlanta’s preparations for the Olympics took more than six years and had an estimated economic impact of $5./p-j-daniels-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/p-j-daniels-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlP. J. Daniels, a running back for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, makes a play during the 2004-5 season. 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./quick-start-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/quick-start-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlQuick Start is a workforce training program designed to support new and existing businesses in Georgia. Ranked the top program of its kind in the nation by Expansion Management magazine in 2005, Quick Start is part of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG). The program, which began in the late 1960s, completed nearly 5,200 training projects in the state by 2007. More than half a million residents have benefited from the program, which is credited with the successful creation and retention of jobs in Georgia./ralph-mark-gilbert-civil-rights-museum.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ralph-mark-gilbert-civil-rights-museum.htmlThe museum is named for Ralph Mark Gilbert, a Savannah leader of the civil rights movement. Gilbert served as president of the Savannah NAACP for eight years. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia./rice-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rice-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRice, Georgia’s first staple crop, was the most important commercial agricultural commodity in the Lowcountry from the middle of the eighteenth century until the early twentieth century. Rice arrived in America with European and African migrants as part of the so-called Columbian Exchange of plants, animals, and germs. Over time, profits from the production and sale of the cereal formed the basis of many great fortunes in coastal Georgia. The heart of the United States rice industry lay in the South Atlantic region from the early eighteenth century until the late nineteenth century./richard-malcolm-johnston-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/richard-malcolm-johnston-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRichard Malcolm Johnston was a lawyer, teacher, and dialect humorist from Hancock County. A disciple of Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, he called his first book Georgia Sketches (1864) in honor of Longstreet’s Georgia Scenes (1835). In an enlarged form, this collection was renamed Dukesborough Tales (1871); the second edition of Dukesborough Tales, published in 1883, launched his national literary career. Johnston’s writing has been called a bridge between antebellum humor and postbellum local color traditions./sally-hull-cobb-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sally-hull-cobb-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSally Cobb Hull, born in Athens in 1887, married Philip Weltner in 1913. After Weltner retired from his position as president of Oglethorpe University, the couple moved to a plot of land behind the Brookhaven campus, gifted by the University's Board of Trustees. Image from A.L. Hull 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./sapelo-island-lighthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sapelo-island-lighthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA hurricane in October 1898 seriously undermined the foundation of the original Sapelo Lighthouse. In September 1905 a new lighthouse—a 100-foot steel pyramidal tower with a kerosene-lit flashing light—was activated and a third-order Fresnel lens was installed. 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./south-university-clock-tower-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/south-university-clock-tower-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe South University clock tower is situated on the southwest corner of the school's campus in downtown Savannah. Located at its current site since 1974, the university has been housed at various addresses in Savannah since its founding in 1899. Courtesy of South University 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./southeastern-fair-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/southeastern-fair-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCrowds pass in front of the grandstand at the Southeastern Fair in Fulton County in 1955. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to Special Collections and Archives at Georgia State University. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOn6ylrJ%2BjeqS71KersmejpMK1tMSaqq2doqN6p63Iq2SgqpGjsbTAwKebmGhgZnw%3D/southern-comfort-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/southern-comfort-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Southern Comfort Conference was one of the most well-known transgender conferences in the United States. Originally held in Atlanta, it created a space where members of the transgender community could gather, learn about medical resources, and organize politically. In 1990 members of the International Foundation for Gender Education and transgender advocacy groups based in the southeastern U.S. began planning for a new regional conference to be held in Atlanta the following year./st-john-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/st-john-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe St. John United Methodist Church building in Augusta was built in 1844 and expanded during the 1890s. The church was restored to its nineteenth-century appearance in 1998, and in 2001 it hosted the Southeast Regional African American Historic Preservation Alliance conference. Courtesy of GAAHPN 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-american-music-show-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-american-music-show-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe American Music Show was a weekly television series created and broadcast in Atlanta from 1981 until 2005. One of the longest-running public access cable television programs, it acquired cult status and helped launch the career of RuPaul, who appeared numerous times on the show. Existing at a unique intersection of queer underground and post–civil rights era Black Atlanta, The American Music Show’s emphasis on drag, irreverent satire, and DIY aesthetic was a harbinger of queer visibility in mainstream American entertainment and contemporary consumer-generated, internet-distributed media./transferral-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/transferral-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTransferral by John Hardy is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Pencil, 26 x 40 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomqiknJqwtbXOp6pon5Wkv6i1wKxkrKyRqbJurdGtZJynnKGypMDIqKVorKKWu7SyxKupmqSPna6zsNiYZ2lpXw%3D%3D/walter-f-george-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/walter-f-george-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWalter F. George was one of Georgia’s longest-serving members of the U.S. Senate (1922-57), and he distinguished himself in terms of his diplomatic influence during World War II (1941-45) and the early years of the cold war. While George opposed Franklin D. Roosevelt’s nomination for president in 1932, he supported several of his early New Deal programs. He broke with Roosevelt in his second presidential term, however, particularly over his attempts to pack the U./west-point-dam-and-lake.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/west-point-dam-and-lake.htmlThe West Point Dam and Lake was constructed in Troup County by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during the 1960s and 1970s to help control flooding in the area. Today the lake is a popular public recreation area. Courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 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./william-louis-jones-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/william-louis-jones-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWilliam Louis Jones first attained recognition as a professor of science and agriculture at the University of Georgia and later as a journalist, serving as editor of the Southern Cultivator and then as editor of Henry W. Grady’s journal, Southern Farm. He was also the first director of the Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station (later the Georgia Experiment Station in Griffin). Through his writings on scientific agriculture and in his role as a professor, Jones influenced scores of Georgians and other southerners./william-schley-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/william-schley-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWilliam Schley, a jurist, politician, and manufacturer, served as governor of Georgia from 1835 to 1837. A descendant of German immigrants, he was born in Frederick, Maryland, on December 10, 1786, to Anna Maria Shelman and John Jacob Schley. His parents brought him to Jefferson County in Georgia when he was a child, and he completed his education in Louisville and Augusta. He was admitted to the bar in 1812 and practiced in Augusta for a dozen years before venturing into politics./williamson-mausoleum-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/williamson-mausoleum-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe mausoleum of Martha Buchan (1858-1938) and Albert Genavie (1854-1925) Williamson is in the historic Orphans Cemetery, just north of Eastman. The Georgia marble structure, erected in 1912 and adorned by a three-ton, columned canopy enclosing the statuary of Italian marble, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Photograph by Harold B. Haley 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./georgia-wonder-phenomenon-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-wonder-phenomenon-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBeginning in 1883, several young women from Georgia astonished the nation by demonstrating strange powers in their vaudeville acts. For years afterward, they were among the most popular and controversial variety performers in America and Europe. Two of these women, Lulu Hurst and Annie Abbott, were particularly successful. Lulu Hurst Lulu Hurst, the first Georgia Wonder, was born in 1869 in Polk County. In September 1883 she gained local attention by demonstrating mysterious abilities: chairs, canes, and umbrellas, held by others, seemed gripped by an invisible power when Hurst touched them lightly./4-h-goat-show-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/4-h-goat-show-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFive 4-H members exhibit goats during a show. Courtesy of Georgia 4-H, Photograph by Judy Ashley.. 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%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrnyosc6rnqKZXWl6qXuTZp9mn5%2BWwW6%2Fx6iumGhgZnpzew%3D%3D/appalachian-trail-marker-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/appalachian-trail-marker-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA plaque marks the southern end of the Appalachian Trail near the peak of Springer Mountain. Photograph from JR P. 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%2BOrKeoqqSoerDB052mqKpdp7KkvsSaq6KnnmSusbzApZicoJmWu27A0ZqgpWeRpb2iuMCcn6KZnmK7osDIqKWapF2osKa6yJxkraqRnrluv8%2BroKeflad6rrvUp6uaoZ5iva2t0K6cmGhgZnw%3D/augusta-national-golf-club-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/augusta-national-golf-club-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Augusta National Golf Club, home of the Masters Tournament, was established by golfer Bobby Jones on the former grounds of Berckmans Nursery in 1931. The landscaping of the golf course includes many of the ornamental plants propagated between 1858 and 1918 by Louis and Prosper Berckmans. 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./beaulieu-of-america-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/beaulieu-of-america-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBeaulieu of America, located in Dalton, was the third largest tufted-carpet company in America. An offshoot of a major European carpet manufacturer, the company was the creation of Carl Bouckaert, an industry and community leader. Bouckaert, the oldest of seven children, was born in 1954 in Waregem, Belgium. The son of a surgeon, he was educated in rigorous Jesuit schools and then studied engineering at Louvain University. He married the daughter of Roger De Clerck, owner of Beaulieu Belgium, the largest carpet business in Europe./big-bethel-african-methodist-episcopal-church.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/big-bethel-african-methodist-episcopal-church.htmlPart of the Sweet Auburn district, Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is believed to be the oldest predominantly African American congregation in the metropolitan Atlanta area. A pillar of the Auburn Avenue community, the church is known nationally and internationally for its religious pageant, Heaven Bound. Founding Big Bethel AME has congregational roots dating back to 1847. The original congregation was made up of enslaved men and women who were given permission to worship in the white Union Church./black-cemeteries-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/black-cemeteries-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia’s Black cemeteries reflect the pervasive influence of racial segregation as well as the enduring significance of African and African American cultural practices. Despite recent efforts at preservation, many remain vulnerable to the vagaries of time, and most do not enjoy the financial support afforded white burial grounds.  Enslaved People and Death  Georgia’s European and African burial grounds date to the colonial era. In the eighteenth century, the South’s rural population buried most of their dead in family plots or rural burial grounds./black-legislators-during-reconstruction-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/black-legislators-during-reconstruction-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBlack men participated in Georgia politics for the first time during Congressional Reconstruction (1867-76). Between 1867 and 1872 sixty-nine African Americans served as delegates to the constitutional convention (1867-68) or as members of the state legislature. Jefferson Franklin Long, a tailor from Bibb County, sat in the U.S. Congress from December 1870 to March 1871. The three most prominent Black state legislators were Henry McNeal Turner, Tunis Campbell, and Aaron A./callaway-family-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/callaway-family-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Callaway family has changed the face of Georgia by building and operating textile mills, developing and maintaining gardens, and supporting cultural, humanitarian, and religious projects. Callaway family members founded what became Callaway Mills in 1900 and operated them until 1968. They established Callaway Gardens in 1952 and remain active in its management. The family has also given millions of dollars to a wide variety of projects through the Callaway Foundation and the Fuller E./citizens-trust-bank-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/citizens-trust-bank-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCitizens Trust Bank is among the largest Black-owned financial institutions in the country. For more than a century, it has provided critical financial services to Black-owned businesses and institutions in Atlanta and beyond. On August 16, 1921, Citizens Trust Bank opened on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta. Its Trust Bank founder, African American businessman Heman Perry, served as the first chairman of the board, and Henry C. Dugas was Citizens Trust’s first president./colonial-figures-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/colonial-figures-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA map of Georgia, circa 1745, shows the territory inhabited by the Yamacraw Indians, a group formed in 1728 by disaffected Creek and Yamasee Indians. The Yamacraws, led by Tomochichi, established their first community on the bluffs of the Savannah River. After the arrival of James Oglethorpe in 1733, the group agreed to move north to accomodate Oglethorpe's plans to build an outpost, which later became the city of Savannah./colonial-military-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/colonial-military-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFrom the arrival of the first British settlers in February 1733 until the onset of the American Revolution (1775-83), the military in colonial Georgia played a fundamental role for the British Empire by protecting the southeastern frontier of its American colonies. Georgia, initially founded as a defensive proprietorship to protect the more-settled colony of South Carolina, periodically saw small detachments of the regular British soldiers assigned to it, but the militia and provincial units remained the primary security force in the region throughout the colonial era./commission-on-interracial-cooperation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/commission-on-interracial-cooperation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Commission on Interracial Cooperation (CIC), founded in Atlanta in 1919, worked until its merger with the Southern Regional Council in 1944 to oppose lynching, mob violence, and peonage and to educate white southerners concerning the worst aspects of racial abuse. The commission remained based in Atlanta but had state-level committees throughout the South and, in the 1920s, some 800 local interracial committees. Key leaders included Will W. Alexander, executive director; Jessie Daniel Ames, the longtime director of woman’s work; Arthur Raper, research director; and Robert B./community-bat-patrol-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/community-bat-patrol-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDuring the Atlanta youth murders, Techwood Homes community members formed a neighborhood "Bat Patrol." By the time city officials established a formal task force to investigate the killings, eleven young Atlantas had already been added to the list of missing and murdered. 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./cotton-gin-proprietor-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cotton-gin-proprietor-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJames Marion Prance, the proprietor of a cotton gin in Cobb County, is pictured sitting in front of bales of cotton in the early 1900s. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./dan-reeves-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dan-reeves-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDan Reeves, head coach of the Atlanta Falcons from 1997 to 2003, observes warm-ups before a 1999 game in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1998 Reeves led the team to its first Super Bowl, which the Falcons lost to the Denver Broncos. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./driving-miss-daisy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/driving-miss-daisy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe play Driving Miss Daisy had its New York premiere on April 15, 1987, off Broadway at the Studio Theater at Playwrights Horizons. Written by Alfred Uhry and directed by Ron Lagomarsino, the original theatrical production featured a cast including Atlanta native Dana Ivey as Miss Daisy, Morgan Freeman as Hoke, and Ray Gill as Boolie. The play received a Pulitzer Prize in 1988, and in 1989 it was adapted into a film directed by Bruce Beresford and starring Jessica Tandy, Morgan Freeman, and Dan Aykroyd./dungeness-plantation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dungeness-plantation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDungeness Plantation was built on the south end of Cumberland Island in 1884 by Thomas Carnegie. Only ruins of the structure remain. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Historic American Buildings Survey, Photograph by Philip E. Gardner. 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./first-african-baptist-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/first-african-baptist-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe First African Baptist Church in Savannah is one of the oldest African American Baptist churches in North America. Founding Though it was not formally established until 1788, the origins of the First African Baptist Church date to 1778, when George Liele organized a small congregation of Black Baptists in Savannah. Born into slavery in Virginia in 1750, Liele was later brought to Georgia, where he experienced a profound religious awakening and resolved to lead a life of Christian service./founders-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/founders-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFounders Hall houses the Department of Fine Arts and Humanities at Fort Valley State University in Peach County. Fort Valley State is one of three public historically Black colleges and universities in the state. Courtesy of Communications Department, College of Agriculture, Home Economics and Allied Programs, Fort Valley State University 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./g-lloyd-preacher-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/g-lloyd-preacher-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlG. Lloyd Preacher, a major figure in southeastern architectural history, is perhaps best known for designing Atlanta’s elaborate art deco, neo-Gothic city hall (1930). He also contributed to the development of the Mediterranean mode as a regionalist style in the Southeast, but he was particularly known for his commercial office, hotel, and apartment building designs, joining Alfred Bossom, W. L. Stoddart, and Pringle and Smith as architects producing noteworthy examples of these building types./george-leonard-chaney-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/george-leonard-chaney-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorge Leonard Chaney established the first Unitarian church in Atlanta in 1883. Chaney worked to create educational opportunities for African Americans in the city by serving on the board of trustees for the Atlanta University Center and by opening the first free lending library for Blacks. Courtesy of Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta Records, Pitts Theology Library, Emory University 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./georgia-experiment-station-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-experiment-station-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA researcher at the Georgia Experiment Station in Griffin plows a field behind a three-mule team in 1900. Around this time, scientists at the station developed the deep furrow method of planting winter oats, a technique that saved millions of dollars for farmers in the South. Courtesy of University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 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./georgia-pacific-headquarters-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-pacific-headquarters-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia-Pacific's corporate headquarters moved to Atlanta in 1982 after being based on the West Coast for nearly thirty years. In 2005 the company was acquired by Koch Industries and became a privately held, wholly owned subsidiary. Georgia-Pacific continues to operate from its Atlanta headquarters. Courtesy of Georgia-Pacific 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./gertrude-herbert-institute-of-art.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gertrude-herbert-institute-of-art.htmlThe Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, founded in 1937, is housed in the former home of Nicholas Ware, the mayor of Augusta at the time of the home's construction in 1818. Today the Ware house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Courtesy of Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art 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./glenn-pop-warner-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/glenn-pop-warner-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOne of the most successful coaches in college football history, Glenn "Pop" Warner coached the University of Georgia football team to their first undefeated season in 1896. Photograph by Wikimedia 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./grady-health-system-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/grady-health-system-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGrady Health System is the largest public hospital–based health system in the Southeast, providing more than 200 specialty and subspecialty health care clinics. Included are Grady Memorial Hospital; Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Hughes Spalding, an affiliate of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta; Crestview Health and Rehabilitation Center; nine neighborhood health centers; and the only level-one trauma center within a 100-mile radius of downtown Atlanta. The nucleus of Grady’s service area is Fulton and DeKalb counties in Atlanta, where Grady contracts to provide care for the medically underserved./h-rap-brown-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/h-rap-brown-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCivil rights activist H. Rap Brown was elected chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1967. Brown's radical vision and aggressive rhetoric marked a shift from the nonviolent civil disobedience prescribed by Martin Luther King Jr. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6hZKuZoGKvs7vWp2ahZaKWvW6u0aiup5dgZX9w/hank-aaron-at-bat-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hank-aaron-at-bat-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAfter his first season in the majors (1954), Hank Aaron hit at least twenty home runs a season for the next twenty consecutive seasons, with thirty home runs or more in fifteen of those seasons. The feat remains unmatched today. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./hartwell-dam-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hartwell-dam-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlConstruction on Hartwell Dam began in 1955 and concluded in 1963. The dam diverts the Savannah River and some of its tributaries into Lake Hartwell, which, with nearly 1,000 miles of shoreline, is one of the largest man-made bodies of water east of the Mississippi River. Photograph by U.S Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District 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./historic-clinton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/historic-clinton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA photograph of a road in Clinton, in Jones County, circa 1900. During this time, and until around 1920, Jones County was mostly farm land and was known for its prolific cotton and peach crops. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./hugh-c-bailey-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hugh-c-bailey-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDr. Hugh C. Bailey served as president of Valdosta State University from 1978 to 2001. During his tenure the number of students doubled to around 9,000 and off-campus sites were established throughout south Georgia. Courtesy of Valdosta State University 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./james-m-smith-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/james-m-smith-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJames M. Smith, a Confederate veteran and native of Twiggs County, served as the governor of Georgia from 1872 to 1877. Smith's election marked the end of Reconstruction in the state. Courtesy of Georgia Capitol Museum, University of Georgia Libraries 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./jamie-stephenson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jamie-stephenson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDobbs, Chris. "Jamie Stephenson." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Jul 19, 2017. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/jamie-stephenson/ Dobbs, C. (2017). Jamie Stephenson. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved Jul 19, 2017, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/jamie-stephenson/ Dobbs, Chris. "Jamie Stephenson." New Georgia Encyclopedia, 08 March 2017, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/jamie-stephenson/. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKKRoramedKtnKmglaPAsLqO/jane-withers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jane-withers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1934 Jane Withers won the part of Joy in the film Bright Eyes, starring Shirley Temple, the most popular child actor in Hollywood at the time. Withers's successful performance led to a contract with Fox Studios and to her first starring role in the 1935 film Ginger. Courtesy of Classic Movie Kids 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./jenkins-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jenkins-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJenkins County, located in the southeastern part of the state, is Georgia’s 140th county and has an area of 350 square miles. It was created by an act of the state legislature on August 17, 1905, from parts of Bulloch, Burke, Emanuel, and Screven counties. The original name proposed for the new county was Dixie, but it was ultimately decided to name the county in honor of Charles Jones Jenkins, a judge and Reconstruction-era governor of the state./jesse-hill-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jesse-hill-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJesse Hill, one of Atlanta’s most prominent African American civil rights leaders, was the president and chief executive officer of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company from 1973 to 1992. The first African American to be elected president of a chamber of commerce in a major city and a member of the board of directors for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Hill was active in the civic and business communities of the city for more than five decades./john-c-inscoe-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-c-inscoe-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJohn C. Inscoe is University Professor Emeritus and the Albert B. Saye Professor of History, Emeritus, in the Department of History at the University of Georgia. One of the leading scholars in the fields of Appalachian and southern history, he is the author of several books, has served as secretary-treasurer of the Southern Historical Association, and is the founding editor of the New Georgia Encyclopedia. Born to Linwood St. Clair Inscoe Jr./john-stone-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-stone-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA poet, essayist, cardiologist, and lecturer, John Stone also served during his varied career as professor of medicine, associate dean, and director of admissions at the Emory University School of Medicine. A frequent contributor to the New York Times Magazine, Journal of the American Medical Association, and Discover, Stone achieved popularity and success as a teacher and writer who explored the link between medicine and literature. Stone was named Emory’s best clinical professor three times and received awards from the Georgia Writers Association, the Council of Authors and Journalists, and the Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters./joseph-perrin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/joseph-perrin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJoseph Perrin was born on December 6, 1923, in Tucker (DeKalb County). After serving in World War II (1941-45), Perrin studied at the Ringling School of Art and the High Museum School of Art before earning a degree in fine arts from the University of Georgia in Athens.  Perrin later received a grant from the Danforth Foundation, which allowed him to complete his postgraduate education in drawing, painting, and sculpture at the University of California in Los Angeles./marietta-national-cemetery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/marietta-national-cemetery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Marietta National Cemetery is located at 500 Washington Avenue in Marietta. There are more than 10,000 Union soldiers buried here, with approximately 3,000 of them unknown. Confederate soldiers were interred at a separate Confederate cemetery in Marietta. 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./muscogee-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/muscogee-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Muscogee County Courthouse in Columbus was constructed in the early 1970s, after the Columbus and Muscogee governments merged to form a consolidated government. Designed by Edward W. Neal, the building is an example of the New Formalist style of modern architecture. 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./nancy-harts-militia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/nancy-harts-militia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Nancy Harts militia, formed in LaGrange during the first weeks of the Civil War (1861-65), was a female military unit organized by the wives of Confederate soldiers to protect the home front. On April 26, 1861, the LaGrange Light Guards of the Fourth Georgia Infantry, comprising men mostly from LaGrange, in Troup County, left home to fight for the Confederacy. In that year alone, 1,300 men left LaGrange, making the town particularly vulnerable to Union attack because of its location midway between Atlanta and the Confederacy’s first capital at Montgomery, Alabama./nascar-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/nascar-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia  drivers, car owners, mechanics, and speedways have long played an important role in the establishment, development, and growing popularity of the National Association of Stock Car Racing (NASCAR) sport. Many observers consider Dawsonville one of the birthplaces of NASCAR. Indeed, several of the most popular and influential individuals in the early history of southern stock car racing came from this north Georgia town. Although he seldom drove in races, Raymond Parks, a native of Dawson County and a prominent Atlanta liquor-store owner, financed operations for a number of the most important early racers./nuclear-threat-initiative-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/nuclear-threat-initiative-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) is a nonprofit agency based in Washington, D.C., and chaired by former U.S. senator Sam Nunn and CNN founder Ted Turner, two influential Georgians. The agency’s mission is to reduce the threat from all weapons of mass destruction, including biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons. Formed in 2001, NTI helps finance twenty think tanks around the world. Ted Turner pledged $250 million to fund the NTI, which also accepts personal and corporate contributions./oconee-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/oconee-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLocated in downtown Watkinsville, the Oconee County Courthouse was completed in 1939. Designed in the stripped classical style, the building was constructed by the Works Progress Administration. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./philip-trammell-shutze-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/philip-trammell-shutze-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPhilip Trammell Shutze’s career as a designer emerged directly from the Atlanta architectural firm of Hentz, Reid, and Adler in Italianate and Georgian revival works of the mid-1920s. His broad training in architecture at the Georgia School of Technology, now Georgia Institute of Technology (1908-12), Columbia University in New York City (1912-13), and after he won the Rome Prize, the American Academy in Rome, Italy (1915-17, 1919-20), was punctuated by periodic experience as a draftsman for Neel Reid./rockmart-slate-folds-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rockmart-slate-folds-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSlate folds, which formed during the mountain-building events of the Paleozoic Era, are visible around Rockmart in the Valley and Ridge geologic province of northwest Georgia. Photograph by Pamela J. W. Gore 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./saltpeter-vat-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/saltpeter-vat-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA caver investigates the remains of a wooden vat used to hold the soil excavated during the process of mining saltpeter, or potassium nitrate. Water added to the soil leached out the nitrates and collected in troughs at the base of the vat. Courtesy of Joel M. Sneed 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./sam-massell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sam-massell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSam Massell was elected mayor of Atlanta in 1969, the first Jew to hold that office in the city. Massell's uncle was Ben Massell, one of Atlanta's premier builders and developers during the mid-twentieth century. 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 William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum./sandhills-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sandhills-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSandhills are found on the fall line in Georgia and along the northern and eastern banks of large Coastal Plain streams in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, and North and South Carolina. They are distinct both as a landform and in the types of vegetation they support. Visually, the sandhills are often striking as islands of exposed sand and sparse vegetation in the midst of denser forest. Although soils across the southeastern Coastal Plain are typically sandy, sandhills are characterized by thicker sandy deposits one to twenty-five meters deep./savannah-volunteer-guards-armory-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/savannah-volunteer-guards-armory-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Savannah Volunteer Guards Armory (photographed here circa 1902) was designed by William G. Preston in the Romanesque revival style. The Savannah College of Art and Design purchased the Bull Street structure in 1979. After restoration, the building was renamed Poetter Hall for two of the school's cofounders. Courtesy of Georgia Southern University, Image from Art Work of Savannah and Augusta, 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./sclc-leaders-marching-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sclc-leaders-marching-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRalph David Abernathy (second from left) marches with Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King Jr. (center) in 1966 on the Georgia state capitol. All were influential leaders during the early years of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./shrimp-boats-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/shrimp-boats-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSt. Marys shrimp boats. The city of St. Marys is located on the St. Marys River, within six miles of the Atlantic Ocean, making it an important port town for the shrimping industry. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia./southern-christian-leadership-conference-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/southern-christian-leadership-conference-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Southern Christian Leadership Conference, often referred to as the SCLC, was one of the most significant participants in the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. The organization still advocates on issues of social justice. Although it has been influential in other southern states, this national organization has always been based in Atlanta, and Georgia has been the home of many of its founders and leaders. Origins The SCLC had its origins in several mid-twentieth-century developments./technical-college-system-of-georgia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/technical-college-system-of-georgia.htmlThe Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG; formerly the Department of Technical and Adult Education) oversees the state’s technical colleges, its economic and workforce development programs, and its adult education programs. Its headquarters are in Atlanta. The agency’s primary objective is to create a well-educated, technically trained, and highly competitive workforce, thus ensuring economic success for both the state and its citizens. The TCSG commissioner, along with the State Board of the TCSG, which is composed of members from the state’s fourteen congressional districts, and nine members at large, establishes standards, regulations, and policies for the operation of the system./telfair-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/telfair-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Telfair County Courthouse, built in 1934, is designed in the colonial revival style. It is the second courthouse to be built in McRae, which became the county seat in 1871. At least two other courthouses were built during the nineteenth century in Telfair County's first seat, Jacksonville. 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./the-kibitzer-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-kibitzer-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Kibitzer (date unknown) by Edmund Marshall is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Photograph, 9 1/4 x 8 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZonLGgmZe2tbXOp2aipqOltrOxw2aenqeinLaieZFxZLCnoqDAbrLRqKRmn5Wkv6i1wKxkrKyRqbJurdGtZJynnKGypMDIqKVorJiaeqy1waKrs52ilLqivtKhmKWkj2V9cns%3D/the-miracle-flower-by-moina-michael.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-miracle-flower-by-moina-michael.htmlMoina Michael's biography The Miracle Flower: The Story of the Flanders Field Memorial Poppy (1941) details her inspiration to make the red field poppy a symbol of remembrance. 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./time-capsules-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/time-capsules-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTime capsules, sealed containers storing artifacts of the contemporary culture for retrieval in future decades or even millennia, first captured the imagination of the American public in 1936, when Thornwell Jacobs, president of Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, suggested the idea in a Scientific American magazine article. Georgia, like all states, has numerous time capsules. They range from the very elaborate—a swimming-pool-sized chamber containing thousands of objects—to sealed cardboard boxes preserving family memorabilia./tracy-ham-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tracy-ham-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTracy Ham, an All-American quarterback, led the Georgia Southern Eagles to national championships in 1985 and 1986. Courtesy of Georgia Southern Athletic Media Relations 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./trisha-yearwood-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/trisha-yearwood-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMonticello native Trisha Yearwood is well established as one of country music's most popular and appealing female vocalists. Starting with her debut release in 1991, she has amassed an enormous following of listeners who are drawn to her "everywoman" songs of fortitude and vulnerability. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKyinsCprYyynJqqp6S8pXnBZmhybmRkum59l29uaA%3D%3D/walking-rhino-cup-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/walking-rhino-cup-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWalking Rhino Cup by Jerry Chappelle is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Clay (stoneware), 6 1/4 x 5 x 10 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts./walter-j-brown-media-archives-and-peabody-awards-collection.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/walter-j-brown-media-archives-and-peabody-awards-collection.htmlThe Ilah Dunlap Little Memorial Library on the north campus of the University of Georgia in Athens houses the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection. Named for broadcasting pioneer Walter J. Brown, this collection of film, video, audiotape, transcription disks, and other recording formats comprises approximately 100,000 titles. The mission of the archive is to preserve, protect, and provide access to the moving-image and sound materials that reflect the collective memory of broadcasting and the history of the state of Georgia and its people./washington-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/washington-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWashington, the seat of Wilkes County, is located in the Piedmont region of east central Georgia. About fifty-five miles northwest of Augusta and forty-three miles east of Athens, Washington has a land area of almost eight square miles. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 3,754. Reputedly the first place in the United States named for U.S. president George Washington, the community was originally called Heard’s Fort after the family that settled it in 1773./allman-brothers-band-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/allman-brothers-band-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Allman Brothers Band, formed in 1969 and featuring twin guitars and twin drums, created the “southern rock” genre by brilliantly mixing blues, jazz, country, and rock and roll. From their base in Macon, the Allman Brothers opened the door for other southern bands, including the Atlanta Rhythm Section, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Marshall Tucker Band, and Wet Willie. Duane Allman, guitarist and vocalist, and his brother Gregg Allman, keyboardist and vocalist, were born in Nashville, Tennessee./alma-thomas-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/alma-thomas-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA prominent abstract painter of the 1960s and 1970s, Alma Thomas was the first African American woman to have a solo art exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, in 1971. Born in Columbus on September 22, 1891, Alma Woodsey Thomas was the eldest daughter of John Harris Thomas, a successful businessman, and Amelia Cantey, a dress designer. Alma Thomas showed artistic tendencies as a child when she used local clays to make homemade puppets and sculptures./archibald-bulloch-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/archibald-bulloch-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlArchibald Bulloch was a Revolutionary soldier, a leader of Georgia’s Liberty Party, and the state’s first chief executive and commander in chief. Bulloch County, in southeast Georgia, is named in his honor. Bulloch was born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1730. His father, James Bulloch, had immigrated to South Carolina in the 1720s from Scotland. His mother, Jean, was the daughter of a Puritan minister, the Reverend Archibald Stobo. Archibald Bulloch was the great-great-grandfather of Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth president of the United States./arthur-crew-inman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/arthur-crew-inman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlArthur Crew Inman was a reclusive and unsuccessful poet whose 17-million word diary, extending from 1919 to 1963, provides a panoramic record of people, events, and observations from more than four decades of the twentieth century. Inman was born in 1895 into one of the most powerful and affluent families in Atlanta. His grandfather was Samuel Martin Inman, a wealthy cotton magnate and philanthropist who owned a portion of the Atlanta Constitution and was an early director for the Georgia Institute of Technology./atlanta-black-crackers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-black-crackers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Atlanta Black Crackers played in the Negro Southern League and the Negro American League during the early to mid-twentieth century. Like other Black teams, they were never recognized by professional organized baseball, and the only reliable records of their experiences are primarily from the players themselves and from newspaper accounts. Nineteenth-Century Origins In 1867 the National Association of Baseball Players officially banned Blacks from playing in its all-white league. In 1887 the League of Colored Baseball Clubs was formed./atlanta-crackers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-crackers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Atlanta Crackers club dominated the Southern Association until the league's demise in 1961. Ted Cieslak, at bat, played in the major leagues during World War II.  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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./augusta-jane-evans-wilson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/augusta-jane-evans-wilson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAugusta Jane Evans Wilson wrote nine novels about southern women that were among the most popular fiction in nineteenth-century America. Her most successful novel, St. Elmo (1866), sold a million copies within four months of its appearance and remained in print well into the twentieth century. The sexual tensions between the book’s cynical Byronic hero, St. Elmo, and its beautiful Christian heroine, self-made writer Edna Earl, inspired the christening of villages, plantations, steamboats, railway carriages, male infants, a punch, a cigar, and one infamous parody, St./bethesda-baptist-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bethesda-baptist-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe historic Bethesda Baptist Church in Greene County was founded in 1785 in the town of Union Point. The sanctuary, which today contains the remains of a slave gallery, was constructed in 1818. Photograph by Melinda Smith Mullikin, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./bulloch-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bulloch-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1853 Martha "Mittie" Bulloch and Theodore Roosevelt Sr., the parents of U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt, were married at Bulloch Hall, Mittie's childhood home in Roswell. The Bullochs were one of Roswell's founding families. Photograph by Darby Carl Sanders, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./byron-mckeeby-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/byron-mckeeby-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlByron McKeeby was born on February 27, 1936, in Humboldt, Iowa. A devoted artist from a young age, McKeeby expressed a fondness for art as a child, and his avid interest spurred him to pursue a career in the field. McKeeby earned degrees from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; the Art Institute of Chicago in Illinois; and Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, and he received the Tamarind Teacher-Student Fellowship with the prominent lithographer Garo Antreasian during the summer of 1965./cairo-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cairo-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCairo, incorporated in 1870, is located in Grady County in southwest Georgia, thirty miles north of Tallahassee, Florida. Named either for the city in Egypt or for Cairo, Illinois, but pronounced “Cayroe,” the city has been the county seat since 1906. For decades it was known as the heart of Georgia’s syrup industry. According to the 2020 U.S. census, Cairo has 10,179 residents. The town covers 9.37 square miles and is governed by a five-member city council, mayor, and an appointed city manager./carter-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/carter-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSituated on a thirty-five-acre park, atop a hill between downtown Atlanta and Emory University, the Carter Center is a nongovernmental, not-for-profit organization established in 1982 by former U.S. president Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, to advance peace and health worldwide. Courtesy of the Carter Center 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./charles-h-herty-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/charles-h-herty-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCharles Herty, a native of Milledgeville, was a renowned chemist known for his contributions to both the forestry and paper industries during his career. While a professor at the University of Georgia in the 1890s, Herty also established the university's athletic program. 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./community-playthings-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/community-playthings-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe workshop for Community Playthings, a toy and furniture business run by members of the Macedonia Cooperative Community, is pictured in 1975. The Macedonia community, located in Habersham County, was founded in 1937 and disbanded in 1957. Photograph by W. Edward Orser 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./dunwoody-campus-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dunwoody-campus-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia Perimeter College's Dunwoody Campus (pictured in 2003) was formerly the college's North Campus. Georgia Perimeter merged with Georgia State University in 2016. Courtesy of Georgia State University Perimeter College 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./east-georgia-state-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/east-georgia-state-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLocated on a wooded 227-acre campus in Swainsboro, East Georgia State College is a unit of the University System of Georgia. Situated approximately seventy miles from Augusta, ninety miles from Savannah, and ninety miles from Macon, the college serves a predominantly rural area of eighteen counties in Georgia’s coastal plain. The college enrolled 3,435 students in fall 2011. History As early as 1956, community leaders in Emanuel County and Swainsboro urged the state to establish a two-year college in the area./edwin-harrison-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/edwin-harrison-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn the aftermath of riots following the integration of the University of Georgia, Edwin Harrison, president of the Georgia Institute of Technology, allowed the admission of Black students in May 1961. Georgia Tech became the first institution of higher education in the South to integrate peacefully and without a court order. 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./elberton-s-granite-bowl-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/elberton-s-granite-bowl-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Granite Bowl, constructed in the 1950s, is home to the Elbert County Comprehensive High School Blue Devils. The bowl was built over Elberton's original spring, around which the town was settled. The spring still runs in a culvert under the football field. Photograph by Melinda Smith Mullikin, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./elijah-clarke-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/elijah-clarke-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAmong the few heroes of the Revolutionary War from Georgia, Elijah Clarke (sometimes spelled “Clark”) was born in 1742, the son of John Clarke of Anson County, North Carolina. He married Hannah Harrington around 1763. As an impoverished, illiterate frontiersman, he appeared in the ceded lands, on what was then the northwestern frontier of Georgia, in 1773. Clarke’s name appears on a petition in support of the king’s government in 1774./ellen-craft-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ellen-craft-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe daughter of an African American woman and her white enslaver, Ellen looked white and was able to escape slavery by disguising herself as a southern slaveholder. From The Underground Rail Road, by W. Still 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./emily-woodward-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/emily-woodward-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEmily Woodward was a prominent female journalist in the early twentieth-century South who became an outspoken advocate of liberal causes. Eschewing a domestic life for a career in journalism and adult education, Woodward appeared personally and in print across the United States and abroad. Hers was a public life devoted to social and political advocacy. Emily Barnelia Woodward was born on May 2, 1885, in the south-central Georgia town of Vienna, where she lived her entire life./enslaved-laborers-in-cotton-field.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/enslaved-laborers-in-cotton-field.htmlAn illustration depicts enslaved laborers working in a southern cotton field. After the Civil War the most important issue to white landowners was that many of their best cotton fields lay in disrepair and their cotton field labor had been emancipated. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrnyku9OtpqdnnWKAdICWaA%3D%3D/enslaved-women-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/enslaved-women-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAs was true in all southern states, enslaved women played an integral part in Georgia’s colonial and antebellum history. Scholars are beginning to pay more attention to issues of gender in their study of slavery in the Old South and are finding that enslaved women faced additional burdens and even more challenges than did many enslaved men. Eighteenth Century It is not known just when the first enslaved women came to Georgia./evander-holyfield-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/evander-holyfield-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEvander Holyfield poses with his championship belts in 1990, after becoming the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame./francis-orray-ticknor-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/francis-orray-ticknor-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPhysician, poet, and horticulturist, Francis Orray Ticknor wrote memorable Civil War (1861-65) poetry and earned a lasting literary reputation on the merit of a single poem, “Little Giffen,” a ballad about a young Tennessee soldier named Isaac Newton Giffen. The poem describes how during the war Ticknor treated and befriended the wounded Confederate lad, only to see him return to the ranks and presumably to his battlefield death. Francis “Frank” Orray Ticknor, the youngest of Harriot Coolidge and Orray Ticknor’s three children, was born on November 13, 1822, in Fortville, in Jones County./freedmen-s-education-during-reconstruction-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/freedmen-s-education-during-reconstruction-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFrom the first days of their freedom, formerly enslaved Georgians demanded formal education. Legislation passed in 1829 had made it a crime to teach enslaved laborers to read, and, further, white attitudes discouraged literacy within Georgia’s small free Black community. Yet when schools for freedpeople opened in early 1865, they were crowded to overflowing. Within a year of Black freedom, at least 8,000 formerly enslaved African Americans were attending schools in Georgia; eight years later, Black schools struggled to contain nearly 20,000 students./guardhouse-museum-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/guardhouse-museum-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Guardhouse Musuem, originally constructed in 1866 as the main entrance to the Augusta Arsenal, is located on the campus of Augusta State University. Restored in 2002, the museum offers displays about the arsenal, university, and surrounding historic neighborhoods. Courtesy of Augusta State University 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./hartsfield-jackson-atlanta-international-airport-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hartsfield-jackson-atlanta-international-airport-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is a world-class facility that serves national and international traffic for much of the world. 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%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrnyxwcGloJxlpaiybq3Iq6eoqqSofK55kG1qamc%3D/hebard-cypress-mills-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hebard-cypress-mills-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDuring the Second Seminole War (1835-42), the federal government forcibly removed Native Americans from the swamp in order to make way for white settlers. In 1891 the Suwanee Canal Company purchased 238,120 acres of the Okefenokee Swamp with the intentions of draining to land to establish cotton, sugar, and rice plantations. After that company’s failure, timber companies attempted to construct railroads, canals, and even drained portions of the swamp in order to ease the removal of precious cypress logs./interstate-highway-system-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/interstate-highway-system-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia’s 1,253 miles of interstate highways perform several  functions vital to the state’s economy: connecting Georgia to the rest of the nation, linking the state’s major cities, and helping move suburban commuters to and from work centers. Part of the nationwide Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, Georgia’s interstate highways, along with Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and the deepwater ports of Savannah and Brunswick, helped establish the state—especially its capital, Atlanta —as a vital transportation hub for the Southeast./irwin-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/irwin-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIrwin County, in central Georgia, is the state’s forty-first county, created in 1818 from land acquired from Creek Indians in 1814 by the Treaty of Fort Jackson. The county, one of seven created by the state legislature in 1818, once encompassed much more territory. Counties carved from it were Lowndes and Thomas (1825), Worth (1853), Coffee (1854), Berrien (1856), Wilcox (1857), Tift and Turner (1905), and Ben Hill (1906). It was named for Jared Irwin, a governor of Georgia most famous for rescinding the fraudulent Yazoo Act./john-amos-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-amos-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJohn Amos, a cofounder of the insurance company Aflac, made significant contributions in the business, political, and philanthropic arenas of Columbus. In addition to Aflac, Amos founded a television network, the American Family Broadcast Group, and was an active member of the Democratic party at both the local and national levels. Courtesy of Aflac 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./josiah-tattnall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/josiah-tattnall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJosiah Tattnall, militia leader and politician, served a one-year term as governor of Georgia in 1801-2 and helped to rescind the Yazoo land fraud of 1795. He was born at Bonaventure Plantation, near Savannah, around 1764 to Mary Mullryne and Josiah Tattnall. When Americans loyal to the British king fled Georgia in 1776, Tattnall and his brother accompanied their father and grandfather, John Mullryne, to the Bahamas and then to England, where they lived for six years./kinderlou-tower-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/kinderlou-tower-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlKinderlou Tower stands at the end of a half-mile boardwalk at the Grand Bay Wetland Education Center near Valdosta. Originally a fire tower, the structure now allows visitors a view of the wetland's diverse plant and animal communities. Photograph by Julius F. Ariail Jr. 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./leroy-johnson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/leroy-johnson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLeroy Johnson, a prominent attorney, was an advisor to Atlanta’s civil rights movement in the 1960s. In 1962 he won a state senate seat, becoming the first African American to be elected to the Georgia General Assembly since the end of the Reconstruction era. Early Life Leroy Reginald Johnson was born on July 28, 1928, in Atlanta to Elizabeth Heard and Leroy Johnson. He graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in 1945 and earned a bachelor’s degree from Morehouse College in 1949 and a master’s degree from Atlanta University (later Clark Atlanta University) in 1951./marietta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/marietta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLocated in metropolitan Atlanta just north of the Chattahoochee River, the city of Marietta has a population of about 60,972, according to the 2020 census. The seat of government for suburban Cobb County, Marietta possesses a historic business area centered on a downtown square and five National Register districts, spreading in all directions from the middle of town. Kennesaw Mountain, the site of a major Civil War (1861-65) battle, is just north of town./marietta-army-air-field-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/marietta-army-air-field-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA military policeman is pictured circa 1943 at the entrance to Marietta Army Air Field, which later became Dobbins Air Reserve Base. Courtesy of Georgia National Guard 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./mayday-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mayday-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1922 John Wesley Langdale, founder of the Langdale Forest Products Company, purchased timber leases around Mayday, an unchartered community in Echols County. Today the company, founded in 1894 and based in Valdosta, owns a significant portion of the county's land. From Remembered Places and Leftover Pieces 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./medicine-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/medicine-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEmory University Hospital, located on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta, is a tertiary care facility. Staffed by 1500 physicians, the facility has been the site of several important milestones in the medical history of Georgia, including the performance of the state's first heart, kidney, and lung transplants. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLnEnaCcoZ6afA%3D%3D/mercer-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mercer-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlthe Knight Hall of Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. In 1912, when the citizens of Macon pledged support to the university, school administrators decided against moving the campus to Atlanta. 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./mercer-university-students-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mercer-university-students-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMembers of the Baptist association at Mercer University gather on the school's former grounds in Penfield, circa 1949. The college was founded in Penfield in 1833 with a gift from the Georgia Baptist Convention. In 1871 the campus moved to Macon, where it remains today. 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./oglethorpe-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/oglethorpe-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOglethorpe University, known for its Gothic revival architecture and its landmark location on Peachtree Road in north Atlanta, is on the National Register of Historic Places. The school is the only Georgia coeducational institution classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching among Baccalaureate (liberal arts) Colleges I, a category that includes selective institutions that award more than half of their degrees in the arts and sciences. Old Oglethorpe University In 1835 the state of Georgia chartered Oglethorpe University as a Presbyterian institution named after James Edward Oglethorpe, the founder of the colony./olympic-village-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/olympic-village-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Olympic Village, located on the Georgia Tech campus, was open July 6-August 7, 1996. The village was home to more than 14,000 athletes, coaches, trainers, and officials from 197 national Olympic committees, almost 10,000 employees (mostly volunteers), 4,000 guests, and hundreds of media representatives, with a daily population of nearly 30,000. 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./pellagra-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/pellagra-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPellagra, a disease caused by a dietary deficiency in vitamin B (niacin), was seen in the southern United States after the Civil War (1861-65). In the early 1900s it was thought to be an infectious disease, but studies conducted by public health physician Joseph Goldberger at the Milledgeville State Hospital (later Central State Hospital) in Georgia showed that it was related to diet. Death statistics indicate that pellagra may have been one of the most severe nutritional deficiency diseases ever recorded in the United States./phytoremediation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/phytoremediation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMany types of soil and water pollutants that pose a serious risk to human and environmental health can be removed through a process known as phytoremediation. Phytoremediation is a type of bioremediation (the removal of toxins from the environment using microorganisms) in which plants are used to break down and remove unwanted or dangerous toxins and contaminants that might otherwise persist in the environment for hundreds or thousands of years./ralph-david-abernathy-and-martin-luther-king-jr.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ralph-david-abernathy-and-martin-luther-king-jr.htmlRalph David Abernathy (right) and Martin Luther King Jr. were central organizers of the Montgomery bus boycott, which demanded that Black passengers be treated fairly on public transportation.  Courtesy of David Fankhauser 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./rat-snake-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rat-snake-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRat snakes (Elaphe obsoleta) are commonly found in wooded or swampy areas. Known as the "chicken snake" in farming areas because they will readily eat chicks and chicken eggs, rat snakes also enter barns in search of mice and rats. Like corn snakes, they are very good climbers. 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./recyclable-glasbac-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/recyclable-glasbac-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlInterface's high-recycled-content carpet backing, GlasBac. Interface has been an industry leader in the manufacturing of recyclable products and the reduction of emissions from carpet plants. Courtesy of Interface 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./reinhardt-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/reinhardt-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlReinhardt University is a liberal arts institution founded in 1883 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church. With its main campus in Waleska (Cherokee County) and the North Fulton Center in Alpharetta, Reinhardt is a coeducational academic, spiritual, and social community of teachers, learners, and supporters. History Aspiring to foster the spiritual and intellectual growth of young people in an area ravaged by the Civil War (1861-65), Captain Augustus M. Reinhardt and his brother-in-law, John J./road-signs-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/road-signs-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA hitchhiker stands between road signs on U.S. highways 41 and 411, circa 1945. Courtesy of Edwin L. Jackson 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. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZonLGgmZe2tbXOp2asnZWeu6h5xp6mq5%2BZlnqktMCnnqKml2LDqr%2FIqKWsZZ%2BberW71KugrKVdnrtuwMeeZKanlJq%2Fr3nSqKytoF%2BnvK6xjJyfmqyklruwu8aaZKunkZl6tLXGp6qYaGBmfA%3D%3D/sapelo-shell-ring-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sapelo-shell-ring-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAn archaeologist stands beside Shell Ring No. 1 on Sapelo Island. The shell rings, circular or semicircular in shape, are too large to be shown in their entirety by a single photograph. Courtesy of Victor D. Thompson 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./seminaries-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/seminaries-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPeter Marshall, an alumnus of Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, preaches in 1942 during a sunrise service in Washington, D.C. Marshall began his illustrious career, which included a tenure as chaplain of the U.S. Senate, in Georgia, first at the Covington Presbyterian Church, and then at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Atlanta. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, #LC-USF34-011480-D./shooting-the-chutes-1895-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/shooting-the-chutes-1895-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlShooting the chutes, an early type of water ride, on Lake Clara Meer during the 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition, held at Piedmont Park in Atlanta. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./techwood-homes-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/techwood-homes-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1935 Techwood Homes became the first public housing project built in the United States. The federally subsidized housing, located immediately northwest of downtown Atlanta and sandwiched in between the Coca-Cola Company’s headquarters and the Georgia Institute of Technology’s campus, replaced a fourteen-block slum area known as Techwood Flats. Residents of the Flats lived in cheap rental housing that dated back to the 1880s, and they labored either in the nearby manufacturing and warehousing district on the west side of Atlanta or for low wages downtown./the-dance-of-the-double-helix.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-dance-of-the-double-helix.htmlThe Dance of the Double Helix (1977) by Nancy Roberts is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Print (serigraph), 21 1/2 x 17 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts./thomas-burleigh-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/thomas-burleigh-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThomas Burleigh, recognized as the state's most important ornithologist, is the author of Georgia Birds (1958), the first comprehensive state bird book. Courtesy of Warnell School of Forest Resources, University 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./thomas-holley-chivers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/thomas-holley-chivers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThomas Holley Chivers, poet and physician, published eleven volumes of poetry, plays, and pamphlets. He also contributed to leading antebellum literary periodicals and newspapers, especially the Georgia Citizen, and wrote a biography of Edgar Allan Poe, his friend and kindred spirit. Nevertheless, the eccentric Georgia writer never achieved the critical acclaim that he craved. Unfortunately, his famous legacy—the Poe-Chivers plagiarism controversy—has overshadowed his talent as a mystical poet. Born and reared near Washington, Georgia, Chivers left Wilkes County after a failed youthful marriage./w-t-wofford-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/w-t-wofford-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlW. T. Wofford was a cavalry captain in the Mexican War (1846-48), a Georgia politician, and a Confederate colonel (later brigadier general) during the Civil War (1861-65). Though originally against secession, Wofford supported his home state when Georgia seceded from the Union, and he participated in several major battles during the course of the Civil War. In his later years Wofford was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and participated in the state constitutional convention of 1877./west-hunter-branch-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/west-hunter-branch-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPictured circa 1960, the West Hunter Branch of Atlanta's public library system opened in 1949, during the era of public segregation, to serve African American patrons. All the city's libraries were integrated in 1959. Courtesy of Archives Division, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System 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./whitlow-wyatt-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/whitlow-wyatt-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWhitlow Wyatt, pitching coach of the Atlanta Braves (1966-67), was a former star pitcher for New York's Brooklyn Dodgers and manager of the Atlanta Crackers. Courtesy of Atlanta National Baseball Club, Inc. Copyright 2002. All Rights Reserved. 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./wilcox-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wilcox-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Wilcox County Courthouse, built in Abbeville in 1903, is designed in the neoclassical revival style. It is the county's second 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./will-harben-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/will-harben-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWill Harben, a Dalton native, achieved literary success by creating colorful characters based on the mountaineers of north Georgia. Courtesy of James Murphy 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./wiregrass-folklore-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wiregrass-folklore-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWiregrass country, named for its native tall grass (Aristida stricta), is a historic area of the South shared by south central Georgia, southeastern Alabama, and the panhandle of Florida. In wiregrass Georgia, folk-cultural traditions include a range of phenomena: folk art (quilting to yard decorations); festivals (peanut festivals to rattlesnake roundups); foodways (chicken pilaf to mullet); music and dance (shape-note singing to play-party songs); play and recreational activities (fireball to fishing); occupational lore (turpentining to shade tobacco); vernacular architecture (shotgun houses to tobacco barns); and religious observations (Baptist Union meetings to funerary customs)./world-s-parliament-of-religions-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/world-s-parliament-of-religions-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe formal arrival of Buddhism in the West took place in 1893 at the World's Parliament of Religions, an interreligious forum held in Chicago, Illinois. Since that time the practice of Buddhism has become more widespread in the United States, and a number of temples and community centers have organized in 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./zoo-atlanta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 02 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/zoo-atlanta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlZoo Atlanta, in Atlanta’s historic Grant Park, began in 1886, when the city was given a spotted fawn to start an animal collection. In 1889 the zoo received its first donation of exotic animals when local businessman George V. Gress purchased a defunct circus and gave the animals to the city’s small collection. Gress’s generosity set a tone for the future of Zoo Atlanta, as prominent Atlantans would come forward periodically to add to its collection, rescue it from dire financial straits, and modernize it./amanda-america-dickson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/amanda-america-dickson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAmanda America Dickson, the daughter of an enslaved woman and her enslaver, became one of the wealthiest Black women in nineteenth-century America. She was born on November 20 or 21, 1849, on the Hancock County plantation of her father, the famous white agricultural reformer, David Dickson (1809-85). Her birth was the result of the rape of her enslaved mother, Julia Frances Lewis Dickson, when Julia was twelve years old. At the time, David Dickson was forty and the wealthiest planter in the county./augustus-baldwin-longstreet-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/augustus-baldwin-longstreet-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1835 Augustus Baldwin Longstreet published Georgia’s first important literary work, Georgia Scenes, Characters, Incidents, Etc. in the First Half Century of the Republic. Because of this book he is remembered most often as a literary figure. Longstreet, however, only dabbled in fiction writing, just as he dabbled in many other careers, including roles as a lawyer, judge, state senator, newspaper editor, minister, political propagandist, and college president. Early Life Augustus  Baldwin Longstreet was born in Augusta in September 1790 to Hannah Randolph and William Longstreet./ballard-hudson-high-school-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ballard-hudson-high-school-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBallard-Hudson High School in Bibb County was designed by Ellamae Ellis League, who opened her own architecture practice in Macon in 1934. Before her retirement in 1975, League designed many churches, schools, and hospitals, which were reportedly her favorite projects. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to the Middle Georgia Archives at Washington Memorial Library./bernie-marcus-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bernie-marcus-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCofounder of the Home Depot and a well-known philanthropist, Bernie Marcus has spent the past twenty-five years making a positive impact on the economic and social life of Georgia, as well as on the lives of many of the state’s residents. Originally from New Jersey, Bernard Marcus was born in 1929 and raised in Newark. His parents, recent Jewish immigrants from Russia, had little money, and the family lived in a poor section of the city./bethesda-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bethesda-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDay of Prayer at Bethesda, a home established in 1740 for orphaned boys. Bethesda, near Savannah, is still in operation today. Courtesy of Bethesda School for Boys 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./black-bear-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/black-bear-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBlack bears (Ursus americanus) are commonly found in Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountains in places like the Chattooga River watershed. They also are found along the Ocmulgee River drainage system in central Georgia and along the Okefenokee Swamp in southeast Georgia. Photograph by Terry Spivey, USDA Forest Service 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./black-troops-in-civil-war-georgia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/black-troops-in-civil-war-georgia.htmlMore than 3,500 Black Georgians served in the Union army and navy between 1862 and 1865. Enlistment occurred in two distinct phases, beginning on the federally occupied Sea Islands of Georgia and South Carolina in 1862-63, and resuming in northwestern Georgia and southern Tennessee in mid-1864, during the latter stages of the Atlanta campaign. Recruitment on the Sea Islands The arrival of Union warships prompted Confederate forces to evacuate Georgia’s coastal islands during February and March 1862./broad-street-in-augusta-1950s.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/broad-street-in-augusta-1950s.htmlA remarkable economic boom began in the 1950s as industries moved to the Augusta area to take advantage of the mild climate, cheap electricity, and nonunion labor. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./brunswick-shipyard-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/brunswick-shipyard-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia's coastal region played a critical role in the U.S. Maritime Commission's $350 million shipbuilding program. During its peak production years in 1943 and 1944, the Brunswick shipping yard employed more than 16,000 men and women and constructed ninety-nine "Liberty ships" for the war effort. 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./crawford-long-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/crawford-long-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCrawford Long was a pioneering physician who is credited with discovering anesthesia. Courtesy of Tina Harris, Crawford Long Museum 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%2BOrJqinZ6Ysm65xJ2gnKGemnykvsCwnaiqlGK5sLrGZmhxaWVifnmDl2ikZmtibYVw/cromer-s-mill-covered-bridge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cromer-s-mill-covered-bridge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBefore the Civil War, the Cromer family operated a woolen mill near this site in Franklin County. In 1907 the 110-foot bridge was built in a "town lattice" design by James M. Hunt. The bridge was restored in 1999. 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./don-sheldon-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/don-sheldon-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDon Sheldon was Hutchinson's personal friend. He worked as a window dresser for Rich's Department Store in Atlanta. This portrait was made in 1950.  Courtesy of Hutchinson Estate Private Collection 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./dorothy-rogers-tilly-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dorothy-rogers-tilly-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDorothy Rogers Tilly, a native of Hampton, began a lifetime of civil rights work in 1918 with the Women's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church. During the 1930s she worked with the Commission on Interracial Cooperation, traveling throughout Georgia to help diffuse violence against African Americans and prevent lynchings. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6dpqunpJ3Gbr7OoJyrq12ptq242GZocXBjYn56g49opGZvZWiDcA%3D%3D/downtown-millen-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/downtown-millen-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBusinesses along the main thoroughfare in downtown Millen face the very railroad tracks that spurred the town's growth. Today the agriculture and lumber industries drive Millen's economy. Courtesy of Theron Cates, Millen 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./equitable-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/equitable-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJohn Wellborn Root's eight-story Equitable Building in Atlanta, built in the early 1890s for the developer Joel Hurt, was demolished in 1971, just as Georgia's historic preservation movement was getting under way. Its steel-frame construction and monumental presence made it the city's pioneer skyscraper. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrnyru8SlZKGtoql6coSUaWRqcWJrfK55lWxqaA%3D%3D/etowah-indian-mounds-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/etowah-indian-mounds-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEtowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site in Cartersville. Image from Thomson200 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%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOm5irrJ%2BseqS71KersmedYoB1hZJo/fletcher-v-peck-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fletcher-v-peck-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Fletcher case arose out of the Yazoo land fraud, which came to light after bribed members of the Georgia legislature voted in January 1795 to sell for a bargain-basement price the vast frontier that comprises most of modern-day Alabama and Mississippi. A 1796 rescinding act, adopted by a newly installed and more upright Georgia legislature, took away ownership of the land from prior buyers, including supposedly innocent third-party purchasers who had bought parcels of the tract from the original grantees./galaxy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/galaxy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOne of the biggest aircraft ever made, Lockheed's C-5 Galaxy first flew in 1968. The plane has a wingspan of nearly 223 feet, is 247 feet long and 65 feet high, and can carry 135 tons of cargo.  Photograph from the U.S. Air Force 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-walton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/george-walton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorge Walton, one of three Georgians to sign the Declaration of Independence, served as governor of the state for two months in 1779. Following the Revolutionary War, Walton held another term as governor from 1789 to 1790, and also served as a U.S. senator and chief justice of Georgia. From History of Georgia, edited by K. Coleman 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./gilmer-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gilmer-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Gilmer County Courthouse is located in Ellijay, the seat of Gilmer County. It is part of a courthouse complex that was begun in 2007 and completed in 2009. The complex replaced the county's historic courthouse, which was demolished in 2008. The part of the new courthouse that faces the city square looks similar to the old 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./goizueta-business-school-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/goizueta-business-school-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Goizueta Business School at Emory University in Atlanta is named for Roberto Goizueta, the former president of the Coca-Cola Company. The school, which offers both undergraduate and graduate programs, was ranked among the top fifty business schools by in 2004 . Courtesy of Emory University 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./goizueta-foundation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/goizueta-foundation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe  Atlanta-based Goizueta Foundation is an independent private foundation established by Coca-Cola executive Roberto Goizueta in 1992. Its mission is “to assist organizations that empower individuals and families through educational opportunities to improve the quality of their lives.” In 2003 the Goizueta Foundation reported assets of more than $499 million, which placed them third in a list of Georgia’s top fifty foundations. It also ranked seventh in terms of total giving./grady-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/grady-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe first courthouse in Grady County was built in Cairo in 1908. The structure, which was designed by architect Alexander Blair, burned in 1980. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./hank-aaron-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hank-aaron-new-georgia-encyclopedia.html“Hammerin’ Hank” Aaron, a player for the Atlanta Braves, hit 755 home runs, a record that stood unchallenged until 2007, during his twenty-three-year career in major league baseball. Aaron’s other records include career runs batted in (RBIs) and number of All-Star game appearances. His contributions to baseball on and off the field continued the struggle against segregation begun by Jackie Robinson in 1947. Early Years Henry  Louis Aaron was born in Mobile, Alabama, on February 5, 1934./hay-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hay-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Hay House (1855-59) in Macon is an elaborate example of the Italianate style. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJ2Rp7m6edWimq2nop6ur3nAq5qhoaSasLXB0Z5kqK6Vp8OqsdZopGZuZWV8/helen-lewis-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/helen-lewis-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHelen Lewis, activist and scholar, was a founder of the Appalachian Studies discipline. After moving to Wise, Virginia, in the heart of coal country, in 1955, she came to despise the human and environmental devastation caused by the coal and chemical industry. Courtesy of Appalachian State University, W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection. 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./hit-person-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hit-person-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHit Person (1980) by Dan Pruitt is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Drawing 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJyRo3qxvtSiq61nmJ7BbrzEq6qopo%2Blv7a1062WaWhhYn9w/hopkins-holsey-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hopkins-holsey-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHopkins Holsey, a lawyer, writer, congressman, and journalist, planned to make politics a career, but the sudden death of his wife, along with political changes caused by high tariffs, nullification laws, and threats of secession in the Old South, changed all of that. Hopkins was the second of five children born to Susannah Ingram and James Holsey of Brunswick County, Virginia. He was probably born in 1799. In 1806 the Holseys sold their Virginia lands and migrated to Hancock County, Georgia./jackie-robinson-1954-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jackie-robinson-1954-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers, posed and ready to swing. In 1954 at the age of thirty-five, he became the first National Leaguer in nearly twenty-six years to steal his way around the bases. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Look Magazine Photograph Collection, #LC-L9-54-3566-O, #17. 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./james-dickey-1940s-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/james-dickey-1940s-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDickey joined the Army Air Corps in 1942. Although he spent thirteen months training to be a bomber pilot, he failed flight school and became a navigator instead. He joined the 418th Night Fighter Squadron in the Philippines in 1945, subsequently flying missions in Okinawa and Japan. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKKRorK0ecOimqSdqWJ%2Ben6SZmhycWdkum6Bkm1m/james-moore-wayne-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/james-moore-wayne-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe first Georgian appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, James Moore Wayne served a historically long tenure, from 1835 to 1867, during a tumultuous time in U.S. history. Although his legal legacy and impact are limited, he played a significant, if understated, role on the Court at a time when its position within the nation’s governmental system was still developing. Early Life and Education Wayne was born in Savannah in 1790 to Elizabeth Clifford and Richard Wayne./janet-merritt-campaign-volunteers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/janet-merritt-campaign-volunteers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDubbed "Merritt’s Merry Maids," this group of female volunteers was led by Merritt’s youngest daughter, Jane. They wore sashes handmade by the candidate herself and went door to door handing out cards and asking people to vote for Janet Merritt in 1964. Janet Merritt won that election and served in the Georgia House of Representatives for four terms. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZonLGgmZe2tbXOp2aopl2ptaZ50q2spqhdrLWiwIydpp6rXZ7BbsDApJxmrJ9itKbAjJ6jnpukmrFutc1mnp6nopy2onvMnqmroaRiuqa%2B0bJkppmZmcCgfI9qZg%3D%3D/jarvis-and-jonas-hayes-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jarvis-and-jonas-hayes-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJarvis and Jonas Hayes, identical twins and fan favorites, played together for the UGA men's basketball team during the 2002 and 2003 seasons. Jonas played an additional season for the Bulldogs in 2004 after Jarvis left to play professionally for the Washington Wizards. Courtesy of University of Georgia Sports Communications Office 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./jean-childs-young-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jean-childs-young-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJean Childs Young was the first lady of Atlanta during the mayoral terms of her husband, Andrew Young, in the 1980s and was known nationally and internationally as an educator and advocate for children’s rights. The youngest of five children, Young was born on July 1, 1933, in Marion, Alabama, to Idella and Norman Childs. Her mother was a teacher and seamstress, and her father was a baker and candy maker./john-calvin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-calvin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJohn Calvin, a sixteenth-century French theologian, founded the Calvinist movement, which emphasizes a doctrine of predestination. The Calvinist theological tradition is the basis of the present-day Presbyterian Church belief system. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./john-fremont-stamp-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-fremont-stamp-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis 1990s postage stamp features Savannah native John C. Fremont, the first Republican US presidential candidate. Courtesy of Smithsonian National Postal Museum 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%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6gnKiql56ubq3NnWStoJViwKav06Kmp5mcYrCztdKiqmiin527brLRnqSopqRiwLWtzKmWaWhhZA%3D%3D/klondyke-mine-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/klondyke-mine-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlKaolin is extracted in Wilkinson County at the Klondyke Mine, owned by the Edgar Brothers Kaolin Company, in 1936. The steam shovel (left) deposits the kaolin, a white clay-like substance used in the manufacture of a variety of products, into a rail car that carries the substance to a plant for processing. 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./lockheed-ac-130-spectre-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lockheed-ac-130-spectre-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Lockheed AC-130 "Spectre" is an attack gunship version of the C-130 cargo and troop carrier. The Spectre has side-firing guns and advanced avionics that allow it to loiter over targets in any weather and time of day.  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./ludowici-well-pavilion-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ludowici-well-pavilion-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Ludowici Well Pavilion was constructed in 1905 and today serves as a public park in the center of town. The octagonal structure houses an artesian well and is covered with "Dixie" tile, which was manufactured in Ludowici early in the twentieth century. Photograph by Luciana Spracher 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./madison-morgan-cultural-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/madison-morgan-cultural-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBuilt in 1896, the Madison Elementary School was one of the first brick school buildings in the state. Today the structure houses the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center, a space devoted to the visual, performing, and decorative arts. Courtesy of Adelaide Wallace Ponder 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./mcintosh-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mcintosh-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe McIntosh County courthouse is located in Darien. It was completed in 1872 and has survived two fires. Photograph by Jimmy Emerson, DVM 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./melissa-fay-greene-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/melissa-fay-greene-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMelissa Fay Greene’s award-winning books Praying for Sheetrock and The Temple Bombing chronicle dramatic episodes in the civil rights movement in Georgia. Focusing on individuals who played important roles in these events, Greene vividly illuminates issues and conflicts that shaped the state in the latter half of the twentieth century. She was inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame in 2011. In 2013 Greene was recognized with a Georgia Governor’s Award for the Arts and Humanities./mendel-s-store-1921-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mendel-s-store-1921-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHyman Mendel's dry-goods store, 1921. Mendel, part of a wave of Jewish immigrants from eastern Europe who arrived in Atlanta in the 1880s, became the city's biggest dry-goods wholesaler. 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 William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum./miriam-hopkins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/miriam-hopkins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia-born actress Miriam Hopkins appeared in thirty-six full-length films over the course of a four-decade career that reached its height in the 1930s. Her performance in the title role of Becky Sharp (1935), the first full-length color film, earned her an Oscar nomination for best actress. Hopkins also performed numerous stage roles, and in the 1950s and 1960s she appeared in a variety of dramatic roles on television. Ellen Miriam Hopkins was born in Savannah on October 18, 1902, to Ellen Cutter and Homer A./morgan-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/morgan-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMorgan County, in central Georgia, was created from Baldwin County by an act of the state legislature in 1807. It was named in honor of Revolutionary War (1775-83) general Daniel Morgan. In 1809 the town of Madison was incorporated and named the county seat. Until 1818, when Walton County was created, Morgan County was a part of the western frontier of Georgia—all lands to the west of it being Creek Indian territory./nancy-hart-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/nancy-hart-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia’s most acclaimed female participant during the Revolutionary War (1775-83) was Nancy Hart. A devout patriot, Hart gained notoriety during the revolution for her determined efforts to rid the area of Tories, English soldiers, and British sympathizers. Her single-handed efforts against Tories and Indians in the Broad River frontier, as well as her covert activities as a patriot spy, have become the stuff of myth, legend, and local folklore. Frontierswoman Although explicit details concerning most of her life are unknown, it is widely assumed that Nancy Ann Morgan Hart was born in North Carolina, somewhere in the Yadkin River valley (although some believe that she was born in Pennsylvania), around 1735 (some say 1747)./nancy-hill-morgan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/nancy-hill-morgan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDuring the Civil War, Nancy Hill Morgan cofounded the Nancy Harts Militia, a female military unit organized in LaGrange to protect the home front. Morgan, the wife of a Confederate soldier, served as captain of the militia. Courtesy of Troup County Archives 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./old-governor-s-mansion-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/old-governor-s-mansion-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Old Governor’s Mansion is located in Milledgeville, the state’s capital from 1807 to 1868. In 1835 the Georgia legislature resolved to construct the first official residence for the governor. Construction on the Old Governor’s Mansion began in 1836 and was completed in 1838 or 1839. The mansion, designed by the Irish architect Charles B. Cluskey, was erected in the Greek revival style, one of the most significant architectural styles from the early Victorian period of architecture in America./porter-locomotive-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/porter-locomotive-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA 1926 Porter steam locomotive at the Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village in Tifton. Courtesy of Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village 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./quinlan-visual-arts-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/quinlan-visual-arts-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Quinlan Visual Arts Center in Gainesville is a nonprofit, comprehensive center for the visual arts. Since it was established in the mid-1940s, the Quinlan has grown into a well-respected regional arts organization in northeast Georgia, known for its commitment to quality programming and educational opportunities for “all ages at all stages” of artistic development. The permanent collection consists predominantly of American paintings, many of which are by local artists. Each year the center hosts a variety of exhibitions that support local artists and include nationally and internationally renowned painters and sculptors as well./raven-perched-on-a-hard-hat.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/raven-perched-on-a-hard-hat.htmlRaven Perched on a Hard Hat (1987) by Jo Fassnacht is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Clay, 6 1/2 x 14 x 7 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts./regional-commissions-of-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/regional-commissions-of-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia’s long history in regional planning and organization is made possible largely through an established regional-organizational structure. The state’s regional commissions (RCs) serve Georgia’s city and county governments by functioning as multicounty planning and development agencies. Their role as regional planning organizations (RPOs) is not, however, unique to Georgia. More than 500 RPOs exist in 47 states nationwide and serve 90 percent of the nation’s counties and municipalities. While they are called RCs in Georgia, comparable organizations in other states are commonly known as area development districts, business development corporations, and councils of governments./river-plantation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/river-plantation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBritish artist Thomas Addison Richards painted River Plantation (1855-60) from sketches made in Georgia during his travels through the South in the 1840s. Oil on canvas (20 1/4" x 30"). Courtesy of Morris Museum of Art 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./robert-w-woodruff-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/robert-w-woodruff-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRobert W. Woodruff became president of both the Trust Company of Georgia and the Coca-Cola Company in 1923 and eventually became the architect of Coke's worldwide expansion. In later years Woodruff was also Emory University's greatest benefactor. In 1937 he established the Robert W. Woodruff Foundation, a charitable organization. Image from oaktree_b 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./rollins-inc-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rollins-inc-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRollins, which began as a radio station in 1948, has grown into a diversified company with 400 locations, more than 7,800 employees, and annual revenues of more than $750.9 million as of 2004. The parent company of several businesses, Rollins is best known as the owner of Orkin, an exterminating company with offices nationwide. O. Wayne Rollins and his brother, John Rollins, were born and raised near Ringgold. As an adult, John Rollins moved to Delaware, where he had a car dealership./roy-barnes-and-joseph-jordan.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/roy-barnes-and-joseph-jordan.htmlGovernor Roy Barnes (right) with Joseph Jordan, accepting the Governor's Award on behalf of the Auburn Avenue Research Library in 2001. 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 Georgia Humanities. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnpuum5GptrC6jqCmr52io7yzv4yarpqqlKh6qrqMrZ%2BeZZiquqK6yK2gnqtfonp5fJFwZg%3D%3D/scarlet-kingsnake-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/scarlet-kingsnake-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe scarlet kingsnake (Lampropeltis triangulum) is restricted to wooded areas, primarily pine. Adults are usually less than two feet long. The diet of these snakes includes baby rodents, small lizards, and snakes. 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./scripto-inc-lighter-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/scripto-inc-lighter-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCigarette lighters, such as the popular Compact Vu-Lighter shown here, were one of Scripto Inc.'s defining products, along with pens and mechanical pencils. 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./segregation-caricature-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/segregation-caricature-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA caricature entitled "For the Sunny South," published in 1913, depicts an airplane towing a "Jim Crow trailer." 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./sequoyah-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sequoyah-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSequoyah, or Sequoia (both spellings were given by missionaries, but in Cherokee the name is closer to Sikwayi or Sogwali), also called George Gist or George Guess, was the legendary creator of the Cherokee syllabary. Born in a village in the mountains of Tennessee, he resettled in Arkansas when tribal land along the Little Tennessee River was ceded to whites in the 1790s. In 1829 he moved to Indian Territory, in present-day Oklahoma./spelman-college-museum-of-fine-art.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/spelman-college-museum-of-fine-art.htmlThe Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, dedicated in 1996 on the campus of Spelman College in Atlanta, includes approximately 450 works in its permanent collection. The primary focus of the collection is twentieth-century painting and sculpture by African American artists. Courtesy of Spelman College Museum of Fine Art 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./statehood-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/statehood-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1849 George W. Crawford, a former governor of Georgia, joined U.S. president Zachary Taylor's cabinet as secretary of war. From left, Reverdy Johnson, William M. Meredith, William B. Preston, Zachary Taylor, Crawford, Jacob Collamer, Thomas Ewing, and John M. Clayton. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcL%2FTmqueoJ%2BksXA%3D/storytelling-traditions-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/storytelling-traditions-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOne of the distinguishing features of southern culture is an “oratorical aesthetic.” Speech artistry, expressed through delivery as well as content, can still be heard in Georgians’ political and legal oratory, preaching, and conversation. Central to the region’s love affair with the spoken word is a strong narrative impulse, channeled in the telling of elaborately embroidered personal experiences as well as traditional tales. This thirst for a well-told story may be rooted in two influential Old World source areas for the South’s population, Ireland and Africa, where the institution of community storyteller (the sennachie and griot) commanded great respect./stuart-woods-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/stuart-woods-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlManchester native Stuart Woods is a successful popular-fiction writer. His first novel, Chiefs (1981), is set in the fictional town of Delano, which shares many similarities with Manchester. 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./tenant-farmhouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tenant-farmhouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA boy stands on the porch of a tenant farmhouse in Troup County, circa 1933. The typical Georgia farm family of this period had no electricity, no running water, and no indoor privies. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./the-lefevres-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-lefevres-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFor more than fifty years, from the 1920s through the 1970s, the LeFevre family was one of the best-known acts performing southern gospel music. Although the LeFevres were natives of middle Tennessee, they were based in Atlanta during most of their career. The  brothers Urias (1910-79) and Alphus (1912-88) LeFevre came from a musically talented family. They attended the Bible Training School (later Lee College), a Church of God–sponsored institution in Cleveland, Tennessee./toni-braxton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/toni-braxton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe sultry rhythm-and-blues artist Toni Braxton launched her recording career with Atlanta’s LaFace Records label in the early 1990s and has gone on to win numerous Grammy Awards and American Music Awards. Her best-known songs include “Breathe Again” (1993), “Un-Break My Heart” (1996), “You’re Makin’ Me High” (1996), and “He Wasn’t Man Enough” (2000). Born in Severn, Maryland, on October 7, 1968, Toni Michele Braxton is the oldest of six children of Evelyn, who was trained to sing opera, and Michael Braxton, a minister./vietnam-war-in-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/vietnam-war-in-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Vietnam War (1964-73) transformed the United States. The effects of the conflict were far-reaching, not only for the nation’s geopolitical and military policies, but also for its social fabric. In Georgia, as in most of the states in the Deep South, the majority of the population supported the war effort. As the war dragged on, however, Georgians, like many Americans, began to question the decision to go to war, to criticize its prosecution, and to long for an end to hostilities./white-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/white-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe modern-style White County courthouse was built in Cleveland in 1964. It is the county's second courthouse. 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%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOsJ%2BirJVisLDBza2waKVdbX11hI4%3D/william-ragsdale-cannon-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000/william-ragsdale-cannon-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWilliam Ragsdale Cannon was a United Methodist bishop, educator, and scholar. During U.S. president Jimmy Carter’s administration, Cannon served as an unofficial envoy of the president. From 1953 to 1968 he was dean of Emory University’s Candler School of Theology in Atlanta. His sixteen published books focus on church history, theology, and ecumenicalism. Cannon, the son of Emma McAfee and William Ragsdale Cannon, was born on April 5, 1916, in Chattanooga, Tennessee./1893-hurricane-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/1893-hurricane-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDamaged railroad tracks and homes on the beach after 1893 hurricane hit Tybee. Buildings, bridges, and other infrastructure were demolished up and down the Georgia and South Carolina coasts.  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 Georgia Historical Society./alicia-philipp-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/alicia-philipp-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAlicia Philipp became the executive director of the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta in 1977. During her tenure the foundation established a number of new initiatives and substantially increased the organization's financial assets. Photograph by Dana Sanabria, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta 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./alliance-children-s-theatre-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/alliance-children-s-theatre-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Snoogle-Fleejer, played by Bart Hansard, befriends Jeremy, played by Zachary Solomon, in the Alliance Children's Theatre's production of The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer in 2005. The play is based on a children's book written by Jimmy Carter and his daughter, Amy. Photograph by Christopher Oquendo 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./alligator-snapping-turtle-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/alligator-snapping-turtle-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) is the largest freshwater turtle in North America. An adult can weigh from 35 to 200 pounds. This turtle has very powerful jaws. Image from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Southeast Region 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./antebellum-artisans-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/antebellum-artisans-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlArtisans, white and Black, enslaved and free, made significant contributions to the social, political, and economic landscape of antebellum Georgia. Skilled craftsmen—from shoemakers and coopers to silversmiths and furniture-makers—played a major role in the spread of Georgia’s plantation economy as well as its urban and industrial development. Moreover, many of the objects they produced have provided Georgians with a lasting cultural legacy in the form of decorative arts, buildings, and architecture./artists-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/artists-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHilda Belcher, a prominent artist, painted Run Little Chillun, Run, Fo' de Devil's Done Loose (oil on board, 13 7/8" x 11 3/4") in 1931. Belcher, a native of Vermont, attended services at several African American churches around Savannah during her frequent visits to the city. In this work, which was also the basis for a 1935 oil painting of the same name, she captures the energy of a Savannah choir./atlanta-daily-world-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-daily-world-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Atlanta Daily World, the oldest African American newspaper in Atlanta, has provided coverage of and commentary on events and issues pertinent to the African American community since 1928. The Atlanta Daily World remained in the hands of one family, the Scotts, until its purchase in 2012 by Real Times Media. Early Years The newspaper, initially called Atlanta World, was founded by William Alexander (W. A.) Scott II, who published the inaugural issue in early August 1928./benjamin-parks-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/benjamin-parks-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBenjamin Parks is said by some to be the person who discovered gold in 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6gpqWcXafCtLSOpmRqbmFpfA%3D%3D/benny-andrews-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/benny-andrews-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBenny Andrews, nationally recognized as an artist, teacher, author, activist, and advocate of the arts, grew up in rural Morgan County. Although he moved to New York in 1958, his formative years in Georgia continued to inform his work. Andrews explored American life in his collages, prints, paintings, and drawings by fusing memory and imagination. Andrews was born on November 13, 1930, in Plainview, a small farming community three miles from Madison./briar-hills-apartments-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/briar-hills-apartments-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Briar Hills Apartments, built in 1946-47, are an example of the modern architectural aesthetic. The apartments, known today as Briar Hills Condominiums, are located on the border of the Druid Hills and Virginia Highland neighborhoods in Atlanta. 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./brumby-chair-company-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/brumby-chair-company-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWorkers at the Brumby Chair Company in Marietta pause for their noon break in the summer of 1903. Under the leadership of Thomas Brumby, who helmed the company from 1888 to 1923, the Brumby Chair Company became one of the largest employers in Marietta and one of the largest chair factories in the Southeast. 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./bryan-t-moss-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bryan-t-moss-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHaving served as vice chairman of Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation since 1995, Bryan T. Moss was appointed president in 2003 and served until his retirement in 2008. A graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology, Moss had previously worked for the Lockheed-Georgia Company. Courtesy of Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation 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./buzz-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/buzz-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe embodiment of Yellow Jacket pride, Buzz is one of the nation's best-known mascots. Buzz leads Georgia Tech's enthusiastic fans in cheering on the Jackets at football and basketball games and other sporting events. Image from brookenovak 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./cardinal-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cardinal-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlArtist Athos Menaboni made his first bird painting in 1937, when he painted a cardinal from memory during a lull in commissioned work. His c. 1948 lithograph Cardinals (13 1/4" x 10 1/2") is housed at the Morris Museum of Art in Augusta. Courtesy of Morris Museum of Art 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./charles-counts-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/charles-counts-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBorn  in Kentucky in 1934, Charles Counts operated a pottery and quilting studio in Rising Fawn (Dade County), for twenty-five years. He received the Georgia Governor’s Award in 1973 and served as an advisor to the Georgia Council for the Arts. Counts’s work is included in the collections of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. His papers are held at his alma mater Berea College in Kentucky./charles-mcdonald-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/charles-mcdonald-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCharles McDonald spent two terms as governor of Georgia during the tumultuous years following the economic panic of 1837. While in office, he helped to restore public confidence in the state’s finances and government. After his four-year tenure McDonald became an advocate for states’ rights. Charles James McDonald was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on July 9, 1793, to Mary Glas Burn and Charles McDonald. McDonald moved with his parents, who were Scottish immigrants, from South Carolina to Hancock County as an infant./city-tree-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/city-tree-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCity Tree (1988) by Gena Spivey VanDerKloot is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Casein, 50 x 38 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJ%2BVo65uv8%2BirZ6xXauur7DEq6Klp5%2BpfKS107JkraqVmqy3rc2dnKujnKS8tauPaWhmal8%3D/clarence-a-bacote-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/clarence-a-bacote-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlClarence A. Bacote was a distinguished historian, scholar, and political activist who dedicated his life to educating Black voters in Atlanta. An authority on Georgia political history, he studied extensively the barriers to Black political participation in the state. As a political activist he was responsible for helping to register thousands of African American voters in the mid-1940s and for organizing them into a political force in the city. Early Life The only son and the oldest of three children, Bacote was born February 24, 1906, to Lucy Bledsoe and Samuel William Bacote in Kansas City, Missouri./cleveland-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cleveland-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCleveland, the seat of White County, is located seventy-five miles north of Atlanta in northeast Georgia. Known as the “Gateway to the Mountains,” the city stands 1,570 feet above sea level. Originally called Mount Yonah when the area was still a part of Habersham County, Cleveland was in the center of the gold-mining territory. The town served as a crossroads that connected the rough roads and mountain trails leading east to Clarkesville, southwest to Dahlonega, south to Gainesville, and northeast to Nacoochee./columbus-historic-district-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/columbus-historic-district-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Columbus historic district comprises about 350 houses, most of which were built between the late 1820s and the mid-1930s. 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%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOnKalrZ2XwrR7zGZpcmhoZA%3D%3D/community-foundation-for-greater-atlanta.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/community-foundation-for-greater-atlanta.htmlThe Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta is regarded as one of the premier philanthropic organizations in Atlanta and in the Southeast, as well as one of the most innovative and fastest-growing community foundations in the country. By 2005 the foundation had reached assets of $560 million, and in that fiscal year gave nearly $50 million to charitable organizations throughout the metropolitan Atlanta area in the areas of arts and culture, education, community development, human services, youth development, and health./fort-pulaski-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fort-pulaski-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFort Pulaski, completed in 1847, could mount 146 cannons, some on the parapet atop the seven-and-a-half-foot-wide walls and others in casemates inside the walls. The fort is positioned at the mouth of the Savannah River, across from Tybee Island. 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 Georgia Historical Society./g-ross-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/g-ross-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDobbs, Chris. "G. Ross." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Jul 19, 2017. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/g-ross/ Dobbs, C. (2017). G. Ross. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved Jul 19, 2017, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/g-ross/ Dobbs, Chris. "G. Ross." New Georgia Encyclopedia, 21 March 2017, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/g-ross/. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJ9dp7y0v44%3D/georgia-history-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-history-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn many ways Georgia’s history is integrally linked to that of the rest of the South and the rest of the nation. But as the largest state east of the Mississippi, the youngest and southernmost of the thirteen colonies, and by 1860 the most populous southern state, Georgia is in certain respects historically distinctive. Prehistory and European Exploration The human history of Georgia begins well before the founding of the colony, with Native American cultures that date back to the Paleoindian Period at the end of the Ice Age, nearly 13,000 years ago./georgia-southern-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-southern-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia Southern University in Statesboro is the largest and most comprehensive center of higher education in the southern half of Georgia. Approximately 16,000 students from every state and eighty countries attend classes on the residential campus. Courtesy of Georgia Southern University 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./georgia-systemic-teacher-education-program.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-systemic-teacher-education-program.htmlThe Georgia Systemic Teacher Education Program (GSTEP) was a project that sought to increase achievement among prekindergarten through twelfth-grade students by improving the quality of their teachers. At the center of all GSTEP initiatives was a focus on evaluation, which helped to document and measure the effects of the program on the performance of preK-12 students and new teachers. Upon the accomplishment of its primary goals, the program ended in 2007./gibson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gibson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGibson, the seat of Glascock County, is located in the Upper Coastal Plain of east central Georgia, about thirty-five miles southwest of Augusta and about thirty-eight miles northeast of Milledgeville. The town is situated at the intersection of Georgia highways 171 and 102. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 630. The legislative act creating Glascock County from Warren County in 1857 authorized the county officers to select a site for the erection of public buildings./governors-of-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/governors-of-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1849 George W. Crawford, a former governor of Georgia, joined U.S. president Zachary Taylor's cabinet as secretary of war. From left, Reverdy Johnson, William M. Meredith, William B. Preston, Zachary Taylor, Crawford, Jacob Collamer, Thomas Ewing, and John M. Clayton. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLPOr5yrpp%2BnwG67xWaenqeinLaiew%3D%3D/grant-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/grant-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGrant Park is now the oldest surviving park in Atlanta and houses Zoo Atlanta and a residential area. The park was named after Lemuel P. Grant, who donated the land to Atlanta in 1881. Image from Scott Ehardt 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./gwinnett-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gwinnett-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGwinnett Technical College, one of Georgia’s largest technical schools, is located in Lawrenceville, the seat of Gwinnett County. Once a predominantly rural area, Gwinnett has been one of the nation’s fastest-growing counties since the 1970s, due to its proximity to downtown Atlanta and its commitment to economic expansion. Gwinnett Tech is recognized for its dedication to workforce development and has provided training to such companies as Scientific Atlanta, Delta Air Lines, Johnson & Johnson, and Rooms to Go./health-and-natural-sciences-building.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/health-and-natural-sciences-building.htmlThe Health and Natural Sciences Building on the campus of North Georgia College and State University was completed in 2001 and houses a planetarium, health science library, and a primary care center. Courtesy of NGCSU Relations 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./henrietta-dozier-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/henrietta-dozier-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHenrietta Dozier was the first female architect in Georgia and the first woman in the South to receive formal architectural training and to graduate from a nationally accredited school of architecture. Her designs include churches, schools, banks, government buildings, houses, and apartments. Henrietta Cuttino Dozier was born on April 22, 1872, in Fernandina, Florida, to Cornelia Ann Scriven and Henry Cuttino Dozier, who died before she was born. Dozier, her mother, and her sister moved to Atlanta before she was two years old./howard-w-odum-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/howard-w-odum-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA University of North Carolina sociologist, Howard W. Odum was one of the founders of the Southern Regional Council. Previously, he had been the president of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation. Courtesy of Odum Institute for Research in Social Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 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./i-want-to-live-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/i-want-to-live-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSusan Hayward received an Academy Award for her portrayal of convicted murderer Barbara Graham in I Want to Live! (1958). Hayward, a native of New York, moved to Carrollton with her husband in the late 1950s and remained until her death in 1975. 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./indian-missions-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/indian-missions-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe history of Georgia’s Indian missions (1735-1838) is a story of war, politics, assimilation, and displacement—a reflection of national and international events taking place near as well as far from mission premises. The spiritual element of the missions paled in the light of circumstances beyond the control of Georgia Indians and missionaries. All mission work came to a close in Georgia by the mid-1830s, as the removal of Southeastern Indians became inevitable./indigo-girls-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/indigo-girls-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Indigo Girls are a folk-rock duo from Atlanta known for their inventive blend of Appalachian, pop, and rock influences. Emily Saliers was born July 22, 1963, in New Haven, Connecticut, and moved with her family to Decatur when she was in the sixth grade. At Laurel Ridge Elementary School she met Amy Ray, who was born April 12, 1964, in Atlanta, and was in the fifth grade. The two formed a friendship, and eventually discovered their complementary musical talents—Ray’s brooding voice and edgier style balanced Saliers’s vocals and folkier leanings./jackie-robinson-s-birthplace-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jackie-robinson-s-birthplace-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis historical marker in Cairo marks the birthplace of Jackie Robinson, the "first African American in Major League Baseball." In 1998 the Georgia Historical Society assumed responsibility for the state's historical marker program and since that time has erected more than 100 markers around 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./jimmy-and-billy-carter-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jimmy-and-billy-carter-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlU.S. president Jimmy Carter (left) and his younger brother, Billy, inspect a peanut crop in 1977 on the Carter farm in Sumter County. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./lapham-patterson-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lapham-patterson-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Lapham-Patterson House in Thomasville was built in 1884-85 as a winter home for the Chicago shoe merchant C. W. Lapham. A Victorian-style home with many unusual architectural characteristics, including a double-flue chimney with a walk-through stairway, the house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1975. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKuklsGmeceiqq2nop6wbrzRnqqeqqaWwaq7zWamn56ZmLJwuYxwbHJwXw%3D%3D/legrand-richards-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/legrand-richards-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLeGrand Richards succeeded Charles Callis in 1934 as the president of the Southern States Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Atlanta. Courtesy of the Church Archives, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 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./linwood-cemetery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/linwood-cemetery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe women of Columbus, led by Lizzie Rutherford, began to maintain the Confederate section of Linwood Cemetery shortly before the Civil War ended. Rutherford's efforts were among the earliest to foster a nostalgia for the prewar South that eventually culminated in what historians today term "Lost Cause religion." Courtesy of Historic Linwood Foundation, Inc. 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./marching-through-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/marching-through-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMarching through Georgia, one of the best-known songs of the Civil War, was composed in 1865 by Henry Clay Work. The song celebrates the success of Union general William T. Sherman's march to the sea in 1864. 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./our-overworked-supreme-court-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/our-overworked-supreme-court-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPublished in 1885, the print Our Overworked Supreme Court depicts Supreme Court justices Woods, Blatchford, Harlan, Gray, Miller, Field, Waite, Bradley, and Matthews surrounded by paperwork for cases. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./pearl-cleage-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/pearl-cleage-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAn award-winning writer, Pearl Cleage is known for exploring difficult or controversial subjects in her fiction and nonfiction works, including Deals with the Devil and Other Reasons to Riot (1993) and What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day (1997). 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./pecans-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/pecans-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPecan nuts are the fruit of pecan trees (Carya illinoensis), a species of hickory in the walnut family. First grown commercially in Georgia during the late 1880s, pecans became one of the state's most important commodities by the early 1900s. As of 2014 Georgia produced the most pecans in the country. Photograph by Judy Baxter 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./philip-weltner-library-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/philip-weltner-library-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAs president of Oglethorpe University from 1944-53, Philip Weltner revamped the core curriculum program and saved the university from near financial ruin. The Philip Weltner Library at Lowry Hall, shown here, is named in his honor. 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./piedmont-geographic-region-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/piedmont-geographic-region-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Georgia Piedmont lies between the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Upper Coastal Plain. It is part of a larger area called the southern Piedmont, which is located in the southeastern and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States and is about 870 miles long and 60 to 190 miles wide. It runs in a northeast-to-southwest direction, following the main axis of the mountains, faults, and coastline of the southeastern United States./rentz-family-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rentz-family-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMembers of the Rentz family stand outside their home in Statenville, the seat of Echols County, in the late nineteenth century. The economy of the area, still predominantly rural, has relied on agriculture and forestry throughout its history. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./scull-shoals-company-store-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/scull-shoals-company-store-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRuins of the Scull Shoals Company Store stand in the Oconee National Forest in Greene County. Scull Shoals, founded in 1782, was a thriving mill community until its destruction by fires, floods, and the Civil War (1861-65). Photograph by Melinda Smith Mullikin, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./shopping-center-architecture-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/shopping-center-architecture-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTwentieth-century shopping center development in Georgia, as elsewhere, may be characterized as a revolutionary displacement of the marketplace from downtown business districts to the suburban edges of town and country and finally to regional malls. In the late twentieth century, the village, with its perambulating buyers and sellers in marketplace stalls, gave way to urban sprawl, regional malls, and market megastructures dependent on automobiles, delivery trucks, high-speed connecting roads, acres of parking lots, and layered garages./southeastern-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/southeastern-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe administrative campus of Southeastern Technical College is located in Vidalia, in Toombs County. The college's service delivery area covers Candler, Emanuel, Jenkins, Johnson, Montgomery, Tattnall, Toombs, and Treutlen counties. Courtesy of Technical College System 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./st-john-chrysostom-s-melkite-church.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/st-john-chrysostom-s-melkite-church.htmlSt. John Chrysostom's Melkite Church was formerly the home of Coca-Cola magnate Asa Candler. The converted church houses an altar made from marble quarried from Pickens County and is located at 1428 Ponce de Leon Avenue in the Druid Hills section of Atlanta. Photograph by Gerg1967 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./studio-building-pasaquan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/studio-building-pasaquan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe studio building of folk artist St. EOM (Eddie Owens Martin) is attached to the original family farmhouse. Every surface of St. EOM's estate, Pasaquan, in Marion County is covered by his art, inside and out. Courtesy of Pasaquan Preservation Society, www.pasaquan.com 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./susan-starr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/susan-starr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSusan Starr  studied at the Penland School of Crafts in Bakersville, North Carolina, and the University of Wisconsin in Madison. She has produced clothing for the department stores Henri Bendel, Neiman Marcus, and Saks Fifth Avenue. Her fiber pieces Mask, Untitled, and Untitled are part of Georgia’s State Art Collection. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKulqK6vedKtmKuqXw%3D%3D/the-jackie-robinson-story-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-jackie-robinson-story-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA still from the 1950 motion picture, The Jackie Robinson Story, showing (from left to right) Richard Lane (as Clay Hoppice), Ruby Dee (as Rachel Robinson), Jackie Robinson (as himself), and Billy Wayne (as Clyde Sukeforth). Library of Congress, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound 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./two-swimming-heads-as-seen-at-the-beach-tybee-island.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/two-swimming-heads-as-seen-at-the-beach-tybee-island.htmlTwo Swimming Heads: As Seen at the Beach—Tybee Island (1988) by John G. Jensen is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. According to Jensen," This piece has a lengthy title because it is a good descriptor of the experience that inspired this piece." Mixed media, 12 x 44 x 28 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./union-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/union-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPainter Tompkins H. Matteson's Union, engraved by Henry S. Sadd, is a symbolic portrait celebrating the legislators responsible for brokering the Compromise of 1850. Henry Clay, John Calhoun, and Daniel Webster appear in the center, from left to right. Georgian Howell Cobb is portrayed in the far left background. 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./university-of-north-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/university-of-north-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.html"University of North Georgia." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Aug 7, 2014. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/university-of-north-georgia/ (2013). University of North Georgia. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved Aug 7, 2014, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/university-of-north-georgia/ "University of North Georgia." New Georgia Encyclopedia, 12 February 2013, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/education/university-of-north-georgia/. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnpuum5GptrC6jq6loq6Vp8CqwNhmpp9lnqS%2FtbSMoJyoqpeernA%3D/valdosta-city-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/valdosta-city-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe city hall in Valdosta is housed in a former federal building, which was constructed during the early twentieth century. Other buildings constructed around that same time include a Carnegie library, an opera house, and the current county courthouse. Photograph by Wikimedia 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./vera-kirk-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/vera-kirk-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDobbs, Chris. "Vera Kirk." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Jul 19, 2017. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/vera-kirk/ Dobbs, C. (2017). Vera Kirk. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved Jul 19, 2017, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/vera-kirk/ Dobbs, Chris. "Vera Kirk." New Georgia Encyclopedia, 16 May 2017, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/vera-kirk/. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaK6Vp65ut8iromg%3D/war-of-1812-and-georgia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/war-of-1812-and-georgia.htmlThe War of 1812 was fought between the United States and Britain between 1812 and 1815. The causes of the war were many: the impressing of American sailors into the British navy, British trade restrictions to Europe during the Napoleonic Wars, British military posts remaining on American soil long after the end of the Revolutionary War (1775-83), and what was perceived by Americans as a British plot to perpetuate continual Native American menace on America’s frontiers./wilson-lumpkin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wilson-lumpkin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWilson Lumpkin was one of Georgia’s most prominent political leaders of the antebellum period. After early service in local government and the state legislature, he was elected to Congress four times, serving 1815-17 and 1827-31; he resigned before serving his fourth term to run for the governorship of Georgia. Lumpkin was elected governor for two terms (1831-35), then went on to serve as a U.S. commissioner to the Cherokee Indians (1836-37), as a U./wsb-barn-dance-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wsb-barn-dance-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMusicians perform in 1947 before a live audience on the popular radio show "WSB Barn Dance." The program aired on WSB, Atlanta's first radio station, from 1940 to 1950. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to Special Collections and Archives at Georgia State University./zarathushtra-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 31 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/zarathushtra-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe teachings of the prophet Zarathushtra, also known as Zoroaster, form the basis for the ancient monotheistic religion Zoroastrianism. Zarathushtra is thought by most scholars to have lived in what is now Iran sometime between 1500 and 1000 B.C. An active Zoroastrian community has existed in Atlanta since the early 1990s. Courtesy of Alliance of Religions and Conservation 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./alexander-brook-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/alexander-brook-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAlexander Brook, a leader among New York City’s mainstream figurative painters during the 1930s, painted numerous scenes based on his observations in Savannah. Trained in the American realist tradition of painting, Brook’s landscapes, portraits, and genre scenes are largely devoid of overt or hidden social meaning and are characterized by subdued colors and strong, weighty shapes. Early Life and Career Alexander Brook was born in Brooklyn, New York, on July 14, 1898./antebellum-groups-organizations-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/antebellum-groups-organizations-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAs principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, John Ross struggled until 1838 against the removal of the Cherokees from the Southeast. Beginning in 1838, however, he was forced to lead the Cherokees through the tragic removal period, which culminated in the Trail of Tears. He remained principal chief until his death in 1866. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcK3NrZybnZyhwq55xqumrqijYryzs8CnoLOZpJ68r7%2BO/augusta-city-hospital-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/augusta-city-hospital-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe city hospital in Augusta, built in 1818, served as the first home for Georgia Health Sciences University, from 1828 until the mid-1830s. Courtesy of Historical Collections and Archives, Robert B. Greenblatt, M.D. Library, Georgia Health Sciences University 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./austin-dabney-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/austin-dabney-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAustin Dabney was an enslaved African American who became a private in the Georgia militia and fought against the British during the Revolutionary War (1775-83). He was the only Black patriot to be granted land by the state of Georgia in recognition of his bravery and service during the Revolution and one of the few to receive a federal military pension. Born in Wake County, North Carolina, in the 1760s, Austin Dabney was brought to Wilkes County, Georgia, in the late 1770s by Richard Aycock—his enslaver and, reputedly, his father./berry-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/berry-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe lush, expansive campus, comprising more than 26,000 acres, draws tourists and students alike to Berry College. Since the late 1980s Berry College has been regularly ranked by several publications as one of the Southeast's top five regional liberal arts institutions. 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./bert-lance-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bert-lance-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBert Lance served in high positions in the Georgia Democratic Party and in state government in the 1970s before U.S. president Jimmy Carter appointed him director of the Office of Management and Budget in 1977. Born on June 3, 1931, in Gainesville, Thomas Bertram Lance moved as a young boy to Young Harris, in Towns County, where his father, Thomas Jackson Lance, served as president of Young Harris College. In 1941 the family moved to Calhoun in Gordon County when Lance’s father became superintendent of the Calhoun schools./betty-barnes-loehle-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/betty-barnes-loehle-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBetty Barnes Loehle  was born on March 21, 1923, in Montgomery, Alabama, to Harry and Elizabeth Barnes. She attended Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama, for two years then attended the Harris School of Art in Nashville, Tennessee. There she met Richard Loehle, another artist in Georgia’s State Art Collection. They were married for sixty-four years, until his death in 2011. The couple moved to Decatur in 1967. They lived there the rest of their lives./blank-foundation-trustees-2004-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/blank-foundation-trustees-2004-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation was established by Arthur Blank, cofounder of the Home Depot, in 1995. Standing, from left: Arthur Blank, Stephanie Blank, Penelope McPhee (foundation president), Kenny Blank, Nancy Blank, and Michael Blank. Seated, from left: Danielle Blank and Dena Blank. Courtesy of Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation 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./butt-memorial-bridge-dedication-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/butt-memorial-bridge-dedication-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlU.S. president William Howard Taft (far right) presides at the April 1914 dedication of the Butt Memorial Bridge over the Augusta Canal between Walton Way and Green Street in downtown Augusta. The bridge was named in honor of Archibald Butt, military aide to Taft, who died during the sinking of the Titanic. 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./callaway-gardens-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/callaway-gardens-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCallaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, site of the world’s largest azalea garden, encompasses more than 14,000 acres and, in addition to the gardens, offers golfing, boating, cycling, and other leisure activities. In the 1950s Cason and Virginia Hand Callaway transformed land left barren from decades of cotton farming into a place of beauty and relaxation. Since it opened to the public, Callaway Gardens, located about seventy miles southwest of Atlanta, has attracted millions of visitors./carl-vinson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/carl-vinson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCarl Vinson, recognized as “the father of the two-ocean navy,” served twenty-five consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. When he retired in January 1965, he had served in the U.S. Congress longer than anyone in history. He also set the record for service as chair of a standing committee. He chaired the House Naval Affairs Committee for sixteen years (1931-47) and its successor, the House Armed Services Committee, for fourteen years (1949-53 and 1955-65)./catastrophe-adjuster-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/catastrophe-adjuster-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA catastrophe adjuster for Crawford & Company, an Atlanta-based independent insurance adjusting company, examines damage caused by Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast in 2005. Crawford introduced catastrophe services in the early 1970s. Courtesy of Crawford & Company 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./charlton-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/charlton-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe first courthouse in Folkston, built after the town was designated as the county seat in 1901, burned down in 1928. The current courthouse, designed in Neoclassical Revival and Georgian Revival styles, was built during the same year. An annex to the building was constructed in 1978. Photograph by Jimmy Emerson, DVM 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./chet-atkins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/chet-atkins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOne of the finest guitar players of his generation, Chet Atkins helped to originate the “Nashville Sound” and played a vital role in turning Nashville, Tennessee, into the home of country music. In addition to his own performing, Atkins discovered and produced some of country music’s greatest artists. Early Career Chester Burton Atkins was born on June 20, 1924, near Luttrell, Tennessee. Many members of his family played musical instruments, and his father made a living by teaching piano and singing with touring evangelists./clay-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/clay-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Clay County Courthouse, located in Fort Gaines, was completed in 1873. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1873. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./congregation-mickve-israel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/congregation-mickve-israel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCongregation Mickve Israel, pictured circa 1930, was built in 1878 on Bull Street, on the east side of Monterey Square. The synagogue is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./conyers-apparitions-of-the-virgin-mary.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/conyers-apparitions-of-the-virgin-mary.htmlFrom October 13, 1990, through October 13, 1998, Conyers housewife Nancy Fowler claimed that the Virgin Mary appeared to her and relayed messages to all citizens of the United States. The messages ranged from admonitions to prayers to warnings of war. The Virgin’s supposed visits to Conyers, a suburban community about thirty miles east of Atlanta, make Conyers one of the longest-lived Marian apparition sites in the nation. In the early 1990s the roads to Conyers were clogged with pilgrims yearning to hear Mary’s message./dutchy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dutchy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDutchy, now housed in the Elberton Granite Museum and Exhibit, once stood in Elberton's town square. The statue was so disliked by locals that they buried it in a hole near where it once stood. It was exhumed in 1982. Photograph by Melinda S. Mullikin, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./ebenezer-baptist-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ebenezer-baptist-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLocated within Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn district, the reputed cradle of the civil rights movement, Ebenezer Baptist Church was the home church of Martin Luther King Jr. and arguably the movement’s spiritual hub. A Progressive National Baptist Convention affiliate, one of three African American Baptist conventions in the country, Ebenezer remains socially and politically active while serving the community through various ministries. Ebenezer was founded in 1886, in a small structure on Airline Street./emanuel-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/emanuel-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEmanuel County, in southeast Georgia’s wiregrass region, is the state’s thirty-ninth county. It was carved from Bulloch and Montgomery counties in 1812 and named for David Emanuel, a veteran of the Revolutionary War (1775-83) who served as governor of the state in 1801. Although portions of Emanuel County were later annexed by five other counties, Johnson (1858), Jenkins (1905), Toombs (1905), Candler (1914), and Treutlen (1918), its remaining 686 square miles make it the seventh largest in area of Georgia’s counties./franklin-d-roosevelt-at-warm-springs.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/franklin-d-roosevelt-at-warm-springs.htmlThrough his foundation at Warm Springs, Franklin D. Roosevelt began to study the connections between Georgia's difficult agricultural conditions and its social and educational problems. His New Deal programs would ultimately address the nation's and Georgia's social conditions. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6fqZqmm6G2r3nDZqmop6Oaw6a402agp2WXmryzs8iaZqZlY2iEdXs%3D/franklin-tree-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/franklin-tree-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe  Franklin tree or lost camellia (Franklinia alatamaha) is an unusually beautiful tree, once native only to Georgia, that is also one of the rarest trees in the world. Discovered in the mid-eighteenth century, the Franklin tree was last recorded in the wild by a nurseryman and plant collector in 1803. All known specimens today are in cultivation. John Bartram and his son William discovered the Franklin tree growing along the banks of Georgia’s Altamaha River near Darien, in McIntosh County, in 1765./furman-v-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/furman-v-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBefore 1972 Georgia and other states that provided for capital punishment used systems that gave juries broad discretion in deciding whether to impose the death penalty on persons convicted of death-eligible offenses. In Furman v. Georgia, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down this feature of Georgia’s capital sentencing scheme and in effect invalidated the death penalty, as then administered, throughout the United States. The  Court, in a five-to-four decision, reasoned that capital sentencing based on the unguided discretion of juries offends the “cruel and unusual punishment” clause of the Eighth Amendment, because it permits juries to impose the distinctively profound sentence of death on some convicted defendants while other juries impose the far different sentence of life imprisonment on large numbers of similarly situated defendants convicted of exactly the same crime./georgia-aviation-hall-of-fame.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-aviation-hall-of-fame.htmlOn April 19, 1989, Governor Joe Frank Harris signed a bill authorizing the creation of the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame (GAHF). Since then GAHF has been in continuous operation and is housed in the Museum of Aviation at Robins Air Force Base (AFB), in Warner Robins. GAHF eligibility is based on contributions to the advancement of aviation or manned space flight, including achievements as a civil or military pilot, aircraft designer, astronaut, or leader in the fields of aviation or human space travel./georgia-radio-hall-of-fame.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-radio-hall-of-fame.htmlThe Georgia Radio Hall of Fame is a nonprofit organization based in LaGrange. Its mission is to recognize radio professionals who are from the state of Georgia or who have worked in the state of Georgia, and to preserve the history of Georgia radio. It was founded in 2007 by Sam Hale and John Long. The Georgia Radio Hall of Fame recognizes two categories of inductees—career achievement (for living radio professionals) and legacy (for deceased radio professionals)./georgia-trend-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-trend-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia Trend, a monthly publication founded in 1985, follows the economic and political news in the state. This October 2004 cover displays photographs from the annual "40 under 40" feature, which lists forty influential Georgians in the business and political communities who are under the age of forty. Reprinted with permission of Georgia Trend 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./gnat-days-festival-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gnat-days-festival-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlShoppers browse the "Gnat Market" in downtown Camilla during the 2005 Gnat Days Festival. The festival takes place each May and includes a 5K run/walk, a bicycle race, and a pet show. Courtesy of Camilla Chamber of Commerce 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./government-politics-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/government-politics-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMembers of the board for the Nuclear Threat Initiative include, back row, left to right: Fujia Yang, Eugene E. Habiger, Hisashi Owada, Susan Eisenhower, Sam Nunn, Ted Turner, Andrei Kokoshin, Jessica Mathews, Charles B. Curtis, Prince El Hassan bin Talal. Front row, left to right: William Perry, Rolf Ekeus, Richard G. Lugar, Nafis Sadik. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLPOr5yrpp2au7V5z6ijoqyZmMBw/grace-towns-hamilton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/grace-towns-hamilton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe first African American woman elected to the Georgia General Assembly, Grace Towns Hamilton was also the first female of her race in the Deep South to hold a public office of such consequence. She was among eight African Americans sent to the state legislature in a special election in June 1965; they were the first to enter the lower house since the end of Reconstruction. Hamilton represented her district in mid-Atlanta continuously for the next eighteen years, becoming known to her peers as “the most effective woman legislator the state has ever had./griffin-bell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/griffin-bell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGriffin Bell was the seventy-second attorney general of the United States and a major figure in the American legal profession in the last half of the twentieth century. Griffin Boyette Bell was born in rural Sumter County on October 31, 1918, to Thelma Leola Pilcher and Adlai Cleveland Bell, a cotton farmer. He was raised in the Shiloh community just outside Americus. Forced by the advance of the boll weevil to leave the farm and move into Americus, Adlai Bell (a second cousin of Reason C./groundbreaking-nas-atlanta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/groundbreaking-nas-atlanta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1955 Congress appropriated more than $4 million to build a facility in Marietta that would allow for longer runways than those at Naval Air Station Atlanta in Chamblee. Construction was completed in 1959. Pictured, from left, are Eddie Richebacker, James V. Carmichael, L. M. "Rip" Blair, and George McMillan. 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./henry-w-grady-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/henry-w-grady-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe 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. For more information about this resource, contact the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKCVo7%2B6edZmnquZlK56coSUaWRqcGhufK55kHJrcGc%3D/hodgson-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hodgson-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Georgia Historical Society, housed in Hodgson Hall in Savannah, holds one of the largest collections of genealogical records in the state. 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 Georgia Historical Society. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJ%2BVo7KiuM6gsGign5m0tLvNZp%2BapJyUfXJ%2Bjg%3D%3D/ivenue-love-stanley-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ivenue-love-stanley-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIvenue Love-Stanley, a native of Mississippi, was the first African American woman to receive a degree in architecture from Georgia Tech. She is the cofounder, with her husband, Bill Stanley, of the Atlanta architectural firm Stanley, Love-Stanley, for which she serves as business manager and principal in charge of production. Courtesy of Stanley, Love-Stanley, P.C. 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./james-h-sloppy-floyd-building.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/james-h-sloppy-floyd-building.htmlThe twin towers of Richard Aeck's Floyd Building (1975-80) are examples of Modernist architecture in downtown Atlanta. Photograph by Nick NeSmith/WABE 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%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKqZmLWivsNmmJ6bm2J%2Ben2RZmhycWZkum59l2xvaA%3D%3D/jekyll-island-club-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jekyll-island-club-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Jekyll Island Club, a hunting club and resort for wealthy northeastern businessmen, was completed in 1887. The club closed during World War II and today is part of the Jekyll Island State Park. Courtesy of Jekyll Island Museum 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./john-wesley-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-wesley-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJohn Wesley, one of the founders of Methodism, traveled to Georgia from England with his brother Charles in 1735 and served as the Anglican rector of Christ Church in Savannah until 1738. Upon his return to England, Wesley experienced a conversion, influenced in part by the Moravain settlers he encountered while in Georgia, that marked the beginning of his evangelical work. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKKfnbtuw8Sso56xXWaEcX%2BMam5yaV%2BienWCmG9m/julia-flisch-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/julia-flisch-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJulia Flisch was an advocate for young women’s rights, education, and independence. She strove to advance the cause of women’s higher education in Georgia during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Julia Anna Flisch was born in Augusta on January 31, 1861, the second child to Pauline and Leonard Flisch, Swiss-German immigrants. Shortly after her birth, her father, a confectioner, moved the family to Athens, where he opened a sweet shop and ice cream parlor near the University of Georgia (UGA) campus./kings-bay-naval-submarine-base.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/kings-bay-naval-submarine-base.htmlThe Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base, located at St. Marys on the south Georgia coast, is the home port for the Atlantic Fleet's most modern nuclear ballistic submarines, the Trident or Ohio-class subs. 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. 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All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKSRoq6zecOom51lo5i1sLvLZqafZZGnwXC4wKaYq2WUpLGledKcn6innGK8p3nAq6uYaGBnfA%3D%3D/martin-luther-king-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/martin-luther-king-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMartin Luther King Jr., a Baptist minister and president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), was the most prominent African American leader in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Early Life and Education, 1929-1955 Family, church, and education shaped King’s life from an early age. He was born Michael Luther King Jr. in Atlanta on January 15, 1929, to Alberta Williams and Michael Luther King Sr. In 1934, after visiting Europe, Michael King Sr./michael-l-thurmond-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/michael-l-thurmond-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMichael L. Thurmond, the commissioner of the Georgia Department of Labor, was elected in 1998 and served until 2011. Courtesy of Dekalb County 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./milledgeville-state-hospital-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/milledgeville-state-hospital-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA sleeping ward at Milledgeville State Hospital for the Insane, circa 1940. Authorities at the hospital practiced compulsory sterilization of patients throughout the 1940s and 1950s. Following an award-winning 1959 report by Atlanta Constitution Jack Nelson, the number of operations dropped dramatically before finally ceasing in 1963. 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./miller-s-pecan-company-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/miller-s-pecan-company-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMiller's Pecan Company, shown in 1932, was said to have been one of the largest pecan companies in the world during its time. Located in Baconton, in Mitchell County, the company cracked and shelled pecans, grading them by hand, and sold pecan tree saplings to growers. 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./nathaniel-e-harris-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/nathaniel-e-harris-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlNathaniel E. Harris was a state legislator and reform-minded governor whose improvements to education included founding the Georgia School of Technology (later the Georgia Institute of Technology). Born in Jonesboro, Tennessee, on January 21, 1846, Harris spent his formative years in Pine Log, in Bartow County. Harris attended Martin Academy until age sixteen, when he joined the Confederate army. He eventually rose through the ranks to become an officer in the Sixteenth Virginia Cavalry./neel-reid-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/neel-reid-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFor several generations Neel Reid was the best-known residential architect in Atlanta. His houses enjoyed a pedigree, level of prestige, and quality that made them the most sought after in the city. Owning a Neel Reid house, with its refinement of style, was thought to be a mark of taste and social acceptability. That Reid’s firm, Hentz and Reid, should provide a training ground for Philip Trammell Shutze, the leading architect of what architectural historian and author William R./newton-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/newton-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Newton Building, on the campus of the Medical College of Georgia (later Georgia Health Sciences University) in Augusta, was occupied by the college from 1913 until 1956. The structure was demolished in 1960. Courtesy of Historical Collections and Archives, Robert B. Greenblatt, M.D. Library, Georgia Health Sciences University 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./ocmulgee-mounds-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ocmulgee-mounds-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOcmulgee Mounds National Historical Park consists of a large and impressive group of mounds located along the fall line of the Ocmulgee River on the northeastern edge of Macon. Although there were many different periods of occupation at Ocmulgee, the most prominent one began around 800 A.D., in the Early Mississippian period (A.D. 800-1100), and lasted for three centuries. During that time the occupants, who had emigrated from Tennessee or farther west, built many flat-topped earthen mounds, council chambers, and defensive structures in the mile-square town./ocmulgee-river-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ocmulgee-river-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Ocmulgee River flows right through Macon. In fact, Macon is the dividing line between two very different Ocmulgees. To the north of Macon, the river is rocky. Below Macon, the river turns sandy and slowly meanders southward. 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./pelham-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/pelham-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPelham is a small southwest Georgia town with a rich history. Located in Mitchell County, just east of the Flint River, on the crossroads of U.S. Highway 19 and State Route 93, Pelham is approximately ten miles south of Camilla and thirty-seven miles south of Albany. The town was incorporated in 1881 and named in honor of Major John Pelham, who was killed during the Civil War (1861-65) at the Battle of Kelly’s Ford in Virginia in 1863./potter-stewart-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/potter-stewart-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPotter Stewart, pictured in 1976, served as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1959 until 1981. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./savannah-state-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/savannah-state-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSavannah State University, a historically Black institution, is the oldest Black public university in Georgia. On November 26, 1890, upon passage of the Second Morrill Land Grant Act, the Georgia General Assembly passed legislation to establish “in connection with the State University, and forming one of the departments thereof, a school for the education and training of colored students,” which would operate as a part of the University of Georgia./stuckey-timberland-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/stuckey-timberland-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis three-story building, constructed in 1995, is Eastman's tallest structure. It is the corporate office of Stuckey Timberland, a land and timber management business, founded in 1956 by W. S. Stuckey (1909-77), of Stuckey's candy fame. Photograph by Harold B. Haley 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./suntrust-banks-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/suntrust-banks-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSunTrust Banks, based in Atlanta, was the thirteenth largest bank in the United States before it merged with BB&T to become Truist Financial in 2019. From its beginning the bank earned a reputation as a trust for well-to-do clients, but it also played a crucial role in recapitalizing regional investment. The stability and growth of the bank, which maintained branches and affiliates in seven states and the District of Columbia, served as a measurement for the economic growth of the New South./tallulah-falls-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tallulah-falls-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1992 the state, in partnership with Georgia Power, created Tallulah Gorge State Park, one of the most popular in Georgia's park system. Controlled releases from the dam allow visitors to hear the roar of the falls on selected weekends in the spring and autumn. Photograph by Jeno 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./tandy-and-freeman-in-driving-miss-daisy.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tandy-and-freeman-in-driving-miss-daisy.htmlJessica Tandy (as Daisy Werthan) and Morgan Freeman (as Hoke Colburn) on location in Georgia while filming Driving Miss Daisy (1989). 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to the Georgia Department of Economic Development./truett-s-grill-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/truett-s-grill-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1996 Chick-fil-A opened Truett's Grill in Morrow to commemorate founder Truett Cathy's fifty years in the restaurant business. A second location of the 1950s-style diner opened in McDonough in 2003. Both restaurants are decorated with items from Cathy's collection of antiques. Courtesy of Chick-fil-A 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./universal-negro-improvement-association-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/universal-negro-improvement-association-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe  Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) had at least thirty-four divisions in Georgia during the early to mid-1920s. Black Georgians read its newspaper, the Negro World, and contributed generously to many UNIA causes. The UNIA’s Jamaican founder, Marcus Garvey, had a significant following in the South, particularly in rural areas among tenant farmers and sharecroppers, for his programs of economic independence, racial separatism, and African redemption. His ideas also found strong support in urban areas with large Black populations, in the Caribbean, and in Africa./wheatley-administration-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wheatley-administration-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Wheatley Administration Building stands on the campus of Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus. Initially founded as an agricultural school, today the university offers majors toward fifty-two associate, thirty-six baccalaureate, and nineteen master's degrees. Courtesy of Georgia Southwestern State University 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./william-bartram-in-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/william-bartram-in-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWilliam Bartram’s 1791 book, Travels, reprinted many times, continues to fascinate American readers and attract them to the wildernesses he loved. The great explorer and diarist spent much of his time in backwoods Georgia, where he recorded matchless descriptions of the area’s flora, fauna, and Native American inhabitants. Bartram’s father, John, was his role model. John Bartram, America’s first professional botanist, loved to roam the woods in search of plants, and young “Billy” delighted in going along./wimbish-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wimbish-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Wimbish House is one of the last grand homes remaining on Peachtree Street. It was built in 1898 and designed by noted Atlanta architect W.T. Downing. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to Special Collections and Archives at Georgia State University./wrightsborough-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wrightsborough-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe original charter of the colony of Georgia encouraged the settlement of Quakers, or members of the Society of Friends. Few Quakers, however, came to the province in the early years. In 1768 more than seventy families from the area of Orange County, North Carolina, began settling in a special reserve set aside for them by the Georgia colonial government. Located in present-day McDuffie County, the reserve and its town were named Wrightsborough, after Georgia’s royal governor, James Wright./wsb-tv-newsfilm-collection-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wsb-tv-newsfilm-collection-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe  WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection is part of the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia (UGA). Located in the Richard B. Russell Building for Special Collections Libraries, the collection is a remarkable treasure of moving-image history focusing on Atlanta and the surrounding region. It contains more than 5 million feet of original newsfilm, both edited and unedited footage, from 1948 to 1981. On September 29, 1948, WSB-TV became the first television station in the South./yoholo-micco-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 30 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/yoholo-micco-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis hand-colored lithograph of Creek chief Yoholo Micco was made after a portrait in oil by Charles Bird King. King painted oil portraits of many Native American leaders who visited Washington, D.C., in the early 1830s. The series was commissioned by Thomas Loraine McKenney, the federal superintendent of Indian affairs at the time. Print by Charles Bird King. From History of the Indian Tribes of North America, by T. McKenney and J./bleckley-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bleckley-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBleckley County, in central Georgia, was named for state chief justice Logan Bleckley. The 219-square-mile county was carved from Pulaski County by constitutional amendment in October 1912, when it became Georgia’s 147th county. The area was originally inhabited by the Creek Indians. The seat of Bleckley County, Cochran, originally known as Dykesboro, was incorporated in 1869 and named for Judge Arthur E. Cochran, president of the Macon and Brunswick (later Southern) Railroad./booker-t-washington-high-school.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/booker-t-washington-high-school.htmlOpened in 1924, Booker T. Washington High School was the first high school for African American students in Atlanta. Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, the school boasts such notable graduates as Lena Horne and Martin Luther King Jr. Renovations on the school began in 2004. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKuklsGmeceiqq2nop6wbrzRnqqeqqaWwaq7zWamn56ZmLJwrs6oop6qXal6uK3SoaCnn6Sku260yKCfZquTnbywuL5pZ2pn/camp-oglethorpe-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/camp-oglethorpe-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCamp Oglethorpe, which opened in Macon in 1862, became most noted among Union prisoners for the number of escape tunnel operations beneath the enclosure. Although the facility was virtually abandoned in 1863 as a result of prisoner exchanges with the Union army, by 1864 more than 2,300 Union officers were imprisoned there. Courtesy of Massachusetts Commandery Military Order of the Loyal Legion, U.S. Army Military History Institute 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./campaign-flier-1981-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/campaign-flier-1981-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA 1981 flier from the group "Women for Andrew Young," founded by Jean Childs Young, promotes Andrew Young during his campaign to be elected mayor of Atlanta. The group supported Young through four U.S. congressional campaigns, two mayoral campaigns, and one Georgia gubernatorial campaign. Courtesy of Archives Division, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System 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./capitol-cornerstone-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/capitol-cornerstone-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBetween 6,000 and 10,000 people gathered in Atlanta on September 2, 1885, to watch the setting of the marble cornerstone for the new state capitol. Final construction on the building took place in March 1889, and the capitol was dedicated a few months later on the Fourth of July. 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./chappell-brothers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/chappell-brothers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Chappell brothers (left to right: Lucius Henry Chappell, Thomas J. Chappell, Lamar Chappell, and Joseph Harris Chappell) were prominent citizens of Columbus; Lucius Henry Chappell was twice elected mayor. Photograph taken ca. 1890s. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./cliff-house-hotel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cliff-house-hotel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Cliff House Hotel, built in 1882 by Rufus L. Moss Sr., was the first lodging establishment in Tallulah Falls. The hotel served the thriving tourist industry until 1937, when it burned in a kitchen fire. Courtesy of Rabun County Historical Society 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./clifford-walker-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/clifford-walker-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlClifford Walker served as Georgia’s sixty-first governor, from 1923 to 1927. Holding office during a period of transition in Georgia politics, Walker accomplished little of note legislatively during his administration and is best remembered for his ties to the Ku Klux Klan. Early Life and Career Clifford Mitchell Walker was born on July 4, 1877, in Monroe to Alice Mitchell and Billington Sanders Walker. One of seven children, he was educated at the Georgia Military Institute and the University of Georgia (UGA)./culver-kidd-and-david-scott.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/culver-kidd-and-david-scott.htmlGeorgia state senator Culver Kidd speaks in 1988 with fellow Democratic state senator David Scott in the legislative chambers. Scott was elected to the U.S. Congress in 2002. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to the Digital Library of Georgia./daguerreotype-of-enslaved-woman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/daguerreotype-of-enslaved-woman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRare daguerreotype of an enslaved woman in Watkinsville, photographed in 1853. A placard with the date "1853," which reads correctly for the camera, is visible. The use of a book as a prop is unusual for an image of an enslaved person. 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./duane-allman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/duane-allman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDuane Allman was the guitarist for the Allman Brothers Band, which he formed with his younger brother, Gregg, in 1969. The band released its first album on Capricorn Records, a label based in Macon. Allman died in 1971 after being injured in a motorcycle accident. 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./emmylou-harris-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/emmylou-harris-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlVocalist Emmylou Harris recorded two albums with Gram Parsons: GP (1973) and Grievous Angel (1974). Between the releases of these two records, Harris toured with Parsons's Fallen Angels band. Photograph copyright Geoff Gibbs 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./eugene-bullard-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/eugene-bullard-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlColumbus native Eugene James (Jacques) Bullard was the world's first Black combat aviator, flying in French squadrons during World War I. Image from U.S. Air Force 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./fighting-angels-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fighting-angels-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRudolph Valentino Bostic, a self-taught artist from Savannah, painted Fighting Angels between 1991 and 1997. Bostic is known for rendering biblical and popular culture scenes through the technique of chiaroscuro, which uses light and shade to create depth. 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 Telfair Museums./georgia-gwinnett-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-gwinnett-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA University System of Georgia (USG) institution, Georgia Gwinnett College in Lawrenceville serves Gwinnett County and the surrounding environs. The school was accredited in 2009 as a senior college by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). Georgia Gwinnett, the first four-year public college created in the United States during the twenty-first century, is different by design from other similar institutions in that it attempts to combine the best practices in higher education with innovative approaches./georgia-ornithological-society-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-ornithological-society-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Georgia Ornithological Society (GOS) was founded in Atlanta on December 13, 1936, to promote interest in and appreciation of the importance of birds and to encourage the gathering and dissemination of accurate information about birdlife in Georgia. Protection of the environment and bird habitat also has been a priority for GOS. From twenty-two founding members, GOS has grown to about 900 members. One of the first actions taken by GOS was to assume publication of the quarterly journal The Oriole, which the Atlanta Bird Club had initiated earlier in 1936./goodwill-games-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/goodwill-games-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA promotional poster for the 1998 Goodwill Games in New York City features athlete Dan O'Brien performing the high jump over the Brooklyn Bridge. Established by Atlanta businessman Ted Turner, the games were held six times between 1986 and 2001. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame./hamilton-jordan-and-jimmy-carter.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hamilton-jordan-and-jimmy-carter.htmlU.S. president Jimmy Carter (right) meets with Hamilton Jordan in the Oval Office of the White House in 1977. Jordan served as Carter's chief of staff from 1977 to 1980. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum./harness-horse-racing-track-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/harness-horse-racing-track-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHawkinsville, in Pulaski County, calls itself the harness horse racing capital of Georgia. A section of city's Horse Training Facility is pictured. Courtesy of UGA Archway Partnership 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./hart-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hart-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWhen it was carved out of Elbert and Franklin counties in 1853, Hart became the only county in Georgia named for a woman. A fiercely patriotic frontierswoman, Nancy Hart gained renown during the Revolutionary War (1775-83) for her determined efforts to rid the area of Tories (British sympathizers) and British soldiers. Her real and mythic exploits have become the stuff of local legend. Hart County’s position between Georgia and South Carolina has fostered strong commercial and demographic ties to both states./henry-m-atkinson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/henry-m-atkinson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHenry M. Atkinson became the majority stockholder and head of Georgia Electric Light Company in 1891. In 1902 Atkinson consolidated a number of businesses into Georgia Railway and Electric Company. Courtesy of Georgia Power Corporation Archives 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./herman-talmadge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/herman-talmadge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHerman Talmadge, son of Eugene Talmadge, served as governor of Georgia for a brief time in early 1947 and again from 1948 to 1954. In 1956 Talmadge was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he served until his defeat in 1980. Talmadge, a Democrat, was governor at a time of political transition in the state, and he served in the Senate during a time of great political change in the nation as well./jim-cherry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jim-cherry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDeKalb superintendent Jim Cherry, founder of DeKalb College (later Georgia State University Perimeter College), envisioned a county school system that could educate citizens from primary grades through completion of a collegiate associate's degree. Courtesy of Georgia State University Perimeter College 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./joe-williams-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/joe-williams-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJoe Williams is considered by many to be the quintessential male jazz vocalist. Best known for his smooth baritone delivery as the singer for Count Basie's band from 1954 to 1961, the Georgia native also sang with Coleman Hawkins, Lionel Hampton, and Earl Hines, and had a successful solo 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./joseph-m-brown-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/joseph-m-brown-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJoseph M. Brown served as Georgia’s governor for two terms, from 1909 to 1911 and from 1912 to 1913. Born on December 28, 1851, in Canton, Joseph Mackey Brown was the son of Elizabeth Grisham and Joseph E. Brown, who was the governor of Georgia during the Civil War (1861-65). The young Brown was often called “Little Joe Brown” by his family. After graduating from Oglethorpe University in 1872, Brown studied law at both Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and his brother’s law practice in Georgia./joseph-wheeler-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/joseph-wheeler-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeneral Joseph Wheeler, born near Augusta, commanded U.S. volunteers in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Wheeler also served during the Civil War and the Philippine Insurrection, and authored several books on military and civil subjects. Wheeler County, in central Georgia, is named in his honor. From The Conflict with Spain and Conquest of the Philippines, by H. F. Keenan 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./king-papers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/king-papers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe papers of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., including speeches, letters, sermons, and other manuscripts, are housed at approximately 200 institutions around the world. The largest collections reside at Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts; the King Center in Atlanta; and as of 2006, the Atlanta University Center in Atlanta, which houses papers deeded to Morehouse College. Boston University Collection King earned his doctoral degree from Boston University in 1954./kings-bay-submarine-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/kings-bay-submarine-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base has had a significant impact on the growth of Camden County. The base employs thousands of people. Courtesy of Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay 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./lemuel-penn-murder-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lemuel-penn-murder-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn July 1964 Athens-area Ku Klux Klan members shot and killed Lemuel Penn, an African American World War II (1941-45) veteran and officer in the U.S. Army Reserves, who was returning home to Washington, D.C., after reserve training at Fort Benning (later renamed Fort Moore). Penn’s murder captured headlines nationwide, dramatizing the need for civil rights reform and ultimately prompting a reappraisal of Klan activity throughout the South. The Murder In the early hours of July 11, 1964, a Chevrolet sedan carrying U./liberty-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/liberty-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLiberty County, located on the Georgia coast, was one of the seven Georgia counties created from the original colonial parishes. The Guale Indians inhabited that area from prehistoric times, and in the eighteenth century the tribe became a part of the Muskogee or Creek Confederation. The Spanish placed a mission on St. Catherines Island, known as Mission Santa Catalina de Guale, in the late sixteenth century among the Guale Indians. In the early 1750s English settlers, including a group of Congregationalists from Dorchester, South Carolina, located in the area between the Medway and Newport rivers./macon-telegraph-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/macon-telegraph-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Macon Telegraph was housed in this building, pictured in the early 1950s, during the editorship of Peyton Anderson Jr. Courtesy of Peyton Anderson Foundation 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./marvin-griffin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/marvin-griffin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMarvin Griffin served as governor of Georgia from 1955 to 1959. Griffin was one of the first governors to serve as a “good will ambassador” to attract industries to Georgia. Griffin, a Democrat, was also a segregationist and promised to close the state’s public school system if federal authorities tried to enforce desegregation. He left office under a cloud of suspicion for corruption in his administration and failed in an attempted gubernatorial comeback in 1962./mary-telfair-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mary-telfair-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA member of the distinguished Telfair family of Georgia, Mary Telfair is perhaps best remembered as the benefactor of Telfair Museums in Savannah. Upon her death, Telfair bequeathed her Regency-style home, located on Savannah’s St. James Square (renamed Telfair Square in 1883), and the books, furniture, and works of art located therein to the Georgia Historical Society. The society opened the house, built by architect William Jay, to the public in 1886, making Telfair the oldest public art museum in the South./mccleskey-v-kemp-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mccleskey-v-kemp-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn Gregg v. Georgia (1976), the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the argument that capital sentencing was in its nature “cruel and unusual punishment” banned by the Eighth Amendment. Even so, in ensuing cases litigants have raised a host of constitutional challenges directed at particular features of death-penalty laws and their operation. The most far-reaching post-Gregg challenge to capital sentencing came in McCleskey v. Kemp (1987). Warren McCleskey was a Black man convicted of murdering a white police officer in Fulton County./miller-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/miller-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMiller County, the state’s 117th county, was created by the state legislature in 1856 out of portions of Early and Baker counties. Located in southwest Georgia, close to the Alabama border, it is bounded by Baker, Decatur, Early, Mitchell, and Seminole counties and encompasses 283 square miles. The county was named for attorney Andrew Miller, who served in the state senate and later became president of the Medical College of Georgia (later Georgia Health Sciences University) in Augusta./mississippi-flood-1927-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mississippi-flood-1927-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Great Flood of 1927 devastated portions of Mississippi (pictured), Arkansas, and Louisiana. Atlanta activist Lugenia Burns Hope was appointed to U.S. president Herbert Hoover's Colored Advisory Commission, which investigated acts of racial discrimination during flood relief efforts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6lrKCdnp6ubq7Uq6WsZZikvaZ5kHFuamVhboF4e8xmaGppYGx8/old-cherokee-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/old-cherokee-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe old Cherokee County Courthouse was used for court proceedings from the late 1920s until 1994. The structure, with an exterior of marble from Pickens County, is located in downtown Canton. Image from MrGeode13 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./paschal-s-restaurant-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/paschal-s-restaurant-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPaschal’s Restaurant, located in Atlanta’s historic Castleberry Hill neighborhood, was an important meeting place for leaders of the civil rights movement. Founded by brothers James and Robert Paschal, the restaurant and adjacent jazz venue, La Carrousel, were known for serving Black and white patrons in defiance of segregation laws. Founding and Expansion In 1947 James and Robert Paschal opened Paschal Brothers Soda, a thirty-seat luncheonette at 837 West Hunter Street. The brothers, originally from Thomson, had backgrounds in hospitality and customer service prior to entering the food service business./plan-of-petersburg-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/plan-of-petersburg-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis town of Petersburg, once the third largest in Georgia, stood in the forks of the Broad and Savannah rivers. Established in 1786, the town was submerged by the man-made Clarks Hill Lake in the early 1950s. This map, compiled by historian E. Merton Coulter from data in the Elbert County deed records, approximates the layout of the town during its heyday in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries./prints-and-drawings-of-the-eighteenth-and-nineteenth-centuries.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/prints-and-drawings-of-the-eighteenth-and-nineteenth-centuries.htmlGeorgia artwork from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries is typically covered in larger histories of southern art, where painting, architecture, and/or decorative arts dominate, and a few valuable studies are available on individual artists who made early drawings and prints involving Georgia. Although a published history of the drawings and prints of Georgia made during this time does not exist, these vivid works, as well as their creators, are worthy of study in their own right as early documentation of the colony and the state./roberto-c-goizueta-business-school.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/roberto-c-goizueta-business-school.htmlThe Roberto C. Goizueta Business School at Emory University is known for its melding of academic and real-world perspectives and its emphasis on communication skills. The school, which offers undergraduate, graduate, and Ph.D programs, trains approximately 500 undergraduate students and more than 600 graduate students in MBA (master of business administration) and Ph.D. curricula. MBA programs are offered for day and evening students and executives; an accelerated one-year MBA program is also available./sarah-gibbons-telfair-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sarah-gibbons-telfair-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSarah Gibbons was born into one of the wealthiest families in the Georgia colony. In 1774 she married Edward Telfair, a prominent planter and merchant in Savannah, and the couple had seven children who survived infancy. Portrait by unknown artist, oil on board (8 1/4" x 7"), date unknown. 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./segregation-at-jekyll-island-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/segregation-at-jekyll-island-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Jekyll Island Authority opened a segregated section of beach, named the St. Andrews Subdivision, in 1955 at the southern end of the island. Although the facilities were not equal to those enjoyed by white visitors, Jekyll Island provided the only public beach available to African Americans in Georgia through the 1950s. In 1964 the district court decision in Law v. Jekyll Island State Park Authority mandated the desegregation of all state-operated facilities, and the island integrated peacefully./seney-hall-at-emory-university.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/seney-hall-at-emory-university.htmlSeney Hall at Emory University at Oxford, circa 1900-1910. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOp5ywrJ%2BjeqS71KersmejmrumxYyhmKWkXZbBbrHMqKmyZaWjtrex0aygrbGPZX1yew%3D%3D/sharecroppers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sharecroppers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSharecroppers, pictured in 1910, harvest cotton in Randolph County. Theoretically beneficial to both laborers and landowners, the sharecropping system typically left workers in deep debt to their landlords and creditors from one harvest season to the next. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./st-catherines-island-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/st-catherines-island-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA family, pictured in the 1880s, stands outside old slave quarters on St. Catherines Island. The island served as the headquarters for Tunis Campbell, an agent of the Freedmen's Bureau who was assigned to supervise land claims and resettlement on five Georgia islands after the Civil War. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6fqZ6dlKKyr7%2BMm6yrnZGqfK55km9vaWc%3D/strawberries-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/strawberries-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA strawberry grower from Montezuma, with a fresh harvest. Courtesy of Gerard Krewer 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%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrnyjuNSemZ6qop6ytHnAp5tmq6SnrriuxKupop2jZMC1vsCwmZ6qop6ytKuPaWho/stuart-mcdonald-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/stuart-mcdonald-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDobbs, Chris. "Stuart McDonald." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Jul 19, 2017. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/stuart-mcdonald/ Dobbs, C. (2017). Stuart McDonald. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved Jul 19, 2017, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/stuart-mcdonald/ Dobbs, Chris. "Stuart McDonald." New Georgia Encyclopedia, 02 May 2017, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/stuart-mcdonald/. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKukqq6zwIymmp2nnpa5pXs%3D/susie-king-taylor-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/susie-king-taylor-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSusie Baker King Taylor was the first Black educator to teach openly in a school for formerly enslaved African Americans in Georgia. As the author of Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops, Late 1st S.C. Volunteers, she was the only African American woman to publish a memoir of her wartime experiences. Susie Baker, the daughter of enslaved parents, was born in Liberty County on August 6, 1848./taylor-ridge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/taylor-ridge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRock strata of Taylor Ridge, part of the Valley and Ridge geographic province, are visible from Interstate 75, which runs through Ringgold Gap in northwest Georgia. The ridges of the province are formed of hard layers of sandstone or chert, while the valleys are composed of softer shale and limestone. Courtesy of Tim Chowns 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-crescent-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-crescent-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Crescent in Valdosta is the restored Neoclassical home of Senator William S. West and serves today as the headquarters for the city's garden club. Constructed between 1897 and 1899, the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. Image from Judson McCranie 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./thomasville-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/thomasville-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThomasville, the county seat of Thomas County, is located in southwest Georgia’s wiregrass region. The city is forty miles north of Tallahassee, Florida, and fifty-four miles south of Albany. Originally the home of the Apalachee Indians and the Lower Creek Indians, the area was first visited by Europeans when Hernando de Soto’s Spanish expedition passed through in 1539-40. After the American Revolution (1775-83) it became a part of Georgia and the United States./thomasville-1900-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/thomasville-1900-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThomasville became a popular resort town during the 1860s for wealthy northerners seeking a milder climate during the winter months. The Masury Hotel (left foreground) was constructed at the corner of Broad and Jefferson streets in 1889 to accommodate such visitors. 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./thompson-ventulett-stainback-and-associates.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/thompson-ventulett-stainback-and-associates.htmlThe firm of Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback, and Associates (TVS) first came into prominence with the building of Atlanta’s Omni Coliseum (1968-72), a multipurpose arena seating 16,500 spectators. On the strength of this and other urban design projects, TVS joins architect John Portman as Atlanta’s premier designers of trade and convention space, in a city that has become an international trading center. The Omni featured an “ortho-quad truss” system of truncated rood pyramids and four cantilevered trusses./tom-forkner-and-joe-rogers.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tom-forkner-and-joe-rogers.htmlCompany founders Tom Forkner (left) and Joe Rogers pose in a newly built Waffle House. The two partners have built one of the most successful restaurant chains in the Southeast. Courtesy of Bill Lisenby Photography 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./uss-water-witch-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/uss-water-witch-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe USS Water Witch, a wooden-hulled side-wheel gunboat, was used by the Union navy during the Civil War to blockade the Georgia coast. In June 1864 the ship was captured by Confederate raiders, who burned it six months later to prevent its recapture by Union general William T. Sherman's troops. 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./vernacular-gardens-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/vernacular-gardens-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlVernacular gardens, by definition, are gardens of ordinary people, not those designed by professionals or owned by the elite. The vernacular garden is a result of community-held beliefs about gardening aesthetics and utility as well as the traditional use of space and how it should function. A General Homestead Plan An early Georgia farmer’s homestead was, above all, functional. Farmyards were designed according to use rather than aesthetics. Folkways, the zodiac, weather, the settler’s country of origin and ethnicity, and the almanac were among the factors guiding the placement of the outbuildings and gardens./w-e-b-du-bois.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/w-e-b-du-bois.htmlDu Bois accepted a faculty position at Atlanta University (later Clark Atlanta University) in 1897. Atlanta University president Horace Bumstead brought Du Bois to Atlanta to establish a sociology program and to develop the university's curriculum. Image from Univeristy of Massachusetts Amherst, Special Collections and University Archives, W. E. B. Du Bois Papers. 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./water-cycle-in-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/water-cycle-in-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe water cycle in Georgia, like the water cycle across the planet, describes the continuous motion of water throughout the biosphere.  Within Georgia, the water cycle is broadly responsible for moving water from the atmosphere to streams, rivers, and lakes, on to the Atlantic Ocean, and back into the atmosphere. Precipitation Water in Georgia originates mainly as rainfall and occasionally as snow or sleet. On average, annual rainfall increases with elevation, with the greatest amounts (more than sixty inches per year) falling on the southern Appalachian Mountains in north Georgia—specifically the Blue Ridge region—and forming a temperate rainforest./wayne-williams-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wayne-williams-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAtlanta youth murders suspect Wayne Williams is escorted back to Fulton County Jail after a hearing in 1981. Williams would eventually be convicted of two murders and implicated in virtually all of the others. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to Special Collections and Archives at Georgia State University./wyomia-tyus-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 29 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wyomia-tyus-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBorn in Griffin, in Spalding County, on August 29, 1945, Wyomia Tyus was the first person to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in the 100-meter dash.  Her father, dairy farmer Willie Tyus, encouraged his only daughter to compete in sports, although her mother, Marie, felt participation in sports was unladylike. Tyus began her high school sports career playing basketball. She enjoyed the competition so much that she decided to try the high jump for the track and field team./a-d-pete-correll-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/a-d-pete-correll-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPictured here in 2003, native Georgian A. D. "Pete" Correll joined Georgia-Pacific in 1988 as a senior vice president. He also served as an executive vice president and chief operating officer before becoming chairman and chief executive officer in 1993. Courtesy of Georgia-Pacific 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./about-new-georgia-encyclopedia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/about-new-georgia-encyclopedia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe New Georgia Encyclopedia (NGE) is the nation’s first born-digital state encyclopedia. Since 2004 it has provided ready access to authoritative scholarship on a wide variety of topics. All of its entries are written and reviewed by scholars, fact-checked by reference librarians at the University of Georgia, and updated regularly to reflect new information and recent developments. Nearly twenty years after its launch, the NGE remains committed to the notion that history and culture are public resources that should be freely available to one and all./albert-b-saye-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/albert-b-saye-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAlbert B. Saye, professor of political science at the University of Georgia (UGA), was one of the most well-known scholars of Georgia history and politics. He was the author of twelve books, six of which focused on Georgia history. Among his top-selling books were his Handbook on the Constitutions of the United States and Georgia (1946), which was revised eleven times, and Principles of American Government, which sold more than 200,000 copies./alfred-uhry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/alfred-uhry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAlfred Uhry, a playwright, lyricist, and screenwriter, is best known for his play Driving Miss Daisy, which premiered in New York in 1987 and was later adapted into a film. Uhry has received a Pulitzer Prize, an Academy Award, and several Tony Awards for his work—the only playwright to win all three awards. Education and Early Career Alfred Fox Uhry was born in Atlanta on December 3, 1936, to a prosperous family of German-Jewish descent./andrew-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/andrew-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAndrew College, founded in 1854, is located in Cuthbert in southwest Georgia. Its mission is to provide an academically challenging liberal arts curriculum within a nurturing community. Originally an academy and four-year institution, Andrew Female College, as it was called, became the second college in the nation to confer graduate degrees upon women. Affiliated today with the United Methodist Church, Andrew College was named for Bishop James Osgood Andrew, who was instrumental in the founding of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South./angels-over-page-avenue-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/angels-over-page-avenue-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAngels Over Page Avenue by Jill Ruhlman is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Clay, 7 x 13 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomqiknJqwtbXOp6pon5Wkv6i1wKxkrKyRqbJurdGtZJynnKGypMDIqKVomZ6csq2%2FjKitnqpdpa6osYyarZ6mpZqss8HHpaSapo9lfXJ7/arthur-moore-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/arthur-moore-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlArthur Moore was a prominent Methodist bishop in the Atlanta area from 1940 until his retirement in 1960. Before coming to Atlanta, Moore served as the pastor of churches in Texas and Alabama and, while bishop of the Pacific Coast area, led the Bishops' Crusade in 1937. Courtesy of Moore Methodist Museum 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./atlanta-negro-voters-league-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-negro-voters-league-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Atlanta Negro Voters League (ANVL) was a bipartisan political organization started by Black leaders in 1949 to form a united front to maximize the strength of the Black vote. Such an organization was needed because of the surge in Black voter registration after a 1946 federal court ruling invalidated Georgia’s all-white primary. By 1949 African Americans represented at least 25 percent of Atlanta’s registered voters. Founded on July 7, 1949, at the Butler Street YMCA, the league served as a clearinghouse for Black problems and as broker for the African American vote until the early 1960s./atlanta-southern-league-team-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-southern-league-team-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Atlanta team of the Southern League is pictured circa 1890. The Southern League, founded in Atlanta by Henry W. Grady in 1885, was the first professional minor league baseball association. The league collapsed several times before disbanding for good in 1899. 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./beam-carpet-tufting-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/beam-carpet-tufting-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn beam carpet tufting operations, strands from approximately twelve large beams of yarn are guided into the needles of a tufting machine. Courtesy of Shaw Industries, Inc. 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./blackbeard-island-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/blackbeard-island-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe setting for generations of pirate lore and tales of buried treasure, coastal Georgia’s Blackbeard Island has had a compelling history for at least 200 years, including a period when it was the largest federal marine quarantine station on the south Atlantic coast. The 5,618-acre island, northeast of Sapelo Island in McIntosh County, was named for Edward Teach, best known as “Blackbeard,” a pirate who conducted raids on merchant shipping in the region in the early eighteenth century./bowers-v-hardwick-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bowers-v-hardwick-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAmong the more consequential U.S. Supreme Court cases of the late twentieth century, Bowers v. Hardwick (1986) upheld the constitutionality of a Georgia sodomy law that criminalized consensual gay sex within one’s private residence. The Georgia Supreme Court invalidated the same law in 1998, and in 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its earlier ruling in Lawrence v. Texas. Background Michael Hardwick was born in Miami, Florida in 1954. Raised in a middle-class family, he graduated high school, studied botany at a local college, and found work in a nursery./brunswick-junior-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/brunswick-junior-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe student center at Brunswick Junior College (later College of Coastal Georgia) in Glynn County is pictured in 1965. The first graduating class matriculated from the college, which was founded in 1961, the following year. Courtesy of College of Coastal Georgia. Photograph by Calvin DeWeese, Director of Media Services 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./cameron-forbes-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cameron-forbes-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlW. Cameron Forbes, a U.S. ambassador to Japan and one-time governor of the Philippines, established Birdwood Plantation in Thomas County in 1932. During the 1950s his plantation was converted into Birdwood College, which later became Thomas University. Courtesy of Thomas University 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./chicago-defender-newsboy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/chicago-defender-newsboy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA newsboy sells copies in April 1942 of the Chicago Defender, a leading Black newspaper founded in 1905 by Georgia native Robert S. Abbott. The publication covered events and issues in Chicago's Black community, but also reported on racial news from the South and encouraged southern Blacks to move north after World War I. 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./clark-howell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/clark-howell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlClark Howell was a prominent state politician and, for fifty-three years, an editorial executive and owner of the Atlanta Constitution. A talented and dedicated journalist, Howell served as a bridge from Georgia to the rest of the nation in matters political and journalistic. Early Life and Career Clark Howell was born in Erwinton, South Carolina, on September 21, 1863, to Julia A. Erwin and Evan P. Howell, a Confederate artillery captain./cotton-farm-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cotton-farm-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAlthough cotton is still grown in Stewart County today, overproduction and lack of rail access ultimately led to the crop's decline in the county during the 1850s. Earlier in the nineteenth century, the county was one of the state's top three cotton producers. 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./crawfish-springs-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/crawfish-springs-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe town of Chickamauga began along Crawfish Springs as a plantation owned by James Gordon. The creek was named for Chief Crayfish, the leader of the Tsikamagi Cherokee who occupied Chickamauga until their forced removal in 1838 along the Trail of Tears. Courtesy of City of Chickamauga 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./cypress-mill-at-hebardville-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cypress-mill-at-hebardville-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Cypress Mill at Hebardville, Ware County, circa 1910. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOsJirnV2YvLa607JmpmVjan5xew%3D%3D/david-sansom-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/david-sansom-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDobbs, Chris. "David Sansom." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Jul 19, 2017. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/david-sansom/ Dobbs, C. (2017). David Sansom. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved Jul 19, 2017, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/david-sansom/ Dobbs, Chris. "David Sansom." New Georgia Encyclopedia, 22 February 2017, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/david-sansom/. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJyRq7aledKapaynnWQ%3D/ellijay-telephone-company-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ellijay-telephone-company-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Ellijay Telephone Company, established in 1903 as the Ellijay Telephone Exchange and known today simply as ETC, is one of the oldest independently owned telephone companies in Georgia. By 2003, its 100-year anniversary, the company had become one of north Georgia’s major communications providers, offering basic telephone, long-distance, and Internet services. ETC also owns Cable Television (CTV), a basic and digital cable service, as well as the ETC-3 television station, which is one of the offerings on CTV’s lineup./films-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/films-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe television film Andersonville (1996), directed by John Frankenheimer, portrays the experiences of Union soldiers held at Andersonville Prison, the notorious Civil War prison located in Sumter County. The miniseries, starring Carmen Argenziano, Jarrod Emick, Frederic Forrest, and Ted Marcoux, was filmed partially in Coweta County. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLLIpaSsZw%3D%3D/fire-station-38-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fire-station-38-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJ. W. Robinson received an award from the Atlanta chapter of the American Institute of Architects for his design of Fire Station #38, one of the first projects of J. W. Robinson & Associates, Inc. Courtesy of J. W. Robinson & Associates, Inc. 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./fletcher-henderson-and-his-orchestra.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fletcher-henderson-and-his-orchestra.htmlFletcher Henderson, a native of Randolph County, formed the first big band orchestra around 1920 in New York City. In 1921 Fletcher's orchestra began making records, and the group played at the Roseland Ballroom in New York for the rest of the decade. 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./flowers-foods-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/flowers-foods-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFlowers Foods has become one of the largest producers of fresh baked goods in the United States. Headquartered in Thomasville, Flowers Foods began as a local provider of fresh bread and grew to become one of the largest bakery operations in the nation. Flowers had sales of more than $2 billion in 2007, and its products, including several well-known brands of bread, are distributed nationally. Origins What is known today as Flowers Foods began almost a century ago as the Flowers Baking Company./g-l-norrman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/g-l-norrman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSwedish-born Norrman, after coming to Atlanta in 1881, designed a wide array of buildings in the most fashionable styles, using the latest technologies. Norrman worked ceaselessly for the professionalization of architecture in Georgia and the South. Image from Col. I.W. Avery 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./g-wayne-clough-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/g-wayne-clough-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia Tech president G. Wayne Clough became the institute's tenth president and first alumnus to lead the school when he took office in 1994. Courtesy of Georgia Tech Communications 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./georgia-music-hall-of-fame.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-music-hall-of-fame.htmlThe Georgia Music Hall of Fame in Macon served for fifteen years as the state’s official music museum. The 43,000-square-foot building was home to thousands of documents and artifacts, including sound recordings, costumes, instruments, sheet music, photographs, recording equipment, and memorabilia from hundreds of the state’s musical legends. All eras of Georgia’s musical history were covered, from the earliest Native American instruments to the latest pop beats. After struggling financially for several years, the museum closed its doors on June 12, 2011./gid-tanner-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gid-tanner-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGid Tanner was one of the most widely recognized names among country music enthusiasts of the 1920s and 1930s. The group that he headed, Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers, was one of the most influential string bands that recorded during the formative years of the country music industry. Courtesy of Phil Tanner 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./glen-mary-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/glen-mary-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGlen Mary, an outstanding example of a Greek revival-style raised cottage, was built in 1848 about seven miles south of Sparta. 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%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOoZinm5%2BYuG6vzq6lrbFfonp0fo9tZg%3D%3D/gold-mining-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gold-mining-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMining often has a devastating effect on local landscapes. This 1900 photo shows a water cannon blasting away a hillside at the Calhoun Gold Mine, in Lumpkin County, during the second gold rush. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./greg-johnson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/greg-johnson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAn award-winning short-story writer, novelist, poet, biographer, and scholar, Greg Johnson is a professor of English and a faculty member in the graduate writing program at Kennesaw State University. A frequent reviewer for such publications as the New York Times Book Review, Georgia Review, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Johnson has published two novels, a study of Emily Dickinson, three critical works on Joyce Carol Oates, a book of poems, and several collections of short fiction./herman-myers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/herman-myers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHerman Myers, a prominent member of the Jewish community in Savannah, was mayor of that city during the 1890s. Photograph by Wikimedia 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%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKKlma6qv8xmmKecXZ%2ByuL%2BOpZirn5Vitaa%2BzJqlZqWpmr%2B0q49paGg%3D/ivey-and-crook-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ivey-and-crook-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe architectural firm Ivey and Crook (1923-67) excelled in traditional architecture during a competitive period of eclecticism. The firm built residences, churches, and schools in Atlanta and LaGrange, and occasionally other locations in the Southeast. Its most popular and recognizable residential feature was the four-columned portico adorning single-story homes, a southern colonial image that looked to Thomas Jefferson’s neoclassicism for inspiration. Churches were typically modeled on James Gibbs’s St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London (1721-26) and displayed a colossal two-story portico, classical steeple, and aisleless basilica plan./james-m-cox-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/james-m-cox-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJames McMahon Cox Jr., pictured in 1973, inherited control of Cox Enterprises in 1957, upon the death of his father, James Middleton Cox. Under his leadership, the company acquired its first cable television station in 1962 and also entered into the publishing, film, and automobile auction industries. 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./jimmy-and-rosalynn-carter-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jimmy-and-rosalynn-carter-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJimmy and Rosalynn Carter, both from Plains, discuss their experiences working together with Habitat for Humanity and the Carter Center in a book they coauthored in 1987, Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life. Courtesy of the Carter Center 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./johann-martin-boltzius-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/johann-martin-boltzius-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJohann Martin Boltzius (sometimes spelled “Bolzius”) was senior minister to the Salzburger community at Ebenezer for three decades (1735-65) and was largely responsible for its success. He was a vigorous opponent of slavery during the formative years of the Georgia colony. Education and Early Career Boltzius was born on December 15, 1703, in Forst, Germany, southwest of Berlin. His parents, Eva Rosina Muller and Martin Boltzius, earned a modest living as weavers./john-bulow-campbell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-bulow-campbell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJohn Bulow Campbell, whose estate allowed for the creation of the J. Bulow Campbell Foundation after his death, believed that humility, charity, and service were necessary elements of a Christian life. His philanthropy flowed from this conviction. Courtesy of the J. Bulow Campbell Foundation 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./julius-bailey-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/julius-bailey-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis photograph, taken by Malcolm and Muriel Bell, captures Julius Bailey driving an ox cart along a Sapelo Island road around 1939. The image graces the cover of Drums and Shadows, a study of Black culture in coastal Georgia. Originally published in 1940, the book was reissued by the University of Georgia Press in 1986. 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./leonard-matlovich-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/leonard-matlovich-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia native Leonard Phillip Matlovich was one of the earliest activists to challenge the status of gays and lesbians in the U.S. military. Born July 6, 1943, in Savannah, at Hunter Air Force Base, Matlovich spent much of his early life in South Carolina. He enlisted in the Air Force at the age of nineteen and rose to the rank of technical sergeant. He would earn both a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star for his service in the Vietnam War (1964-73)./lettie-pate-whitehead-evans-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lettie-pate-whitehead-evans-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA native of southwest Virginia, Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans was one of the first women to serve on the board of directors of a major American corporation, the Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Company. One of the country’s most generous philanthropists, she also set up charitable foundations to share her family’s vast fortune with others. Early Life and Marriage Letitia “Lettie” Pate was born into a prominent family, to Elizabeth Stagg and Cornelius Pate, on February 21, 1872, in the Bedford County village of Thaxton, in the far reaches of the Virginia Piedmont./madison-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/madison-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMadison County, in northeast Georgia, was created on December 5, 1811, by an act of the state legislature. Originally inhabited by Creek and Cherokee Indians, the land was gradually ceded during the colonial period to Governor James Wright of Georgia and was organized into two counties—Wilkes and Franklin. Eventually that land was divided into smaller counties, and Madison County was created from portions of Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Jackson, and Oglethorpe counties./mcduffie-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mcduffie-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMcDuffie County is located on the geological fall line in east central Georgia along the Savannah River basin, thirty-five miles west of Augusta. The county, carved from Warren and Columbia counties in late 1870 by an act of the Georgia General Assembly, was named for George McDuffie, a native Georgian and distinguished lawyer, statesman, governor, and U.S. senator of South Carolina. Although relatively small (260 square miles) and postbellum in its formation, McDuffie County boasts a sizeable colonial and political heritage that predates the county’s official inception by at least a century./nature-s-own-bread-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/nature-s-own-bread-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Nature's Own brand of bread is produced by Flowers Foods, a bakery founded in Thomasville in 1919. The company also produces the well-known Sunbeam and Cobblestone Mill brands, in addition to a line of snack cakes under the brand name Tesoritos. Courtesy of Flowers Foods 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./new-urbanism-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/new-urbanism-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlNew Urbanism is a late-twentieth-century architectural and urban design movement that has influenced the landscapes of cities and towns in Georgia. New Urbanism endeavors to guide the development of the built environment at all scales, from the individual building to the region. Counter to decades of suburban sprawl and pervasive automobile-oriented design, New Urbanist practice seeks to restore a balance between cities and suburban development through an understanding of the best traditions of urbanism./pickett-s-mill-battlefield-area-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/pickett-s-mill-battlefield-area-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe site of the Battle of Pickett's Mill, covering 765 acres in Paulding County, was gradually acquired by the state from 1973 until 1981. In 1990 the park opened to the public as the Pickett's Mill Battlefield Historic Site, commemorating the Civil War battle that took place there in May 1864. Courtesy of Pickett's Mill Battlefield Historic Site 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./prince-hall-masonic-lodge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/prince-hall-masonic-lodge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDuring the 1960s, the WERD radio station shared the Prince Hall Masonic Lodge on Auburn Avenue with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to Special Collections and Archives at Georgia State University./raymond-andrews-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/raymond-andrews-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRaymond  Andrews was a widely acclaimed novelist and chronicler of the African American experience in north central Georgia. His first novel, Appalachee Red, won the James Baldwin Prize for fiction in 1979. In 2009 he was inducted into the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame. The fourth of ten children of sharecropping parents, Andrews was born and reared near Madison. At fifteen he left home for Atlanta, where he worked during the day and attended night classes at Booker T./roswell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/roswell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLocated twenty miles north of Atlanta on the Chattahoochee River, Roswell was originally in Cobb County but in 1932 was annexed to Fulton County. The Roswell area has evolved from being a part of the Cherokee Nation to a textile mill town to a sleepy historical suburb; in 2010 it was the eighth largest city in Georgia. Roswell’s proximity to the country’s first gold rush, its links to former U.S. presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Jimmy Carter, and the influence of Greek revival architecture have played a significant part in its history./sapelo-lighthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sapelo-lighthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe 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%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKSZnLW1tM6uqp6rXaSzbrPEqKmgoZFkwKK8xKWmZqSZnLW1tM6uqp6XYGV%2BcA%3D%3D/slave-patrols-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/slave-patrols-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBeginning in 1757 Georgia’s colonial assembly required white landowners and residents to serve as slave patrols. Asserting that slave insurrections must be prevented, the legislature stipulated in “An Act for Establishing and Regulating of Patrols” that groups “not exceeding seven” would work in districts twelve miles square. The statute, modeled on South Carolina’s earlier patrol law, ordered white adults to ride the roads at night, stopping all enslaved laborers they encountered and making them prove that they were engaged in lawful activities./slave-quarters-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/slave-quarters-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSlave quarters, pictured in 1936, stand at Liberty Hall in Taliaferro County, the homeplace of Georgia governor Alexander Stephens. African American structures on Georgia plantations were generally rectangular in shape, as opposed to the square forms preferred by Europeans. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Historic American Buildings Survey. 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./spalding-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/spalding-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSpalding County, in west central Georgia, was created in 1851 by the state legislature from parts of Fayette, Henry, and Pike counties. Forty miles south of downtown Atlanta, Spalding is part of the Atlanta Metropolitan Statistical Area and one of six counties in the Towaliga Soil and Water Conservation District. Comprising 198 square miles, the county was named for Thomas Spalding, an influential statesman and planter from coastal Georgia. Early History The incorporated communities in Spalding County are Griffin, Orchard Hill, and Sunny Side./spanish-missions-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/spanish-missions-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Spanish chapter of Georgia’s earliest colonial history is dominated by the lengthy mission era, extending from 1568 through 1684. Catholic missions were the primary means by which Georgia’s indigenous Native American chiefdoms were assimilated into the Spanish colonial system along the northern frontier of greater Spanish Florida. Establishment of Missions Following the largely unsuccessful conversion efforts of Jesuit priests between 1568 and 1570, friars of the Franciscan Order spearheaded the establishment of missions among Indian groups near Florida’s Spanish colonial city, St./spanish-american-war-in-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/spanish-american-war-in-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOn 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-medical-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tanner-medical-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTanner 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./tomochichi-s-grave-marker-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tomochichi-s-grave-marker-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA 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./transgenic-arabidopsis-seedlings-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/transgenic-arabidopsis-seedlings-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlArabidopsis 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./walt-frazier-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/walt-frazier-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBasketball 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./wessie-connell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wessie-connell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFor almost fifty years, Wessie Connell introduced generations of Grady County children to the power of knowledge. Without any formal education beyond high school, she created an award-winning library system in Cairo, Georgia, and was a leading advocate of free access to information for all people. Her desire to expose children and adults to the joy of reading led her to develop innovative ideas that are now standard in public libraries: children’s story time, summer reading clubs, book mobiles, and branch libraries./wsb-radio-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wsb-radio-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOn March 15, 1922, the “Light Cavalry Overture” was played to listeners on about 1,000 radio receivers in the Atlanta area. This was the first broadcast of the city’s first radio station, WSB. The call letters, which had been assigned that afternoon by the U.S. secretary of commerce, had formerly been used by a ship’s wireless. The station was owned by the Atlanta Journal. To beat rival station WGST in becoming the city’s first commercial operation, WSB used the 100-watt transmitter of amateur radio operator Gordon Hight in Rome, with the call letters standing for “Welcome South, Brother./young-harris-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 28 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/young-harris-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA four-year liberal arts college in the mountains of north Georgia, Young Harris College holds a higher profile in Georgia’s social and political history than its 700-student enrollment (as of 2010) might imply. Founded in a small town between the villages of Blairsville and Hiawassee in Towns County, the school was typical of denominational schools in Appalachia during its early years; hardscrabble and poor, these institutions were typically guided by preachers, the area’s most learned leaders./1881-international-cotton-exposition-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/1881-international-cotton-exposition-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe 1881 International Cotton Exposition buildings in Atlanta's Oglethorpe Park consisted of a central building and several wings. The central building was devoted to textile-manufacturing displays while the wings showcased other southern products, including sugar, rice, and tobacco. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Atlanta History Center./1996-olympic-games-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/1996-olympic-games-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe city of Atlanta hosted the Olympic Games during the summer of 1996. The games drew approximately 2 million visitors to Georgia, as 10,318 athletes from around the world gathered to compete in 26 types of sports. Photograph from Wikimedia, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Public Health Image Library 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./51-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/51-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA replica of the P-51 flown by Donald Bryan during World War II is displayed at the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum near Savannah. The P-51 was a technologically advanced plane used to escort bombers on missions over German territory. Courtesy of Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum 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./alexander-hamilton-and-son-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/alexander-hamilton-and-son-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAlexander Hamilton and his son Alexander D. Hamilton were African American builders in Atlanta from the 1890s into the 1920s. Their contracting firm, Alexander Hamilton and Son, began in 1890, when the younger Hamilton joined his father’s business. Alexander Hamilton was born enslaved, circa 1840, likely in either Georgia or North Carolina. He served in the Union army during the Civil War (1861-65) and married Martha “Mattie” Ann Coker. Their son Alexander Daniel Hamilton was born on November 24, 1870, in Eufaula, Alabama./alonzo-herndon-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/alonzo-herndon-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAn African American barber and entrepreneur, Alonzo Herndon was founder and president of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company, one of the most successful Black-owned insurance businesses in the nation. At the time of his death in 1927, he was also Atlanta’s wealthiest Black citizen, owning more property than any other African American. Admired and respected by many, he was noted for his involvement in and support of local institutions and charities devoted to advancing African American business and community life./andersonville-national-historic-site-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/andersonville-national-historic-site-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Andersonville National Historic Site is located about twelve miles southeast of Ellaville in Schley County. A prison for Union soldiers during the Civil War, Andersonville is now maintained as a national cemetery and a major tourist attraction. 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./andrew-johnson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/andrew-johnson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThomas Nast's depiction of a tearful Andrew Johnson, published in 1866 as part of a political cartoon entitled Tearful Convention, foreshadows the even greater frustration that the president would feel over Congress's resistance to his Reconstruction policies, including the ease with which southern states were readmitted into the Union. From Harper's Weekly 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./atlanta-life-insurance-company-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-life-insurance-company-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Atlanta Life Insurance Company, with headquarters on Atlanta’s historic Sweet Auburn Avenue, has been in existence since 1905. Founded by Alonzo Herndon, a prosperous Black barber and entrepreneur who rose from enslavement to become by 1927 the wealthiest African American in Atlanta, Atlanta Life is the leading African American stock-owned insurance company in the nation. As one of the strongest Black financial institutions to emerge in the early twentieth century, Atlanta Life is a premier example of the quest of African Americans to gain an economic foothold./barnstorming-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/barnstorming-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA JN-4 Jenny flies vertically as a "wing walker" jumps from the plane. The walker is wearing a parachute, which he will wait to deploy until he is very near the ground. Such aerial stunts, referred to as "barnstorming," were performed by famous pilot Charles Lindbergh when he was first learning to fly in 1922. 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./berckmans-nursery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/berckmans-nursery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBerckmans Nursery, also known as Fruitland, was the first large-scale horticultural nursery in the southeastern United States. Founded in 1858 in Augusta by Louis Mathieu Edouard Berckmans and his son Prosper Jules Alphonse Berckmans, the grounds later became the site of the Augusta National Golf Club. Louis Berckmans, a trained physician, had a great interest in horticulture, which he passed along to Prosper, a university-trained horticulturist who received his education in France./bo-callaway-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bo-callaway-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBo Callaway was elected in 1964 as the first Republican congressman from Georgia since 1875. He ran for governor in the 1966 general election, but the presence of a write-in candidate prevented him from receiving the constitutionally required majority, costing him the election. Image from George Augusta 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./colonial-immigration-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/colonial-immigration-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlImmigrants to colonial Georgia came from a vast array of regions around the Atlantic basin—including the British Isles, northern Europe, the Mediterranean, Africa, the Caribbean, and a host of American colonies. They arrived in very different social and economic circumstances, bringing preconceptions and cultural practices from their homelands. Each wave of migrants changed the character of the colony—its size, composition, and economy—and brought new opportunities and new challenges to the people already there./confederate-soldiers-home-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/confederate-soldiers-home-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlConfederate Soldiers' Home, located at 410 Confederate Avenue in Atlanta, was built in 1902 to house aging Confederate veterans of the Civil War. The Inman family provided a portion of the funds necessary for the home's completion. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./convair-440-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/convair-440-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Convair 440 was a post-World War II innovation for short-haul traffic. For its time the 440 was economical, comfortable, and fast. It was also well suited to Eastern's connecting routes among intermediate-sized cities. It held forty-four seats and cruised at 284 miles per hour.  Photograph by Wikimedia 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./darien-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/darien-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe seat of McIntosh County, Darien is a coastal tidewater town about sixty miles south of Savannah. Its origins can be traced to the earliest years of colonial Georgia. The port town was established on the north branch of the Altamaha River in 1736 by Scottish Highlanders from Inverness, recruited by General James Oglethorpe to assist in the defense of the colony. The Scots were highly capable soldiers, among the finest in the world./deportation-of-roswell-mill-women.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/deportation-of-roswell-mill-women.htmlIn July 1864 during the Atlanta campaign General William T. Sherman ordered the approximately 400 Roswell mill workers, mostly women, arrested as traitors and shipped as prisoners to the North with their children. There is little evidence that more than a few of the women ever returned home. As the Union forces approached Atlanta in the early summer of 1864, almost all the members of the founding families of Roswell—aristocrats from the Georgia coast, most of them owners and/or stockholders of the Roswell Manufacturing Company mills—had fled./diversion-dam-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/diversion-dam-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA diversion dam on the Savannah River pushes water to the headgate and locks of the Savannah-Ogeechee-Altamaha Canal, in Augusta. Along its route from the Piedmont to the Atlantic Ocean, the Savannah River is diverted for various purposes, including navigation, the generation of electricity, and water for human consumption. Image from Stacie Wells 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./dwight-andrews-and-steven-darsey.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dwight-andrews-and-steven-darsey.htmlThe 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./early-20th-century-groups-organizations.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/early-20th-century-groups-organizations.htmlJulian 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/ebenezer-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ebenezer-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLocated 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.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fish-out-of-water-i.htmlFish 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-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/george-cooke-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorge 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./georgia-department-of-labor-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-department-of-labor-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Georgia Department of Labor, with approximately 4,000 employees in 2008, provides services to the state’s current and emerging workforce. The department, originally called the Department of Commerce and Labor, was created in 1911 to oversee labor laws and safety regulations. The passage of the Wagner-Peyser Act, which established a nationwide system of public employment offices, in 1935 led to the creation of the Department of Labor in 1937. The state labor commissioner, an elected official, oversees the department./georgia-tech-amphitheater-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-tech-amphitheater-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe outdoor amphitheater surrounding the Kessler Campanile is a gathering place for the Georgia Tech community. Students, faculty, and staff gather to hear visiting speakers, participate in rallies, and mark momentous occasions. Courtesy of Georgia Tech Communications 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./gid-tanner-and-his-skillet-lickers.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gid-tanner-and-his-skillet-lickers.htmlGid Tanner was one of the most widely recognized names among country music enthusiasts of the 1920s and 1930s. The group that he headed, Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers, was one of the most influential string bands that recorded during the formative years of the country music industry. The innovative approach, craftsmanship, and professionalism of this widely imitated ensemble was due in large part to the talents of such competent band members as Clayton McMichen on fiddle and Riley Puckett on guitar./grave-site-of-carrie-steele-logan.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/grave-site-of-carrie-steele-logan.htmlCarrie Steele Logan, founder of the Carrie Steele Orphan Home in Atlanta, died in 1900 at the age of seventy-one and was buried in Atlanta's Oakland Cemetery. The epitaph on her gravestone reads "The mother of orphans. She hath done what she could." 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./hart-county-community-theatre-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hart-county-community-theatre-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Hart County Community Theatre in Hartwell has been producing plays since 1979. Courtesy of UGA Archway Partnership 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%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOoZirrKeaua17x5qprWWTpMKvwNhmq6Gdkamys3nIp6ueqpmkv6B8j2pm/jenkins-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jenkins-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Jenkins County courthouse in Millen was built in 1910 in the neoclassical revival style. The architect was L. F. Goodrich. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./lachlan-mcintosh-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lachlan-mcintosh-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlColonel Lachlan McIntosh, a Scottish immigrant, served as a military and political leader in revolutionary Georgia. He defended Savannah from the British during the Battle of the Rice Boats on March 2-3, 1776, and later served with General George Washington at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, in 1778. Image from the New York Public Library Digital Collections, The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. View on source site/lincoln-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lincoln-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia’s twenty-fourth county, Lincoln County comprises 211 square miles and was created in 1796 in the northeast part of the state from Wilkes County. The county is named for Benjamin Lincoln, a major general of the Continental Army who played a key role in the defeat of the British at Yorktown during the American Revolution (1775-83). The area’s first inhabitants were Creek and Cherokee Indians, who ceded the land to Georgia in 1773./luke-appling-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/luke-appling-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOne of baseball's most revered players, Luke Appling was for nearly twenty years (1930-43, 1945-50) the star shortstop of the American League's Chicago White Sox. Before that he played for the Atlanta Crackers. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame./michael-c-carlos-museum-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/michael-c-carlos-museum-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University in Atlanta, designed by notable architect Michael Graves, offers numerous lectures, workshops, and performances as part of its educational program. Around 20,000 Georgia children visit the museum each year, and many more participate in Art Odyssey, the museum's outreach program. 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./michael-hardwick-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/michael-hardwick-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMichael Hardwick, defendant in the Georgia sodomy case Bowers v. Hardwick, speaking to the Atlanta Business and Professional Guild, Colony Square, Atlanta, Georgia, September 7, 1986. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to Special Collections and Archives at Georgia State University./miller-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/miller-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Miller County Courthouse in Colquitt, constructed in 1977, is the county's fourth courthouse. The second and third courthouses burned in 1873 and 1974 respectively. Photograph by Jimmy Emerson, DVM 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./mirabeau-b-lamar-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mirabeau-b-lamar-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia native Mirabeau B. Lamar, a state senator, journalist, poet, and soldier, served as the second president of the Republic of Texas, from 1838 to 1841. Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar was born on August 16, 1798, near Louisville, to Rebecca and John Lamar. He attended public school in Eatonton and Milledgeville but, due to financial concerns, decided to forgo college. In 1819 he opened a general store with partner Willis Roberts in Cahawba, Alabama, and purchased an interest in the Cahawba Press newspaper./moody-air-force-base-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/moody-air-force-base-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLocated in south Georgia, ten miles northeast of Valdosta, Moody Air Force Base is the home of the 23d Wing, which provides worldwide close air support, force protection, and combat search-and-rescue operations in support of U.S. national security as well as humanitarian interests. The base supports the training and deployment of combat-ready fixed-wing and rotary rescue aircraft, the A-10, HC-130, and HH-60. In addition, the base supports the 347th Rescue Group./nancy-roberts-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/nancy-roberts-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDobbs, Chris. "Nancy Roberts." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Jul 19, 2017. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/nancy-roberts/ Dobbs, C. (2017). Nancy Roberts. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved Jul 19, 2017, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/nancy-roberts/ Dobbs, Chris. "Nancy Roberts." New Georgia Encyclopedia, 21 March 2017, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/nancy-roberts/. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKaRo7C6edGomZ6qpKh8/ossie-davis-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ossie-davis-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOssie Davis, a native of south Georgia, was one of the most recognized and influential African American performers and activists of the late twentieth century. In addition to his work as an actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and playwright, Davis, along with his wife Ruby Dee, was known for his civil rights activism. The couple, who appeared in numerous productions together, are widely credited with furthering opportunities on stage and screen for subsequent generations of Black artists./pike-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/pike-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Pike County Courthouse, designed in the Romanesque revival and colonial revival styles, was built in Zebulon in 1895. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./precious-bryant-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/precious-bryant-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBlues musician Precious Bryant performs at the Atlanta History Center Blues Festival. Born in Talbot County in 1942, Bryant learned to play guitar as a child and began performing publicly in the 1960s. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to the Georgia Department of Economic Development./presbyterian-church-in-america-headquarters.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/presbyterian-church-in-america-headquarters.htmlThe denominational headquarters for the Presbyterian Church in America, pictured in 2006, are located in Lawrenceville. The denomination moved to Lawrenceville in 1982 and purchased its current building in 2001. Photograph by Melinda S. Mullikin, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./public-opinion-polling-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/public-opinion-polling-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPublic-opinion polling is the practice of gathering opinions and attitudes from individuals about a topic or issue. Public-opinion polls can be used to determine the percentage of individuals who support or oppose a public policy or a specific candidate in an election, to gather key factual information from individuals (for example, the number of hours of television viewed per week), or simply to find out how individuals feel about a certain topic./reptiles-and-amphibians-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/reptiles-and-amphibians-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe richest biodiversity of reptile and amphibian species (herpetofauna) in the United States is concentrated in the Southeast. Home to more than 150 species of herpetofauna, Georgia ranks high among the states in total number of native species. One reason for the great herpetofaunal diversity in Georgia is that the state hosts many different terrestrial and aquatic habitats, including upland and bottomland mixed pine and hardwood forests, mountain coniferous forests, pine flatwoods, cypress–tupelo gum swamps, sandhills, streams, rivers, isolated wetlands, and caves, as well as salt marshes, coastal islands, and the ocean./revivals-and-camp-meetings-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/revivals-and-camp-meetings-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn early-twenty-first-century Georgia, stadium-sized revival meetings featuring Billy Graham or the Promise Keepers attract tens of thousands of people. Such revivals are the modern-day descendants of early-nineteenth-century camp meetings, held on grounds around the state, and a method of evangelical preaching that gained popularity in the late eighteenth century. The tradition of revivalism in the South, and in Georgia in particular, traces its roots to what some historians call the Great Awakening./richmond-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/richmond-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRichmond County's modern-style courthouse, located in Augusta, was designed by Scroggs and Ewing, and Kuhlke and Wade, and built in 1956-57. Photograph by Jimmy Emerson, DVM 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./road-atlanta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/road-atlanta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRoad Atlanta, a 2.54-mile, 12-turn road-racing course in Braselton, is a major tourist attraction in Jackson County. The venue, part of the Panoz Motor Sports Group, offers a variety of motor-sport events, including sports car, motorcycle, and kart racing. 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./savannah-electric-and-power-company.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/savannah-electric-and-power-company.htmlBefore its 2006 merger with Georgia Power, Savannah Electric and Power Company powered nearly 140,000 homes and businesses and served approximately 320,000 people in east Georgia, covering 5 counties and 2,000 square miles. The utility, using fossil-fueled power plants (steam and gas turbines), generated 800 megawatts of capacity to produce about 48 percent of its power supply. It purchased the rest from affiliates and wholesale marketers and also marketed wholesale energy, provided energy conservation services, and sold outdoor lighting and surge protection products./smiling-peanut-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/smiling-peanut-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA peanut sculpture, featuring a replica of U.S. president Jimmy Carter's famous smile, stands at the entrance of Plains, Carter's hometown. Before entering state politics in the early 1960s, Carter ran his family's peanut farm and warehousing business. He was elected president in 1976. Courtesy of Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington 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./soccer-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/soccer-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlConsidered the most popular ball game in the world, soccer has developed in Georgia primarily as a suburban sport with vast numbers of children taking part. Soccer in the state spread mainly from the Atlanta area, which since the 1960s has been home to more than a dozen professional men’s and women’s teams. It is unclear when organized soccer first came to Georgia. Amateur players played in Atlanta’s Piedmont Park as early as 1912, and an amateur league played there in the 1920s and 1930s, consisting in part of employees from the John H./south-georgia-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/south-georgia-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlNote from the Editors: In January 2013 South Georgia College merged with Waycross College to form South Georgia State College. This article chronicles the history of South Georgia College from its founding until the time of the merger. South  Georgia College is a four-year institution of the University System of Georgia. Located in Douglas, the school has provided educational opportunities to the residents of south Georgia since the early 1900s./student-nonviolent-coordinating-committee-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/student-nonviolent-coordinating-committee-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, or SNCC (pronounced “snick”), was one of the key organizations in the American civil rights movement of the 1960s. In Georgia SNCC concentrated its efforts in Albany and Atlanta. Emerging from the student-led sit-ins to protest segregated lunch counters in Greensboro, North Carolina, and Nashville, Tennessee, SNCC’s strategy was much different from that of already established civil rights organizations. In April 1960, on the Shaw University campus in Raleigh, North Carolina, students of the sit-in movement met with Ella Baker, executive secretary of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and they established SNCC./surveying-and-mapping-students-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/surveying-and-mapping-students-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlStudents at Southern Polytechnic State University (later Kennesaw State University) study surveying and mapping. Courtesy of Southern Polytechnic State University 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%2BOnpuum5GptrC6jqymrqyYmr%2Bvec%2Boo7KslZi1r7XCZqqtmaSaera6yK%2Bcq6uZqcZwuYxwbm9sXw%3D%3D/temperance-movement-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/temperance-movement-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAn organized temperance movement began in Georgia in the late 1820s and, after early difficulties, flourished through the 1930s. As in other parts of the United States, Georgia’s temperance reformers typically were evangelical Protestants who regarded alcoholic beverages as harmful (even sinful) for the individual drinker and for society at large. Supposedly, drink destroyed families and reputations and brought about poverty, disorder, and crime. As elsewhere, Georgia’s temperance reformers started by urging individuals to decide voluntarily not to drink and later campaigned to change the laws to restrict and abolish the sale of alcoholic beverages./the-legend-of-bagger-vance.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-legend-of-bagger-vance.htmlRobert Redford (right), the director of The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000), demonstrates a golf swing to the film's stars, Matt Damon (left) and Will Smith (second from left). The film was shot in the streets and country clubs of Savannah. 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./tifton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tifton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTifton, the county seat of Tift County, is located on the coastal plain in south central Georgia some sixty miles from the Florida border. Situated at the intersection of several major thoroughfares, Tifton serves as a crossroads of south Georgia. Founding and Early Years Tifton was founded in 1872 by a marine engineer turned lumberman-entrepreneur, Henry Harding Tift, who named the town for his uncle Nelson Tift, a businessman, judge, and congressman./tommy-nobis-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tommy-nobis-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTommy Nobis joined the Atlanta Falcons in 1965. A graduate of the University of Texas, Nobis won rookie-of-the-year honors after the team's inaugural season in Atlanta in 1966-67. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./tomochichi-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tomochichi-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTomochichi was the leader of the Yamacraw Indians and a prominent figure in early Georgia history. As a principal mediator between the native Creek (Muscogee) and British colonists, he contributed to the establishment of peaceful relations between the two groups during the first years of British settlement. Early Life Little is known about Tomochichi’s youth because of the absence of accurate documentation. Born sometime in the mid-1600s, he was most likely of Creek ancestry and his father may have been Yamasee./traveler-s-rest-state-historic-site.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/traveler-s-rest-state-historic-site.htmlTraveler's Rest in Toccoa once stood on Georgia's western frontier; the Cherokee Nation comprised the lands to the west. Built in the early 1800s by a white frontiersman, the inn is notable for its ninety-foot-long porch. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964. 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./trustee-georgia-1732-1752-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/trustee-georgia-1732-1752-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe first twenty years of Georgia history are referred to as Trustee Georgia because during that time a Board of Trustees governed the colony. England’s King George signed a charter establishing the colony and creating its governing board on April 21, 1732. Origins James Edward Oglethorpe, famous for conducting a parliamentary investigation into the conditions of London prisons, exercised a leading role in the movement to found the new colony. He confided to his friend John Lord Viscount Percival (known as the first earl of Egmont after that title was conferred on him in 1733) that he intended to help released debtors begin a new life in America./uga-v-football-mascot-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/uga-v-football-mascot-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlUGA the Fifth is the mascot for the University of Georgia Bulldogs football team. Photograph by Jim Hipple 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%2BOnpuum5GptrC6jq6loq6Vp8CqwNhmpp9ll5q8s7PImmamZWJqfXh7/university-of-georgia-marine-institute.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/university-of-georgia-marine-institute.htmlThe University of Georgia Marine Institute, located on the southern end of Sapelo Island, was established in 1953 through the generosity of Richard J. Reynolds Jr. It was founded primarily as a research institute and has conducted research centered on salt marsh, watershed, and nearshore ecosystems since its inception. The goals of the research are to understand the biological, chemical, geological, and physical processes that control salt marsh systems. Sapelo Island is a barrier island located approximately five miles off the Georgia mainland in McIntosh County./utilities-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/utilities-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOglethorpe Power Corporation, headquartered in DeKalb County, was founded through U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt's Rural Electrification Administration, which was established in 1935. As of 2011, Oglethorpe Power was the nation's largest electric power cooperative, serving 4.1 million customers in Georgia. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcMHToqOirJmawHA%3D/viola-ross-napier-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/viola-ross-napier-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlViola Ross Napier was elected to Georgia’s House of Representatives in 1922, only two years after the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which grants women the right to vote. Elected as a representative from Bibb County, Napier became one of the first two women to hold elected office in the state. (Bessie Kempton, of Fulton County, was elected at the same time.) During her two terms, the widowed mother of four sponsored legislation to improve children’s rights and to increase protection for the blind and handicapped./william-taft-and-archibald-butt.htmlMon, 27 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/william-taft-and-archibald-butt.htmlU.S. president William Howard Taft (front row, second from left) attends a baseball game in 1910. Seated directly behind Taft is Augusta native Archibald Butt, who served as the president's military aide from 1909 until his death aboard the Titanic in 1912. 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./tampa-red-whittaker-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tampa-red-whittaker-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAlso known as “the Guitar Wizard,” the blues musician Tampa Red was a master of the slide guitar and one of the most prominent figures of the Chicago, Illinois, blues scene during the 1930s and 1940s. Though little known today, he was a popular and influential performer whose recording career extended from 1928 to 1960. Born Hudson Woodbridge on January 8, 1904, in Smithville, Georgia, he was raised in Tampa, Florida, by his grandmother’s family, the Whittakers, whose name he adopted./agricultural-adjustment-act-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/agricultural-adjustment-act-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) was a federal law passed in 1933 as part of U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. The law offered farmers subsidies in exchange for limiting their production of certain crops. The subsidies were meant to limit overproduction so that crop prices could increase. After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the AAA in January 1936, a slightly modified version of the law was passed in 1938./albany-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/albany-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAlbany Technical College is located in Albany, the seat of Dougherty County and the commercial hub and urban center of southwest Georgia. Although Albany is known for its peanut and pecan production, its population is largely employed in the health care, education, defense, data-processing, and manufacturing industries. Albany Tech supports southwest Georgia’s workforce needs through its technical education and economic development programs; some of the college’s most noted associate degree and diploma programs are in the manufacturing, health care, and service industries./alpharetta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/alpharetta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAlpharetta is located in metropolitan Atlanta, approximately twenty-five miles north of the city in the foothills of the north Georgia mountains. The Alpharetta area was first part of Cherokee County and then, for almost seventy-five years, part of Milton County, which in turn became part of Fulton County in the early 1930s. In earlier years the rural citizens around Alpharetta thrived on cotton production, and the townspeople on family businesses and shops./amateur-radio-equipment-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/amateur-radio-equipment-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis amateur radio gear is typical of the 1925-30 era and is more sophisticated in the transmittal of sound than the earliest equipment built around 1900. Courtesy of Michael H. McDougald 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./and-the-champeen-in-his-division.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/and-the-champeen-in-his-division.htmlThis 1962 cartoon by Clifford H. "Baldy" Baldowski comments on the election of Leroy Johnson to the Georgia legislature. The overturn of Georgia’s county unit system resulted in the creation of a predominantly Black senate district in Fulton County. Leroy Johnson, a prominent attorney and advisor to Atlanta’s civil rights movement, won the seat in 1962 and became the first African American to serve in the legislature since 1907. He was also the first African American elected to public office in the Southeast that year./antebellum-figures-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/antebellum-figures-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1849 George W. Crawford, a former governor of Georgia, joined U.S. president Zachary Taylor's cabinet as secretary of war. From left, Reverdy Johnson, William M. Meredith, William B. Preston, Zachary Taylor, Crawford, Jacob Collamer, Thomas Ewing, and John M. Clayton. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcK3NrZybnZyhwq55xaKerqqVqHw%3D/bobs-candies-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bobs-candies-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn the 1920s a cherubic child in a red-and-white hat hawked the quintessential Christmas treat—the peppermint candy cane—to Albany natives in an advertisement for a local candy company. Some sixty years later, that family-owned company, known as Bobs Candies, commemorated its place in the national candy and snack-food world by producing the world’s largest candy cane, an eight-foot-long crook that weighed more than 100 pounds. In 2005 the company’s founding family, the McCormacks, decided to sell the organization to a larger, diversified candy manufacturer in order to keep the family legacy alive./brantley-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/brantley-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Brantley County Courthouse was built in 1930 in Nahunta, which was selected in 1923 over the town of Hoboken to be the county seat. An addition to the original building was constructed in 1978. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./brasstown-bald-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/brasstown-bald-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlVisitors to Brasstown Bald, the highest elevation in Georgia, can view four states. The mountain is partly in Union County and partly in Towns County. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia./captain-america-civil-war-filming-in-atlanta.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/captain-america-civil-war-filming-in-atlanta.htmlWith a generous state tax credit passed in 2008, Atlanta became known as “the Hollywood of the South.” Here, a parking lot across from the Richard B. Russell Federal Building becomes a Lagos, Nigeria, street scene in filming the movie Captain America: Civil War in 2015. 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./charles-wesley-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/charles-wesley-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCharles Wesley, along with his older brother John Wesley, was a founder of Methodist societies as well as a Methodist hymn writer and preacher. His 6,500 hymns, seventeen years of itinerant preaching, and superintendence of the London societies make him a major figure in the creation of the Methodist movement. His love for the Church of England is largely responsible for the Anglican tradition within Methodism. Early Life and Travels Born in Epworth Rectory, Lincolnshire, England, on December 18, 1707, Wesley was the third surviving son and probably the eighteenth child of Susanna and Samuel Wesley./cheryl-haworth-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cheryl-haworth-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCheryl Haworth trains in 2004 at the Anderson/Cohen Weightlifting Center in her hometown of Savannah. Haworth has won numerous awards, including a bronze Olympic medal in 2000, during her weightlifting 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution./clark-atlanta-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/clark-atlanta-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlClark Atlanta University (CAU), located southwest of downtown Atlanta, is a private, urban, coeducational institution of higher education. Fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the university offers undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree and nondegree programs to students of diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. CAU is one of only two private, historically Black universities in the United States that award the doctorate in more than five disciplines./clay-eating-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/clay-eating-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe ingestion of kaolin, also known as “white dirt,” “chalk,” or “white clay,” is a type of pica (eating of nonfood substances). Found in the central Piedmont section of Georgia, vast deposits of kaolin are mined around Sandersville, in the area between Macon and Augusta. Kaolin is a naturally deposited clay used in the manufacture of ceramics as well as in coatings for paper and textiles. It is also a key ingredient used in medicines for diarrhea./clifford-baldy-baldowski-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/clifford-baldy-baldowski-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlClifford Baldowski, known by his pen name “Baldy,” was an editorial cartoonist for the Augusta Chronicle, the Miami Herald, and the Atlanta Constitution. He became one of the leading voices of moderation in Georgia during the fight over school desegregation in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1959 Time magazine called Baldowski a man who “has sought to depict the plight of the reasonable southerner who, like himself, stands aghast between the extremists./colored-tribunemasthead-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/colored-tribunemasthead-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Colored Tribune, a weekly newspaper in Savannah, was founded in 1875 as the by John H. Deveaux, whose stated purpose was to defend "the rights of colored people, and their elevation to the highest plane of citizenship."From the Georgia Newspaper Project. 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./cotton-patch-gospel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cotton-patch-gospel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe “Cotton Patch” Gospel is a colloquial translation of most of the New Testament by Southern Baptist minister Clarence Jordan. (Jordan also founded the Christian community Koinonia Farm, in Sumter County, near Americus.) Between 1968 and 1973 Jordan published four Cotton Patch volumes: The Cotton Patch Version of Paul’s Epistles, The Cotton Patch Version of Luke and Acts: Jesus’ Doings and the Happenings, The Cotton Patch Version of Matthew and John: Including the Gospel of Matthew (Except for the “Begat” Verses) and the First Eight Chapters of the Gospel of John, and The Cotton Patch Version of Hebrews and the General Epistles./csu-mascot-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/csu-mascot-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCody the Cougar is the CSU mascot. CSU has been especially successful with men's golf and women's basketball. Courtesy of Columbus State University 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./daniel-amos-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/daniel-amos-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDaniel Amos, son of Aflac founder Paul Amos, became chief executive officer in 1990 and chair of the company in 2001. A graduate of the University of Georgia, Amos launched Aflac's successful national advertising program during the 1990s. Courtesy of Aflac 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./david-mayer-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/david-mayer-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDuring the antebellum period in Atlanta, most Jews supported the Confederacy, including David Mayer. Mayer served as Governor Joseph E. Brown's commissary officer, and later became a founding and longtime member of Atlanta's school board. 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 William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum./dorothy-felton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dorothy-felton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDorothy Felton was the first Republican woman elected to the Georgia General Assembly and eventually became the longest-serving Republican and the longest-serving woman of either party in the state legislature. She also worked for more than a quarter of a century for the right of the Sandy Springs community of Fulton County to incorporate as a municipality, a goal that was not achieved until four years after she retired from elective office./e-d-rivers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/e-d-rivers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlE. D. Rivers, credited with bringing a "Little New Deal" to the state, served two terms as Georgia's governor, from 1937 until 1941. During his first term, Rivers instituted numerous reforms in education, the penal system, and public health. His second term was plagued by accusations of corruption and an inability to finance the measures enacted during his first term. Courtesy of Georgia Capitol Museum, University of Georgia Libraries 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./emma-cheves-wilkins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/emma-cheves-wilkins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA lifelong resident of Savannah, Emma Cheves Wilkins continued the artistic legacy established by her mother and grandmother, and honored the efforts of earlier generations. She developed a census of paintings that is now part of the Frick Art Reference Library in New York City and supported herself by painting portraits of prominent citizens, while simultaneously gaining a reputation for painting lush, impressionistic landscapes and still lifes. Born on December 10, 1870, Wilkins was the oldest of eight children born to Emma Cheves and Gilbert A./forsyth-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/forsyth-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Forsyth County Courthouse in Cumming, the county's third, was built in 1977 to replace an earlier courthouse that burned in 1973. In 1996 an administration building was constructed across the street from the courthouse. Photograph by Melinda S. Mullikin, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./fuller-e-callaway-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fuller-e-callaway-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFuller E. Callaway Jr. founded the Callaway Community Foundation, which offered charitable assistance to the employees of the Callaway Mills, in 1943. Today the Callaway Foundation offers grants for a variety of projects around Georgia, particularly in the LaGrange area. Courtesy of Troup County Archives, LaGrange, Callaway Educational Association Photo Collection. 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./funk-heritage-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/funk-heritage-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Funk Heritage Center opened at Reinhardt College (later Reinhardt University) in 1999 and focuses on the history and art of the Southeastern Indians and European settlers through artifacts, exhibits, dioramas, and interactive computer programs. The center has become a popular destination for school groups, senior tours, and history buffs. Image from Jeff Clemmons 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./gainesville-state-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gainesville-state-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGainesville State College, pictured here in 2001, has seen explosive growth since its founding in 1964. Courtesy of Gainesville State College 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%2BOnpuum5GptrC6jqCYoqaVqMOquMueZKyskamybq%2FOpaOen5Vkum5%2BlmtnaA%3D%3D/gari-melchers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gari-melchers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGari Melchers, pictured circa 1900, was a prominent painter in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A native of Michigan, he established studios in the Netherlands, Virginia, and New York City over the course of his career. In 1906 he was appointed fine arts advisor to the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences in Savannah, for which he acquired more than seventy works of art. Image from Frank Scott Clark/georgia-literature-commission-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-literature-commission-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia launched its first major campaign against obscene literature in 1953, when the General Assembly unanimously voted to establish the Georgia Literature Commission. The onset of the paperback book revolution in the years after World War II (1941-45), the rising popularity of adult magazines, and the introduction of Playboy magazine in the United States led the legislature to create the commission, consisting of three members who would meet monthly to investigate literature that they suspected to be “detrimental to the morals of the citizens of Georgia./georgia-sea-turtle-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-sea-turtle-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Georgia Sea Turtle Center on Jekyll Island opened in 2007 to provide veterinary care to injured sea turtles and to educate the public about sea turtle conservation. The facility was built on a reclaimed brownfield, the former site of a coal-fired power plant that had contaminated the property with various industrial toxins. Courtesy of Georgia Sea Turtle Center 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./georgia-tech-campus-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-tech-campus-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLocated on Atlanta's west side, Tech's park-like campus is nestled in an urban environment. The location in an international city, where commerce, culture, and technology come together, affords many opportunities for students and faculty. The Skiles Building can be seen in the foreground, right. Courtesy of Georgia Tech Communications 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./gilman-paper-company-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gilman-paper-company-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Gilman Paper Company, pictured in 1952, was located in Camden County. Like other paper mills, the Gilman Paper Company released a variety of toxins into the surrounding environment during its years of operation. The site of the plant was later cleaned under Superfund legislation. 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./ha-jin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ha-jin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHa Jin is a widely acclaimed author of novels, short stories, and poetry. He launched his writing career in 1990—just three years before joining the creative writing faculty of Emory University in Atlanta—with the publication of a collection of poems entitled Between Silences: A Voice from China. Since that first book, Jin has produced numerous other works, including the poetry volumes Facing Shadows (1996) and Wreckage (2001), and the short-story collections Ocean of Words: Army Stories (1996), Under the Red Flag (1997), The Bridegroom (2001), and A Good Fall (2009)./harmon-caldwell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/harmon-caldwell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHarmon Caldwell, president of the University of Georgia during the Cocking affair in 1941, announced he would resign from his post if Walter Cocking didn't receive a hearing before termination of his position as dean of the school's College of Education. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoKavnaKjuqa602anqKSZqbakv46cppyjmaO0bq3Fn5iiql%2BieneDk2g%3D/heart-of-atlanta-motel-v-united-states.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/heart-of-atlanta-motel-v-united-states.htmlMany  path-breaking U.S. Supreme Court cases have grown out of Georgia’s long and tragic history of racial discrimination. Critical decisions have concerned racially motivated murders and beatings, deprivations of voting rights, and governmental segregation of parks and other public facilities. Perhaps no decisions have had a greater practical impact, however, than Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States (1964) and its companion case from Alabama, Katzenbach v. McClung, in which the Supreme Court upheld the public accommodations provisions of the 1964 Civil Rights Act./hugh-davis-center-for-ministry-education.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hugh-davis-center-for-ministry-education.htmlProfessor David Fillingim (standing) and students in the Hugh Davis Center for Ministry Education at Shorter University in Rome are pictured in 2003. Courtesy of Shorter University 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./jack-tarver-library-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jack-tarver-library-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Jack Tarver Library, located on the Mercer University campus in Macon, is named for Jackson Williams Tarver, a prominent Georgia journalist and businessman. Tarver graduated from Mercer University in 1938, with a degree in journalism. Courtesy of Mercer University 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./jeanes-teachers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jeanes-teachers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAnna T. Jeanes was a Philadelphia Quaker philanthropist who sought to improve community and school conditions for rural African Americans. In 1907 she donated $1 million for the creation of a fund to hire Black teachers as supervisors in African American schools and to improve Black communities. This fund was distributed by the General Education Board, which was established by the John D. Rockefeller Foundation in 1902. The program in Georgia began with six Jeanes teachers in 1908 and eventually grew to fifty-three by 1939./john-martin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-martin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJohn Martin was governor of Georgia from 1782 to 1783. It was during his term of office that Georgia retook Savannah from the British and the Revolutionary War (1775-83) in Georgia came to an end. An honored Revolutionary War soldier turned politician, Martin played a vital role leading the new state of Georgia, which, in its short life, had known only war and revolution, into its first period of peace./john-morgan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-morgan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1876 Mormon missionary John Morgan traveled to Georgia from Salt Lake City, Utah, in an effort to win converts for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). His most important accomplishment was the establishment of a Colorado colony for emigrating southern Latter-day Saints, an achievement rewarded when he was named president of the Southern States Mission. John Hamilton Morgan was born on August 8, 1842, in Greensburg, Indiana, to Eliza Ann Hamilton and Garrard Morgan./lake-lanier-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lake-lanier-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLake Lanier, one of the largest reservoirs in the state, attracts 10 million visitors each year to the area. 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%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOoZilpF2YvLa607JmpmVhaoFzew%3D%3D/lake-russell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lake-russell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSunset over Lake Russell, viewed from the Richard B. Russell Park. Courtesy of Richard B. Russell State Park 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%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOnqObnaKpeqS71KersmedYn96gpho/lamar-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lamar-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLamar County is located in west central Georgia, between Atlanta and Macon. The officials of the flourishing little city of Barnesville, settled in 1826, appealed to the state legislature four times—in 1869, 1906, 1912, and 1916—to create a new county with Barnesville as the county seat. Finally, in 1920, the session of the state transferred land from Monroe and Pike counties and created the county of Lamar, making a land area for Lamar County of 185 square miles./laurens-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/laurens-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Laurens County Courthouse in Dublin, built in 1962, is the fourth courthouse in the county's history. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOpZiuqpWjwG6vzq6lrbFfoa62vsSnqmabn6q%2FtbTOrqqeZZKkxK6tzZhnaWlf/lithia-springs-hotel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lithia-springs-hotel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Lithia Springs Hotel in Tallapoosa, pictured circa 1910, was one of several hotels and resorts built in Haralson County during the last decades of the nineteenth century to attract visitors to the area's mineral springs. It was torn down in 1943. 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./louise-suggs-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/louise-suggs-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLouise Suggs won a number of amateur golf championships between 1941 and 1948 before turning professional in 1948. In 1996 she was the first woman to be inducted into the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame./lucius-d-clay-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lucius-d-clay-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeneral Lucius Clay, a native of Marietta, organized the most remarkable logistical and transportation accomplishment in history, the eleven-month-long Berlin Airlift of 1948-49. He later served as the principal architect of the national interstate highway system and became a successful business executive and a political advisor to U.S. presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy. The son of Sarah Francis and U.S. senator Alexander Stephens Clay, Lucius DuBignon Clay was born in Marietta on April 23, 1897./major-river-systems-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/major-river-systems-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFourteen river basins, or watersheds, lie within Georgia's borders. The Altamaha, Ocmulgee, Oconee, Ogeechee, Satilla, Savannah, and St. Marys basins drain into the Atlantic Ocean. The Chattahoochee, Coosa, Flint, Ochlockonee, Suwanee, Tallapoosa, and Tennessee basins drain into the Gulf of Mexico. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLnAo6arZaKew6a%2BjKywrKyVosBw/margaret-telfair-hodgson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/margaret-telfair-hodgson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMargaret Telfair was born into the prominent Telfair family of Savannah in 1797, and in 1842 she married William Hodgson in London, England. The couple lived in the Telfair mansion on St. James Square in Savannah until their deaths in the 1870s. Portrait attributed to Richard West Habersham, watercolor on ivory (1 7/8" x 1 1/2 "), ca. 1834-35. 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./religion-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/religion-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRenowned evangelist Billy Graham, pictured in 1966, first brought his crusade to Georgia in 1948, when he visited Augusta. He returned to Georgia in 1950, drawing 25,000 people to his crusade at Ponce de Leon Ballpark in Atlanta. Later crusades in Atlanta were held in 1973 and 1994, attracting crowds of approximately 40,000 and 300,000 respectively. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcL7EpaCgoZ%2BjfA%3D%3D/revenuers-pose-with-still-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/revenuers-pose-with-still-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDuring the Civil War the U.S. Congress created the Internal Revenue Service to collect taxes on liquor, tobacco, and other "luxuries." The production of moonshine was not in and of itself illegal, but attempts by producers to avoid paying the federal tax were. "Revenuers" were what moonshiners called the federal agents who sought to enforce the liquor law. 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./rosa-lee-ingram-parole-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rosa-lee-ingram-parole-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSupporters of Rosa Lee Ingram wait outside the offices of the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles during her 1953 parole hearing. The Ingrams were denied parole several times before their release from prison in 1959. Photograph by Norma Holt, from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, New York Public Library 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./rufus-saxton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rufus-saxton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBrigadier General Rufus Saxton served as the first assistant commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau assigned to Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida. During his four-month tenure in 1865, Saxton advocated free labor and land acquisitions for freedpeople. 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./savannah-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/savannah-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSavannah Technical College is located in Savannah, the seat of Chatham County, Georgia’s northernmost coastal county. The Crossroads Technology Campus in Savannah, a satellite campus in Hinesville, and an educational center at Fort Stewart supplement the main campus in providing education and training to the school’s service delivery area, which includes Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, and Liberty counties. Savannah Tech is a member of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG)./seeing-georgia-changing-visions-of-tourism-in-the-modern-south.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/seeing-georgia-changing-visions-of-tourism-in-the-modern-south.htmlTourism by automobile took hold in the United States during the early 1900s. After a long day of traveling, most autocampers created their own accommodations for the night by stopping alongside the road and attaching a canvas tent to the side of the vehicle. As the travel industry boomed, travelers faced ever-growing options for roadside lodging. Soon towable tent and pop-up trailers were mass produced, and no-frills campsites sprang up along major tourist routes like the Dixie Highway./shaw-industries-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/shaw-industries-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlShaw Industries, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, is the largest manufacturer of carpet in the world today, with sales of more than $4.5 billion in 2003. Shaw also markets other floor coverings, including hardwood and vinyl. The company employs more than 30,000 workers, most of them in Georgia. Shaw Industries, its founders, and its predecessor firms have played a key role in the creation of northwest Georgia’s dominant carpet industry and in the emergence of Dalton as the carpet capital of the world./student-movements-of-the-1960s.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/student-movements-of-the-1960s.htmlDuring the 1960s Georgia and the rest of the country experienced an increase in student activism on its college campuses and in its cities. Opposed to U.S. political leadership and dissatisfied with American culture, student activists held demonstrations across the state and experimented with lifestyle changes in the hope of effecting fundamental change in American life. The student movement, also called the New Left because it represented the latest manifestation of left-leaning political activism, gained converts on campuses across the nation throughout the decade./tayari-jones-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tayari-jones-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTayari Jones is a writer whose stories and literary imagination center on Georgia and its capital city. Born and raised in Atlanta, Jones has written a number of short stories and articles but is best known for her novels, Leaving Atlanta (2002), The Untelling (2005), The Silver Sparrow (2011), and An American Marriage (2018). Born to Mack and Barbara Jones in 1970, Jones spent most of her childhood in southwest Atlanta, with the exception of 1983, when her father, a Clark Atlanta University professor, took the family to Nigeria, West Africa, on a Fulbright Scholarship./the-temple-bombing-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-temple-bombing-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDamage to the synagogue of the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation in Atlanta, known as "the Temple," is pictured on October 12, 1958, the day that fifty sticks of dynamite destroyed portions of the building, including part of the sanctuary. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to Special Collections and Archives at Georgia State University./thomas-gamble-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/thomas-gamble-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThomas Gamble, the mayor of Savannah, and city aldermen established City Junior College in Savannah's historic district in 1935. The school later became Armstrong State University. Courtesy of Armstrong State University 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./union-blockade-and-coastal-occupation-in-the-civil-war.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/union-blockade-and-coastal-occupation-in-the-civil-war.htmlThe battle between ship and shore on the coast of Confederate Georgia was a pivotal part of the Union strategy to subdue the state during the Civil War (1861-65). U.S. president Abraham Lincoln’s call at the start of the war for a naval blockade of the entire Southern coastline took time to materialize, but by early 1862, under Union general Winfield Scott’s “Anaconda Plan,” the Union navy had positioned a serviceable fleet off the coast of the South’s most prominent Confederate ports./vernacular-architecture-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/vernacular-architecture-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMost of the historic buildings in Georgia—in its cities, small towns, and rural countryside—are vernacular in character. Vernacular architecture can be difficult to define and is often characterized by what it is not: it is not high-style design created by professional architects and based on academic or theoretical principles. Rather, it is the skill of traditional building construction passed from one generation of builders to the next in a practical hands-on way through the use of materials, form, and ornamentation./vidalia-onions-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/vidalia-onions-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlVidalia onions were first cultivated by Mose Coleman, a farmer in Toombs County, during the 1930s and today represent one of the county's most important commodities. The crop is named for the community of Vidalia, which is located in Toombs County and known as the "Sweet Onion Capital of the World." 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./viola-napier-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/viola-napier-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlViola Napier, pictured in 1932, was one of the first two women elected to Georgia's House of Representatives. She won office in 1922, along with Bessie Kempton, and served until 1926. Trained as a lawyer, Napier was also the first woman to argue a case before the Supreme Court 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./watson-campaign-poster-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/watson-campaign-poster-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThomas Watson ran for president in 1904 and 1908 on a platform that vigorously endorsed white supremacy. He never won more than 1 percent of the nationwide vote while running for president. Photograph by Wikimedia 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./whitehall-west-end-streetcar-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/whitehall-west-end-streetcar-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlConductor G. W. Bennett (left) and motorman A. D. Stevenson are pictured with the Whitehall-West End streetcar at the Brookwood Station in Atlanta, circa 1910. Streetcars allowed for the suburban expansion of Atlanta in the early years of the twentieth century. 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./william-mcintosh-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 26 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/william-mcintosh-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWilliam McIntosh was a controversial chief of the Lower Creeks in early-nineteenth-century Georgia. His general support of the United States and its efforts to obtain cessions of Creek territory alienated him from many Creeks who opposed white encroachment on Indian land. He supported General Andrew Jackson in the Creek War of 1813-14, also known as the Red Stick War, which was part of the larger War of 1812 (1812-15), and in the First Seminole War (1817-18)./agricultural-sites-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/agricultural-sites-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Sunbelt Agricultural Exposition, held in Moultrie each year during the third week of October, features crop, livestock, and equipment demonstrations. The expo, which brings in an estimated $30 million to the area each year, attracted 200,000 visitors in 2005. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcK3Gq6CcrZypwrOty2aqoqyVqHw%3D/alfredo-barili-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/alfredo-barili-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1880 the Italian-born pianist Alfredo Barili (pictured here in his 30s) became the first professional musician to move to Atlanta, where he played a major role in establishing the foundation upon which the city's vibrant classical music culture is based. 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./americus-movement-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/americus-movement-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFollowing the Albany Movement of 1961-62, civil rights activism in Georgia centered next on Americus, a small town in Sumter County located some thirty miles north of Albany in the southwestern portion of the state. Although the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) targeted the area as part of a voter registration and citizenship education plan, the outsiders soon discovered an energetic and committed group of local activists working through an organization called the Sumter County Movement./beverly-buchanan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/beverly-buchanan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBeverly Buchanan found her calling as an artist after pursuing a career in health education and realizing that she wanted to express the images, stories, and architecture of her African American childhood. The sharecropper’s shack, a disappearing fixture in the rural southern landscape, is often associated with poverty, but Buchanan saw it as an enduring image of vitality and creativity that is animated by the hopes and dreams of its inhabitants./bilali-manuscript-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bilali-manuscript-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBilali Mohammed, an enslaved African who lived openly as a Muslim on Sapelo Island, has been a subject of scholarly and popular interest since the nineteenth century. His experience is reflected in the “Bilali Document,” a brief manuscript he wrote concerning Islamic regulations. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJqZoa6ttYympqGZnaKypXvBoqOapJmUurC0wKaknpyPZX1yew%3D%3D/butts-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/butts-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlButts County, located between Atlanta and Macon, was carved from parts of Henry and Monroe counties in 1825 by the state legislature and presented to Governor George Troup as a gift. The 187-square-mile county was named for Captain Samuel Butts, a Virginian who was killed in the Battle of Calabee in Alabama during the Creek Indian War of 1811-15. Butts County is one of several bedroom communities for the metropolitan Atlanta and Macon areas./caboose-in-millen-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/caboose-in-millen-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis rail caboose sits on display in Millen and serves as a reminder of the railroad's importance to the development of this community. First called 79 and then Millen's Junction, the town of Millen served as the connection between the railways going to Savannah and Augusta. Courtesy of Theron Cates, Millen 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./calley-court-martial-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/calley-court-martial-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCaptain Ernest L. Medina testifies during the 1971 trial of Lieutenant William Calley Jr. The army Peers Commission concluded that Calley's platoon was responsible for roughly one-third of the deaths at My Lai, and Calley was found guilty on twenty-two counts of premeditated murder. . troops killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in a small coastal village inQiang Ngai province, South Vietnam Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Sketch by Howard Brodie./camden-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/camden-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Camden Center in Kingsland, a facility on the Camden County satellite campus of the College of Coastal Georgia, opened to classes in 2004. Courtesy of College of Coastal Georgia. Photograph by Calvin DeWeese, Director of Media Services 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./camilla-massacre-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/camilla-massacre-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Camilla Massacre, which took place on September 19, 1868, was one of the more violent episodes in Reconstruction Georgia. Two months earlier, Georgia had fulfilled the requirements of Congress’s Radical Reconstruction plan and been readmitted to the Union. Yet, in early September, the state legislature expelled twenty-eight newly elected members because they were at least one-eighth Black. Among those removed was southwest Georgia representative Philip Joiner. On September 19, Joiner, along with northerners Francis F./centennial-s-grand-finale-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/centennial-s-grand-finale-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Civil War Centennial in Georgia ended in 1965 with the mayor of Fitzgerald stamping a letter with a cancellation stamp reading "Georgia's Grand Finale Civil War Centennial." 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./cnn-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cnn-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCable News Network (CNN) was the world’s first twenty-four-hour cable television news channel when it was established in 1980. From its home in Atlanta, CNN has extended its reach around the world, becoming a dominant force in national and international journalism. Along with its subsidiary channels and the competitors it helped inspire, the network has changed the way information flows throughout an increasingly connected world. Origins CNN was founded by Georgia businessman Ted Turner./confederate-works-atlanta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/confederate-works-atlanta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorge N. Barnard made this photograph of Confederate works in Atlanta in September 1864, after Confederate troops had evacuated the city to escape Union general William T. Sherman's forces. Barnard, the official photographer for the Military Division the Mississippi, took many photographs of battlefield remains in Atlanta. From Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign, by George N. Barnard 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./cornerstone-church-of-god-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cornerstone-church-of-god-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Cornerstone Church of God in Athens, pictured in 2006, is one of more than 500 Church of God congregations across the state. A Pentecostal denomination, the Church of God was founded in Tennessee in the late nineteeenth century and has maintained a presence in Georgia since 1903. Photograph by Kate Howard, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./david-emanuel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/david-emanuel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDavid Emanuel was a leader in the Revolutionary War (1775-83), a state legislator, and an acting governor. Because so few records remain of his life, he is one of Georgia’s least-known governors. Emanuel County, in the wiregrass region, is named for him. Early Life Emanuel was born circa 1744 in Pennsylvania, the third of eight children. His father, David Emanuel Sr., was a planter. (Some sources give his father’s name as John Emanuel./elizabeth-church-robb-s-headstone-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/elizabeth-church-robb-s-headstone-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlElizabeth Church Robb died in 1868 and was buried in a family plot at the Oconee Hill Cemetery in Athens. Though Robb died from ovarian cancer, her obituary was embellished and reprinted to bolster Lost Cause mythology. From the Willson Center Digital Humanities Lab, Death and Human History in Athens. View on source site 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./eugene-talmadge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/eugene-talmadge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEugene Talmadge served as governor of Georgia from 1933 to 1937 and again from 1941 to 1943. His personality and actions polarized voters into Talmadge and anti-Talmadge factions in the state's one-party politics of that era. His death in 1946 touched off the unprecedented "three governors controversy." ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoKavnaKjuqa602anqKSZqbakv46erKCdnpp6ta3Lppidn5VifnmEk2ZocmxmZLpuf5Zqb2g%3D/first-congregational-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/first-congregational-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMembers of the First Congregational Church, including the Reverend Henry Hugh Proctor (standing seventh from left), in Atlanta are pictured circa 1899. Today the church is an affiliate of the United Church of Christ, which formed in 1957. 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./frank-yerby-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/frank-yerby-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFrank Yerby rose to fame as a writer of popular fiction tinged with a distinctive southern flavor. He was the first African American to write a series of best-selling novels and to have a book purchased by a Hollywood studio for a film adaptation. During his prolific career, Yerby wrote thirty-three novels and sold more than fifty-five million hardback and paperback books worldwide. Frank Garvin Yerby was born in Augusta on September 5, 1916, to Wilhemenia and Rufus Yerby./george-w-towns-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/george-w-towns-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorge W. Towns, a lawyer, legislator, and U.S. congressman, served as Georgia’s governor from 1847 to 1851. A Unionist and staunch opponent of nullification when he entered politics in 1829, Towns became governor two decades later as a “fire-eating” secessionist who believed that the federal government was controlled by fanatical northern abolitionists determined to ruin and subjugate the South. Education and Early Career George Washington Bonaparte Towns was born on May 4, 1801, in Wilkes County, to Margaret George Hardwick and John Towns, a veteran of the Revolutionary War (1775-83)./georgia-tech-men-s-basketball-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-tech-men-s-basketball-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Georgia Institute of Technology first appeared on the intercollegiate basketball scene in 1906. Since that time, the basketball tradition at Georgia Tech has grown to national repute on the strength of such coaches as John “Whack” Hyder and Bobby Cremins, and such players as Roger Kaiser, Rich Yunkus, Mark Price, John Salley, Tom Hammonds, and Matt Harpring. Today’s Yellow Jackets, coached by Paul Hewitt, compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC)./historic-franklin-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/historic-franklin-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCarnesville residents gather outside the Franklin County Courthouse around 1900. The courthouse, now razed, was built in the early 1800s. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOn6mappuhtq95wqisp6ypZLpuf5BvcGg%3D/hodgson-hall-reading-room-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hodgson-hall-reading-room-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHodgson Hall, located at the northwest corner of Forsyth Park in Savannah, has been the headquarters of the Georgia Historical Society since 1875. The building houses the society's collection of Georgia's historical materials. 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 Georgia Historical Society./ichauway-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ichauway-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA hunting party gathers at Ichauway, in Baker County, circa 1931. Today Ichauway, founded as a quail-hunting plantation by Coca-Cola executive Robert Woodruff in 1929, is the site of the Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center. Courtesy of Joseph W. Jones Ecological Research Center 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./ida-cox-and-john-hammond.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ida-cox-and-john-hammond.htmlIda Cox, a successful blues singer of the 1920s, meets with John Hammond some years after her 1939 performance in his From Spirituals to Swing concert for an integrated audience at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Hammond, a prominent musician and producer, worked throughout the 1930s to integrate the music business. 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./j-mack-robinson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/j-mack-robinson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJ. Mack Robinson, a prominent Atlanta businessman and philanthropist, began his career as a district manager for the Atlanta Journal. He subsequently opened finance and insurance offices around the state, and served as director for both the Atlanta American Corporation and First National Bank of Atlanta. Oil portrait by Thomas V. Nash, Roswell 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./james-walker-fannin-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/james-walker-fannin-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlColonel James Walker Fannin Jr. distinguished himself in a number of skirmishes during the Texas Revolution. He is best known for commanding the ill-fated group of Georgia volunteers and Texans massacred at Goliad, Texas, on March 27, 1836. Born January 1, 1804, Fannin was the illegitimate son of a Morgan County plantation owner, Dr. Isham Fannin. He was adopted by his maternal grandfather, James W. Walker, and reared on a plantation near Marion./jamil-abdullah-al-amin-formerly-h-rap-brown.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jamil-abdullah-al-amin-formerly-h-rap-brown.htmlJamil Abdullah Al-Amin (formerly H. Rap Brown) is pictured in 1990 in front of his grocery store in Atlanta's West End. Al-Amin was arrested in 1999 for his involvement in the fatal shooting of a police officer and later sentenced to life in prison. 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./jim-fowler-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jim-fowler-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJim Fowler, a native of Dougherty County, enjoyed a long career as cohost and then host of the popular television series Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom, which aired from the mid-1960s through the mid-1980s. Fowler dedicated his life to educating the public about wildlife species throughout the world and preserving the environments in which animals live. James Fowler was born near Albany on April 9, 1930. The son of a soil scientist, Fowler grew up on Mud Creek Plantation, the family farm near Albany, and in Falls Church, Virginia, where he frequented the nearby Four Mile Run stream./joe-frank-harris-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/joe-frank-harris-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGovernor Joe Frank Harris addressing the Georgia senate in 1985. Harris served as governor of Georgia from 1983 to 1991. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to Special Collections and Archives at Georgia State University./john-stith-pemberton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-stith-pemberton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJohn Stith Pemberton was the inventor of the Coca-Cola beverage. In his day Pemberton was a most respected member of the state’s medical establishment, but his gift was for medical chemistry rather than regular medicine. He was a practical pharmacist and chemist of great skill, active all his life in medical reform, and a respected businessman. His most enduring accomplishments involve his laboratories, which are still in operation more than 125 years later as part of the Georgia Department of Agriculture./king-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/king-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change originated in the weeks after the 1968 assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. His widow, Coretta Scott King, proposed that a living monument be placed in the Auburn Avenue Historic District in Atlanta, and her vision of a memorial found fruition as the King Center, which is now managed, along with related sites, by the National Park Service./late-victorian-period-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/late-victorian-period-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFrom left (inside arch), Corporation for Olympic Development in Atlanta president Clara Axam, Georgia State University president Carl Patton, Atlanta mayor Bill Campbell, and Spelman College president Johnnetta Cole attend the 1997 dedication of the Carnegie Education Pavilion in Atlanta. The arch, designed by Henri Jova, incorporates a fragment of the Carnegie Library, built in Atlanta by Ackerman and Ross in 1900-1902. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLjArZxmrpmYwbC%2ByJqlZqiVp7awsI4%3D/lockheed-martin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lockheed-martin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia’s aircraft industry has played a vital role in the nation’s defense and has been a central factor in the state’s economic resurgence since World War II (1941-45). The arrival of the Bell Aircraft Corporation to the state in 1942 began a long tradition of aviation activity in Georgia, which continues today with the Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Systems Company in Marietta. Air Force Plant No. 6 The area’s largest aircraft manufacturing facility, Air Force Plant No./longstreet-at-gettysburg-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/longstreet-at-gettysburg-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPainter H. A. Ogden depicts James Longstreet leading his troops in Longstreet at Gettysburg (circa 1900). Longstreet, a Confederate general, disagreed with the tactics of his superior, Robert E. Lee, and was later blamed for the Confederacy's loss of the battle. 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./marblehill-quarry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/marblehill-quarry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWorkers for the Georgia Marble Company sit for a portrait during the 1920s at the Marblehill Quarry in Pickens County. Marble from Pickens County is reported to have been used in around 60 percent of the monuments in Washington, D.C. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./moina-michael-poppies-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/moina-michael-poppies-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMoina Michael plants poppies on the University of Georgia campus. As a result of her efforts, red poppies became a symbol for military sacrifice around the world. Photograph from UGA Today 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./montgomery-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/montgomery-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMontgomery County, in east central Georgia, is the state’s twentieth county. It was created from part of Washington County in 1793 and received additional land from Telfair County in 1812. The county is named for Richard Montgomery, a brigadier general in the Continental army who was killed leading an assault against Quebec in 1775. In 1877 a portion of the county was returned to Telfair, and more of the county’s land later went to the creation of Dodge (1870), Emanuel (1812), Tattnall (1801), Toombs (1905), Treutlen (1918), and Wheeler (1912) counties, leaving Montgomery County with its current 245 square miles./nancy-lopez-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/nancy-lopez-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlNancy Lopez competes while a student-athlete at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma. Lopez enrolled at the university in 1974 on a golf scholarship, and in 1976 she was named an all-American. The following year she left school to begin her professional career. Courtesy of Tulsa Athletic Media Relations 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./nellie-mae-rowe-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/nellie-mae-rowe-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA creative and resourceful self-taught artist, Nellie Mae Rowe gained national recognition for her work during the last decade of her life. Long before her wider success, Rowe was well known locally in Vinings by visitors who came to her exuberantly embellished home, which contained her drawings, stuffed dolls, and recycled objects. After the death of her second husband, Rowe turned their home into her personal playhouse, decorating all available space, inside and out, with her fanciful creations./newton-campus-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/newton-campus-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Newton Campus of Georgia Perimeter College (later Georgia State University Perimeter College) opened in 2007. Home to the college's baseball team, the campus served students in eight surrounding counties. Courtesy of Georgia State University Perimeter College 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./old-citizens-trust-bank-building.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/old-citizens-trust-bank-building.htmlThe first Citizens Trust Bank building was located on Auburn Avenue in Atlanta from its founding in 1921 until the 1960s. The Sweet Auburn district formed the center of the African American business and residential community in Atlanta early in the twentieth century. Courtesy of Citizens Trust Bank 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./paul-coverdell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/paul-coverdell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPaul Coverdell was the first Republican since Reconstruction to be reelected to the U.S. Senate from Georgia. Elected to the Senate in 1992, he made a successful bid for a second term in 1998 but died unexpectedly only a year and a half later. A key figure in the establishment of a strong Republican Party in Georgia, Coverdell also served as the director of the Peace Corps from 1989 to 1991./pelham-television-station-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/pelham-television-station-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLocated just outside the Pelham city limits, WABW-TV, Channel 14, is a full-power television station and a repeater of Georgia Public Broadcasting. The station's UHF tower broadcasts its signal as far south as Florida and well north of Albany. Photograph by Greg Loyd 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./philanthropy-nonprofit-organizations-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/philanthropy-nonprofit-organizations-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe founders of the Jeannette Rankin Foundation present the organization's first grant to Barbara Dixon, a student at Athens Technical College, in 1978. Standing, from left: Gail Dendy, Heather Kleiner, Margaret Holt, Reita Rivers. Seated, from left: Fred Friedricks (of Athens Technical College), Barbara Dixon, and Sue Bailey. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLzHoqOapqSdv7C82GalqKagp7yntdNmpqufkaO2u63Toqanq18%3D/rains-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rains-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRains Hall houses the offices of the university president, advancement, and public relations and publications at Augusta State University. The building is named in honor of Colonel George W. Rains, who reopened the Academy of Richmond County after its closure during the Civil War. Courtesy of Augusta State University 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./reckoning-album-cover-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/reckoning-album-cover-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe cover art for Reckoning (1984), the second album by rock group R.E.M, features a painting by folk artist Howard Finster. 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%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKuVobNuwMCunqGsXZa%2FtbXSrapoqpWierOxwqiioqaXYn1xfY4%3D/red-vogt-and-red-byron.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/red-vogt-and-red-byron.htmlCars prepared by the Atlanta garage owner and mechanic Red Vogt (left) dominated NASCAR's early years and launched the careers of such legends as Red Byron (right), the 1949 NASCAR Grand National champion. Georgia Automobile Racing Hall of Fame Association Incorporated 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./river-otter-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/river-otter-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAs a result of habitat loss and the overhunting of fur, river otters were extinct in Georgia by the mid-twentieth century. After being successfully reintroduced, however, otters now thrive throughout the state. Photograph by Melinda Smith Mullikin, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./rosa-lee-ingram-and-sons.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rosa-lee-ingram-and-sons.htmlRosa Lee Ingram and two of her adolescent sons were sentenced to death for their role in the death of a white landowner in 1948. Their conviction raised considerable doubt about the integrity of Georgia's judicial system and prompted a nationwide campaign to secure their release from prison. Photograph from BlackPast.org 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./sheep-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sheep-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSheep have been raised in Georgia and the Southeast for centuries. Writings from the 1700s and 1800s suggest that lamb and wool production were important in those societies. The production and marketing of lamb and wool have been declining both nationally and in Georgia in recent decades. From a national high of nearly 40 million sheep in the 1940s, there are now about 7.5 million in the United States and fewer than 10,000 in Georgia./smooth-sumac-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/smooth-sumac-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSumac (Rhus glabra), a native North American plant with medicinal properties, was cultivated in the Trustee Garden by early settlers to the Georgia colony and sent to London, England. The garden was established in 1734 as an agricultural experiment station modeled after the physick and botanical gardens at Oxford and Chelsea in England. 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./state-budgeting-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/state-budgeting-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe state of Georgia, like most other governments, operates under a financial plan called a budget. The budget is a document that describes how much money a particular government intends to spend during the upcoming year, for what purposes or programs the money is to be spent, and how much revenue is expected to be available. The Georgia Constitution requires that a state budget be developed each year and that the General Assembly pass legislation, called an appropriation, which will authorize spending from that budget./state-government-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/state-government-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSavannah is the oldest city in Georgia. For most of its life, it has been the largest port in the region. In 2015 Savannah was the fourth busiest container port in the country. While the port has trafficked in cotton, enslaved people, and naval stores, today it primarily handles forest and solid wood products, steel, automobiles, and farm equipment. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcL%2FTmqueZZekw6a%2Bzaacp6xf/stetson-kennedy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/stetson-kennedy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFolklorist, investigative reporter, author, and labor activist Stetson Kennedy occupies a unique position in Georgia’s literary history. In the 1940s Kennedy infiltrated an Atlanta chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, an experience he recounted in two books, The Klan Unmasked and Southern Exposure. During his time undercover, he worked with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Anti-Defamation League. Kennedy’s writing, as well as his work as an undercover agent, helped shed light on the Klan’s “Invisible Empire,” exposing the organization’s penchant for extralegal violence and contributing to its decline in the 1950s and 1960s./stuart-s-hotel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/stuart-s-hotel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA postcard pictures guests of Stuart's Hotel in Thomasville, circa 1900, in the heart of Georgia's wiregrass region. Courtesy of Gary Doster 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. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZonLGgmZe2tbXOp2asnZWeu6h5xp6mq5%2BZlnqktMCnnqKml2LDqr%2FIqKWsZZ%2BberW71KugrKVdnrtuwMeeZKanlJq%2Fr3nSqKytoF%2Bowbat0a2qZqCfqbKtq49paGg%3D/tech-tower-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tech-tower-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe landmark building known as Tech Tower is a beloved symbol of school spirit. The Victorian tower was built as part of the campus's original construction. Today, the tower is also known as the Administration Building. Courtesy of Georgia Tech Communications 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./terrell-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/terrell-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Terrell County Courthouse in Dawson was built in 1892. The High Victorian structure was designed by William Parkins. Photograph by Jimmy Emerson, DVM 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./tom-s-foods-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tom-s-foods-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1925 the Columbus-based Tom Huston Peanut Company began selling single-serving packages of roasted peanuts nationally. As of 2006, its more than 1,300 employees in 4 states produce 20 snack products, which are sold in 43 states under the company’s red triangular logo. The man behind the logo was inventor John Thomas “Tom” Huston, a Columbus resident whose creations included a mechanical peanut sheller and a roaster for shelled peanuts. Huston literally earned peanuts for his efforts; local farmers in need of his inventions paid him with portions of their harvests./veterinary-technician-program-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/veterinary-technician-program-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAn instructor and student at Heart of Georgia Technical College (later Oconee Fall Line Technical College) in Dublin examine a dog skeleton as part of course work in the school's veterinary technician program. Courtesy of Technical College System 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./waffle-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/waffle-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe first Waffle House opened in 1955 in Avondale Estates, an eastern suburb of Atlanta. Since its founding, the company has expanded to occupy more than 1,400 locations, most of which are located in the Southeast. Courtesy of Waffle 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./wilcox-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wilcox-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia’s 126th county, Wilcox County comprises 380 square miles and was created in 1857 in the central part of the state from Dooly, Irwin, and Pulaski counties. Later, parts of Wilcox County were used to create Turner (1905) and Ben Hill (1906) counties. Historians disagree about the origin of Wilcox County’s name, some claiming that it is named after General Mark Wilcox, a soldier in the Indian Wars who later served in the Georgia General Assembly, and others believing that it is named for his father, Captain John Wilcox./william-holmes-borders-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/william-holmes-borders-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBetween 1937 and 1988, the Reverend William Holmes Borders served as pastor of Wheat Street Baptist Church in Atlanta, where he campaigned for civil rights and distinguished himself as a charismatic spokesperson for the city’s poor and dispossessed. Borders was instrumental in the hiring of Atlanta’s first Black police officers in the 1940s, led the campaign to desegregate the city’s public transportation in the 1950s, and established the nation’s first federally subsidized, church-operated rental housing project in the 1960s./william-j-simmons-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 25 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/william-j-simmons-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWilliam J. Simmons, seated during a 1921 investigation of the Ku Klux Klan by a U.S. House of Representatives committee, was inspired by D. W. Griffith's film, The Birth of a Nation, and the Leo Frank trial in Atlanta to reestablish the Klan in 1915. Simmons designed the hooded uniforms and secret rituals associated with the organization. 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./adella-hunt-logan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/adella-hunt-logan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAdella Hunt Logan was an African American teacher, clubwoman, and suffragist known primarily for her activist work in education, public health, and women’s rights. Adella Hunt was born during the Civil War (1861-65) to a white planter and a free woman of African and Cherokee descent. After attending W. H. Bass Academy in Hancock County, she continued her education at Atlanta University, earning an upper normal division diploma in 1881. That same year, she began her teaching career at American Missionary Association in Albany./andree-ruellan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/andree-ruellan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAndree Ruellan, a New York native of French descent, was a prominent artist of the twentieth century. Although she worked primarily in New York and Europe during her long career, Ruellan’s frequent trips to the South, including to Savannah, provided her with rich source material. Her mural Spring in Georgia was installed at the post office in Lawrenceville in 1942 and is housed today at the R. G. Stephens Federal Building in Athens./athens-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/athens-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAthens Technical College is located in Athens, the seat of Clarke County, northeast Georgia’s center for commerce and trade, health services, and cultural arts. Three off-campus facilities in Elberton (Elbert County), Greensboro (Greene County), and Monroe (Walton County) offer additional courses and programming through Athens Tech. As of 2006 Athens Regional Medical Center, Ty Cobb Healthcare System ( Hart County), and Minnie G. Boswell Memorial Hospital (Greene County) are among the largest employers in the college’s service delivery area, which, in addition to Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Hart, and Walton counties, also includes Madison, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, and Wilkes counties./atlanta-fulton-county-stadium-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-fulton-county-stadium-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAtlanta–Fulton County Stadium (known as Atlanta Stadium from 1966 to 1975) lured major league sports to the Deep South. In early 1964 the National League Milwaukee Braves baseball team agreed verbally to move to Atlanta if a stadium were finished in time for the 1966 season. That October, with construction of the ballpark under way, the Braves officially committed to make Atlanta their home, signing a twenty-five-year lease to play at the stadium./auburn-branch-of-the-carnegie-library-of-atlanta.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/auburn-branch-of-the-carnegie-library-of-atlanta.htmlThe Auburn Branch of the Carnegie Library of Atlanta, pictured circa 1935, opened in 1921 and closed in 1959. It was the city's first public library branch for African Americans. Courtesy of Archives Division, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System 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./banning-mill-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/banning-mill-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBanning Mill is located in southeastern Carroll County on the banks of Snake Creek, an arm of the Chattahoochee River. When it closed in 1971, the mill, which opened in the decade of the 1840s, had been in existence longer than any other regional mill and had served as both employer and home to generations of area residents. The four Bowen brothers first operated the mill on land that they acquired in one of Georgia’s land lotteries./canton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/canton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCanton, the seat of Cherokee County, lies at the southern tip of the Blue Ridge Mountains in northwest Georgia. Located on Interstate 575 forty miles north of Atlanta, Canton experienced a population and economic boom as Atlanta’s expanding metropolitan area encroached upon it. The city’s population jumped from 7,709, according to the 2000 U.S. census, to 32,973 by the 2020 census. Situated on lands that were originally part of the Cherokee Nation, the Canton area was claimed by Georgia after gold was discovered there in 1828./cecil-alexander-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cecil-alexander-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAs part of the top 10 percent of naval aviators, Cecil Alexander volunteered for the marines and became a dive bomber pilot during World War II. The future Atlanta architect flew a total of sixty missions and was twice awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Courtesy of Cecil Alexander 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./charles-jones-jenkins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/charles-jones-jenkins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCharles Jones Jenkins, most noted for his defiance of military authority while governor of Reconstruction Georgia from 1865 to 1868, was also a prominent political figure in the Whig Party during the antebellum period and a justice of the state supreme court during the Civil War (1861-65). Jenkins County, in east central Georgia, is named in his honor. Jenkins was born in Beaufort, South Carolina, on January 6, 1805. The family moved to Georgia in 1816./city-of-rome-v-united-states.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/city-of-rome-v-united-states.htmlRace-based discrimination with respect to voting has pervaded American history, and the U.S. Congress aggressively attacked this wrong by adopting the Voting Rights Act of 1965. At issue in the City of Rome case was the most controversial provision of the Voting Rights Act, which requires federal Justice Department approval of any change in any voting practice put in place by a locale marked by a history of discrimination if that change has either “the purpose [or]… the effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race or color./claxton-fruit-cake-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/claxton-fruit-cake-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMembers of the Civitan Club in Newnan conduct a Claxton Fruit Cake sale, circa 1961. The Claxton Bakery, which produces the fruit cakes, was founded in Claxton, the seat of Evans County, in 1910 and continues operation today. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./cnn-studio-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cnn-studio-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCable News Network, or CNN, began broadcasting news twenty-four hours a day in June 1980. The network was conceived by Ted Turner, the founder of Turner Broadcasting System in Atlanta, and reaches around 1 billion people worldwide. Courtesy of Turner Broadcasting 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./colony-of-east-florida-1763.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/colony-of-east-florida-1763.htmlIn 1763 the British divided what had been Spanish Florida into the two new colonies of West Florida and East Florida, with the Apalachicola River serving as the dividing line between them. East Florida was all the land east of the Apalachicola River, with St. Augustine as its capital. Map by John Nelson. Reprinted by permission of William J. Morton 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./confederate-currency-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/confederate-currency-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA $100 bill issued by the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. The printing of paper money during the war resulted in massive inflation throughout the South. Photograph by Wikimedia 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./confederate-hospitals-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/confederate-hospitals-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDuring the Civil War (1861-65), Confederate military medical authorities established general hospitals behind the lines in at least thirty-nine cities and towns in Georgia, though many of them remained at a particular location for only a short time. There were two types of hospitals during the Civil War. Field hospitals accompanied the armies, treating the sick and wounded first before sending those needing lengthier care to the general hospitals behind the lines, often at some distance from the front./curtis-mayfield-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/curtis-mayfield-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA pioneer of 1960s soul music and 1970s funk music, Curtis Mayfield was a founding member of the Impressions and a successful solo musician. Curtis Lee Mayfield was born on June 3, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois, to Marion Washington and Kenneth Mayfield. His father abandoned the family when Mayfield was five years old. Mayfield’s family moved a lot before settling in the city’s Cabrini-Green public housing project when he was a teenager./darton-state-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/darton-state-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDarton State College, established in April 1963 as Albany Junior College, is a four-year college of the University System of Georgia. It has grown from an enrollment of 620 students in 1966, its first year of operation, to 6,097 students in 2011. The citizens of Albany provided $1.6 million to finance the purchase of the original 100-acre site in west Albany and the construction of the school’s first five buildings. Today the campus covers 180 acres, beautifully landscaped with native grasses and shrubs, as well as a productive pecan grove./dean-rusk-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dean-rusk-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlU.S. president John F. Kennedy chose Rusk as secretary of state in 1961. Rusk's most important contribution as secretary of state was to provide calming counsel to Kennedy against the use of armed force and to employ skillful behind-the-scenes diplomacy with Soviet officials to have Soviet missiles removed from Cuba in 1962. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoKavnaKjuqa602anqKSZqbakv46dnJqmXafCtLeManBpcV1mhnqAjqZka2tkZ3w%3D/decatur-marta-station-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/decatur-marta-station-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe architecture firm Stevens and Wilkinson designed award-winning libraries and rapid transit stations; of the latter the MARTA station on Church Street in Decatur (1979) is their best. Photograph by Melinda G. Smith, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./demonstrators-at-g8-summit-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/demonstrators-at-g8-summit-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCrowds of demonstrators, in hopes of drawing global attention to a variety of social and economic issues, gathered in Brunswick during the 2004 G8 Summit in Sea Island. Although protests at previous summits have turned violent, protestors did not disrupt the proceedings in Sea Island. Photograph by Staci Atkins 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./dougherty-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dougherty-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Dougherty County Courthouse in Albany, the county's third, was built in 1968 in the modern style. In 1993, after the completion of a new government center to house nonjudicial offices, the courthouse was named the Albany–Dougherty County Judicial Building. 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./film-industry-in-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/film-industry-in-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia’s diverse geography, moderate climate, transportation infrastructure, modern amenities, and skilled film crews have long made it an attractive destination for film companies, but it was a major tax credit passed by the state legislature in 2008 that truly solidified Georgia’s film industry. Once a film or television project has been approved, it is up to the project’s producer to find a cost-effective location that fits the needs of the screenplay./former-world-of-coca-cola-museum.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/former-world-of-coca-cola-museum.htmlIn 1990 the Coca-Cola Company opened the original World of Coca-Cola museum in Atlanta. The museum moved to a new structure in 2007. Photograph by David 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./frontier-fort-plan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/frontier-fort-plan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlU.S. secretary of war Henry Knox sent this sketch of a proposed frontier fort to Georgia governor George Mathews in 1794. The drawing closely resembles the archaeological remains at the site of Fort Daniel, a stockade constructed in 1814 at Hog Mountain, in Gwinnett County. Courtesy of James D'Angelo 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./general-education-topics-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/general-education-topics-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia State University, one of four major research institutions in the state, is located in downtown Atlanta. Along with the Augusta University, Georgia Institute of Technology, and the University of Georgia, GSU boasts a high percentage of HOPE scholarship recipients among its in-state freshmen each year. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLPEp5yrmZxisqXBwpqroqeeYsGwvMicqmg%3D/geologic-history-of-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/geologic-history-of-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia has a vast geologic history covering at least 1 billion years. During this time, the formation and erosion of mountain ranges, dramatic climactic changes, several episodes of flooding by the sea, and volcanic eruptions have influenced the state’s geology. The geologic history of Georgia is not completely known or fully understood, and many significant questions remain. The state can be subdivided into five regions or provinces based on characteristic landforms, types and ages of rocks, and geologic structures./georgia-piedmont-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-piedmont-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia Piedmont Technical College, a member of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG), is located in Clarkston (DeKalb County). In addition to the main campus, the college administers the Newton Center in Covington (Newton County), the Rockdale Center and Rockdale Career Academy in Conyers (Rockdale County), the Regional Transportation Center in Lithonia (Rockdale County), and a campus in Madison (Morgan County). In spring 2010 Georgia Piedmont Tech’s total enrollment was around 4,800 students./grave-markers-at-andersonville-cemetery.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/grave-markers-at-andersonville-cemetery.htmlThe Andersonville prison site was preserved as a national cemetery soon after it closed in 1865, largely due to efforts by Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, who worked to have all the graves identified and marked.  Photograph provided by Judy Baxter  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./herman-j-russell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/herman-j-russell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia governor Joe Frank Harris (left) presents Herman J. Russell, an Atlanta entrepreneur and community leader, with the award for the Atlanta Business League's CEO of the Year in 1986. Courtesy of Archives Division, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, Harmon Perry Photograph Collection. 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./hiawassee-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hiawassee-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLocated on the shores of Lake Chatuge, a reservoir in northeast Georgia, Hiawassee serves as the county seat for Towns County. Hiawassee is approximately 110 miles from Atlanta and just a few miles south of the North Carolina border. A quiet, rural town for most of its existence, several events during the twentieth century helped Hiawassee become an important part of the economy and culture of the north Georgia mountains. The origins of Hiawassee can be traced to the mid-nineteenth century./intellectual-capital-partnership-program-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/intellectual-capital-partnership-program-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Intellectual Capital Partnership Program (ICAPP) was created in 1995 as an economic development program of the University System of Georgia. In an effort to improve the state’s economy, ICAPP helps businesses use the resources of Georgia’s colleges and universities to meet their workforce needs, including access to college-educated employees, recent research, and free business advice. The program has attracted national attention and was recognized as a model program at U./interdenominational-theological-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/interdenominational-theological-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC)  is America’s foremost center of historically African American theological training and graduate study. Located in the heart of the Atlanta’s West End Historic District, it began in 1958, when four denominations agreed to join their seminaries: Morehouse School of Religion (Baptist), Gammon Theological Seminary (Methodist Episcopal, later United Methodist), Turner Theological Seminary (African Methodist Episcopal), and Phillips Theological Seminary (Christian Methodist Episcopal). In 1969 the Johnson C./james-j-andrews-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/james-j-andrews-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlContraband merchant, trader, and civilian spy James J. Andrews led a Union raiding party behind Confederate lines to Atlanta, stole a locomotive, and raced northward, destroying track, telegraphy lines, and bridges toward Chattanooga, Tennessee, in what has become known as the Andrews Raid. Image from Internet Archive Book Image 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./jekyll-island-erosion-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jekyll-island-erosion-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe topography of Jekyll Island illustrates the process of erosion occurring on most of Georgia's barrier islands. Many of the islands consist of a Pleistocene-era core to which a Holocene-era barrier island became attached around 5,000 years ago. Subsequent erosion by the rising sea has removed most of the Holocene barrier sands. Courtesy of V. J. Henry 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./johnny-reb-s-dixieland-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/johnny-reb-s-dixieland-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGraham Jackson Sr. performed nightly at Johnny Reb's Dixieland canteen and restaurant in Atlanta until 1967. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to Special Collections and Archives at Georgia State University. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJ%2BilrWiuYyjmJyjo6S7br%2FRaKGooJ6jxm6%2BxJuqmGhgZnw%3D/julian-and-julia-collier-harris.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/julian-and-julia-collier-harris.htmlJulian and Julia Collier Harris owned the Columbus Enquirer-Sun, which won the 1926 Pulitzer Prize for public service. Throughout the 1920s their newspaper served as a strident and uncompromising editorial voice in the South. Julian LaRose Harris was born in Savannah on June 21, 1874, to Esther LaRose and Joel Chandler Harris, a journalist and folklorist. He attended West End Academy and, for a year, Gordon Military Academy (later Woodward Academy) in Atlanta./kaolin-mine-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/kaolin-mine-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThiele Kaolin Company, headquartered in Sandersville, extracts kaolin from this mine. Once the ore has been extracted, mine reclamation activities are conducted to restore the landscape to a pristine state. Courtesy of UGA Archway Partnership 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./knock-out-dropper-b-17-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/knock-out-dropper-b-17-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAn early model B-17, such as the "Knock Out Dropper," was a challenge to pilot because the contol column and rudder pedals required great strength to operate and because the cabins lacked heat and pressurization. Image from United States Army Air Forces 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./la-belle-dame-d-amerique-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/la-belle-dame-d-amerique-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis watercolor of a butterfly, today identified as the American Painted Lady, is one of many images depicting butterflies and moths by John Abbot, a British collector and illustrator who lived and worked in Georgia from 1775 until around 1840. From The Natural History of the Rarer Lepidopterous Insects of Georgia, by J. Abbot 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./league-of-women-voters-of-georgia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/league-of-women-voters-of-georgia.htmlThe League of Women Voters of Georgia, headquartered in Atlanta, describes itself as a “nonpartisan political organization” and has a long history of educating voters, promoting involvement in the political system, and advocating for equality and fairness in Georgia government. To accomplish its goals, the League works to provide voters with the resources necessary to make educated decisions by publishing Georgia Government, Citizen’s Handbook, and by reporting on current legislative news./liberty-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/liberty-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Liberty County Courthouse in Hinesville was built in 1926 and designed by J. J. Baldwin. It is an example of neoclassical revival architecture. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./lupton-hall-oglethorpe-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lupton-hall-oglethorpe-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThough designed by W. T. Downing, Lupton Hall (1920) at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta wasn't completed until after his death. Other school designs by Downing include buildings at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Shorter University in Rome, and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. 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./macon-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/macon-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMacon, the seat of Bibb County, is the retail, medical, financial, educational, and cultural center of a still predominantly rural section of middle Georgia. Named for North Carolina statesman and U.S.senator Nathaniel Macon, the city was established at the point where the Upper Coastal Plain rises to join the Piedmont, above which the Ocmulgee River is no longer navigable. That location makes it one of the South’s fall-line cities. While river transport was eventually replaced by rail, which a century later took a backseat to the intersection of two interstate highways, Macon’s location at the heart of Georgia’s transportation corridors has shaped its course even more than its mild climate and ample water resources have./mercer-university-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mercer-university-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe University Center at Mercer University in Macon offers a fitness center, a swimming pool, and an arena for sporting events and concerts. The center also includes a bookstore and dining facilities. Courtesy of Mercer University 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./norman-blake-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/norman-blake-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlNorman Blake, a singer and instrumentalist, is a renowned performer of southern old-time, string-band, and bluegrass music. He has earned several Grammy Award nominations for his own albums and won fame for his performance on the influential soundtrack to the film O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000). Blake was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on March 10, 1938, and spent his childhood in the Dade County communities of Sulphur Springs and Rising Fawn in northwest Georgia./old-stone-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/old-stone-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Old Stone Church in Ringgold was built in 1849 and served as a hospital during the Civil War for troops on both sides of the conflict. The original altar and pews of the church, which today houses a Civil War museum, are still intact. Courtesy of Catoosa County News 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./oncidium-hybrid-orchid-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/oncidium-hybrid-orchid-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe theme gardens, collections, and display beds contain a diverse array of both native and exotic plant species, including orchids. Courtesy of the State Botanical Garden 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./patrick-r-cleburne-confederate-memorial-cemetery.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/patrick-r-cleburne-confederate-memorial-cemetery.htmlThe Patrick R. Cleburne Confederate Memorial Cemetery was named for the general whose remains were brought from St. John's Cemetery, Ashwood, Tennessee, in 1870. In 1891 a marble column was dedicated in his honor at the cemetery, and in 1892 this granite shaft was dedicated to the Confederate dead. Courtesy of Clayton County Convention and Visitor's Bureau 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./poultry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/poultry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Georgia poultry industry is a highly mechanized production complex that markets chicken and egg products around the globe. On the average day in 2012, Georgia produced 29 million pounds of chicken and 11.8 million eggs. Major poultry processors based in Georgia include Gold Kist, Fieldale Farms, Claxton, Mar-Jac, and Cagle’s. These vertically integrated companies combine all the phases of the business—raw materials, processing, and distribution—within a single company. Although based elsewhere, a number of other poultry companies also operate in Georgia, including Tyson, Con-Agra, and Continental Grain./pyramid-quarry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/pyramid-quarry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Pyramid Quarry in 2003. The quarry sits upon the Lexington-Oglesby Blue Granite Belt, which stretches from Elbert County to Oglethorpe and Madison counties. The Pyramid Quarry is one of many companies that contribute to the large granite industry centered in Elberton. Photograph by Clay Ouzts 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./segregated-ponce-de-leon-park.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/segregated-ponce-de-leon-park.htmlBy the 1880s, as Atlanta grew and expanded, so too did Jim Crow segregation. The popular Ponce de Leon Springs, an amusement park and lake, was for whites only. Blacks were permitted only as servants. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./shaking-rock-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/shaking-rock-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlShaking Rock Park, just outside of downtown Lexington, features granite boulders occurring naturally in precarious positions. 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%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOpZyxoZ6cwbC6jqZka2lhanw%3D/st-catherines-laboratory-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/st-catherines-laboratory-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLemurs wander the grounds of a laboratory on St. Catherines Island. The subject of extensive biological surveys, the island once served as a refuge for endangered animals under the administration of the Wildlife Conservation Society of the Bronx Zoo in New York City. Photograph by Jason D. Williams 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./stevens-and-wilkinson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/stevens-and-wilkinson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe architectural firm of Stevens and Wilkinson, formed in 1947, is the successor firm of Burge and Stevens (established in 1919). After Flip Burge’s death in 1946, James Wilkinson (who had been with Burge and Stevens for ten years) was made a full partner; he was already leading the practice in its role as one of the most progressive architectural firms of the region. Four Atlanta projects of 1947 that were designed in the modern style had personal connections with the firm and its partners: the Stevens and Wilkinson offices, James Wilkinson’s personal residence (a single-story, early modern suburban house, razed), and two student housing projects for Burge’s and Stevens’s alma mater, the Georgia Institute of Technology./the-b-52-s-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-b-52-s-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlQuirky, lively, and original, the B-52’s formed in the late 1970s and remain one of Athens’s best-known bands. Named for the bomb-shaped bouffant hairdos of the two female band members, the group debuted at a Valentine’s Day party in Athens in 1977 and before long were performing in New York City, where they attained a cultlike status. Initially the members of the group—Kate Pierson, Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland, Cindy Wilson, and Ricky Wilson—had little or no musical experience, but their campy stage image, walkie talkies, exaggerated wigs, go-go boots, and thrift shop clothing, along with such oddly engaging songs as “Private Idaho” and “Planet Claire,” made them the talk of the postpunk scene./tommye-mcclure-scanlin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tommye-mcclure-scanlin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDobbs, Chris. "Tommye McClure Scanlin." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Jul 19, 2017. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/tommye-mcclure-scanlin/ Dobbs, C. (2017). Tommye McClure Scanlin. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved Jul 19, 2017, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/tommye-mcclure-scanlin/ Dobbs, Chris. "Tommye McClure Scanlin." New Georgia Encyclopedia, 22 February 2017, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/tommye-mcclure-scanlin/. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKyforq6sYymmpykpaeybr%2FCmqWloZ5k/w-e-b-du-bois-in-georgia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/w-e-b-du-bois-in-georgia.htmlWilliam Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963) was an African American educator, historian, sociologist, and social activist who poignantly addressed the issues of racial discrimination, Black social problems, and world peace during the first half of the twentieth century. During two extended stays in Atlanta, 1897-1910 and 1934-44, Du Bois contributed immensely to the Black intellectual and activist community and produced a number of studies that explored the social, economic, and political conditions of African Americans in Georgia and across the United States./wright-prayer-tower-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wright-prayer-tower-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe lighted cross atop the Wright Prayer Tower at Epworth by the Sea, a Methodist conference and retreat center on St. Simons Island, overlooks the Frederica River and the Marshes of Glynn. Photograph by Ed Mathews 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./yuchi-hunters-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 24 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/yuchi-hunters-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlYuchi Indians, depicted in traditional hunting clothing, also carry items acquired through trade with the English, notably the central figure's blanket and rifle. Illustration by Philip Georg Friedrich von Reck 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./attorney-general-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/attorney-general-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe attorney general, the state’s chief legal officer, is one of the six popularly elected executive officers provided for in the Georgia Constitution in addition to the governor and lieutenant governor. Elections for attorneys general are held at the same time as gubernatorial elections. Since 1843 the term of office for the attorney general has been four years, but there are no limits to the number of consecutive terms that a person can serve./ben-hill-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ben-hill-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBen Hill County's first and only courthouse was built in either 1907 or 1909. Designed by H. H. Huggins in the neoclassical revival style, the building originally featured a clock tower, which was removed during renovations in the 1950s. Photograph by Jimmy Emerson, DVM 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./blood-mountain-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/blood-mountain-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBlood Mountain, with an altitude of 4,458 feet, is the highest point along the Georgia section of the Appalachian Trail. It is located in Union County. 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./bob-hope-at-wsb-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bob-hope-at-wsb-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBob Hope, who broadcast his own radio program for U.S. troops from military bases during World War II (1941-45), is interviewed in 1946 for the Atlanta radio station WSB. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to Special Collections and Archives at Georgia State University./cane-island-site-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cane-island-site-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Cane Island archaeological site is one of Georgia’s earliest Native American farming villages. It now lies beneath Lake Oconee in Greene County, between Greensboro and Eatonton. In 1978 and 1979 the University of Georgia’s Department of Anthropology excavated portions of the site before it was flooded by the Georgia Power Company. The team found that Native Americans had lived along this portion of the Oconee River for at least 10,000 years./central-state-hospital-late-1800s.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/central-state-hospital-late-1800s.htmlChartered in 1837, the State Lunatic Asylum, later Central State Hospital, opened in Milledgeville in 1842. Hospital staff under Dr. Thomas A. Green treated numerous Civil War veterans suffering from the effects of battle after the war ended in 1865. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./children-threshing-corn-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/children-threshing-corn-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTwo boys in Laurens County thrash corn, circa 1915. During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the United States was largely an agrarian society. Since many families in the South needed their children at home to help with crop production, the summer break from school originally corresponded with the growing season. 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./church-of-god-in-christ.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/church-of-god-in-christ.htmlThe Church of God in Christ (COGIC) is the largest Black Pentecostal denomination in the country. As of 2005 there were more than 100 COGIC churches around the state, with a total membership of more than 40,000. COGIC’s origins date back to the tense race relations of the 1890s South, an era of widespread lynchings, heated disenfranchisement campaigns, the beginnings of legalized segregation, and the Populist revolt. During this volatile time, a small group of Black Baptist preachers in Mississippi began to preach of tangible contact with the divine (the Holy Spirit) that genuine believers could and should experience./constitutional-conventions-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/constitutional-conventions-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlConstitutional conventions are a distinctly American political innovation, first appearing during the era of the Revolutionary War (1775-83). Georgia was among the first states to use a meeting of delegates to create a constitution. In October 1776, just three months after the American colonies declared independence from Great Britain, Georgia’s first constitutional convention met and produced the state’s inaugural constitution, known as the Constitution of 1777. Several other states also chose the convention method as a means of adopting new constitutions, while some used their provincial congresses to frame a founding document for a new state government./corra-harris-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/corra-harris-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlNovelist Corra White Harris was one of the most celebrated women from Georgia for nearly three decades in the early twentieth century. She is best known for her first novel, A Circuit Rider’s Wife (1910), though she gained a national audience a decade before its publication. From 1899 through the 1920s, she published hundreds of essays and short stories and more than a thousand book reviews in such magazines as the Saturday Evening Post, Harper’s, Good Housekeeping, Ladies Home Journal, and especially the Independent, a highly reputable New York-based periodical known for its political, social, and literary critiques./crawford-company-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/crawford-company-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCrawford & Company, the world’s largest independent insurance adjuster, is based in Atlanta and as of 2007 retains a network of more than 700 offices in 63 countries. Affiliated companies include Broadspire, the Garden City Group, Inc. (legal services), and the Risk Sciences Group (risk management information and account service). Major areas of business include workers’ compensation, claims administration, health care management, property and casualty claims management, class-action services, and risk management information./decatur-cemetery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/decatur-cemetery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDecatur Cemetery, established during the nineteenth century, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997 and is preserved by an organization called the Friends of Decatur Cemetery. A 7.5-acre area known as the "Old Cemetery" includes historic African American burial sites. Photograph by Melinda G. Smith, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./decatur-county-traveling-library-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/decatur-county-traveling-library-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis bookmobile in Bainbridge, pictured ca. 1936-38, was reportedly the first one in Decatur County. "Decatur County Traveling Library" is painted on the door of the vehicle. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./downtown-valdosta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/downtown-valdosta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlValdosta, incorporated in 1860, is Georgia's eleventh largest city. The city has completed a number of reconstruction projects in the downtown area, and four Valdosta districts are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 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./drawing-student-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/drawing-student-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA participant in the Ben Hill Art Camp at Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum (later LaGrange Art Museum) draws her self-portrait in 2004. The camp is an after-school program held during the summer in collaboration with the LaGrange Housing Authority. Courtesy of LaGrange Art Museum 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./duncan-s-creek-congregational-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/duncan-s-creek-congregational-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDuncan's Creek Congregational Church, pictured in 1955, was built in Gwinnett County in 1889. The Congregational denomination has maintained a presence in Georgia since the eighteenth century. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./ernest-vandiver-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ernest-vandiver-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAs governor of Georgia from 1959 to 1963, Ernest Vandiver proved successful in fulfilling his campaign promise to remove the blight on Georgia, perpetuated by and associated with the administration of his predecessor Marvin Griffin. Under Vandiver’s capable leadership the legislature implemented sweeping changes in Georgia’s segregation policies and revised the county unit system for nominating officeholders. Without increasing the state’s tax base, Vandiver made significant improvements in the areas of services, building programs, tourism, business and industrial development, educational expansion, and mental health./face-jug-1-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/face-jug-1-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFace Jug #1 by Lanier Meaders is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Clay, 10 x 8 x 6 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomqiknJqwtbXOp6pon5Wkv6i1wKxkrKyRqbJurdGtZJynnKGypMDIqKVonpGYsm621KBkapedmq6lsdGslmloYWJ%2FcA%3D%3D/first-bryan-baptist-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/first-bryan-baptist-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis post-Civil War sketch depicts members of Savannah's First Bryan Baptist Church, named after early Baptist minister Andrew Bryan, congregating outside the church building. The church is one of the oldest Black churches in North America. Photograph by James M. Simms 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./franklin-d-roosevelt-at-the-little-white-house.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/franklin-d-roosevelt-at-the-little-white-house.htmlIn 1924, three years after Roosevelt contracted polio, he began visiting Warm Springs in Georgia. The springs were thought to be beneficial for polio victims. Roosevelt, who became the U.S. president in 1932, is pictured in front of the Little White House in Warm Springs. 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./free-will-baptists-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/free-will-baptists-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Free Will Baptists are an Arminian Baptist denomination with origins in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Followers of the doctrine of the Dutch theologian Jacobus Arminius, they reject the Calvinist belief in absolute predestination, maintaining instead that salvation is open to all. Early History The origins of present-day Free Will Baptists can be traced to two separate beginnings. Most descend from the southern movement, which originated in colonial North Carolina under the leadership of Benjamin Laker (active in the 1680s) and Paul Palmer (active in the 1720s), who were English General Baptists./geographic-regions-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/geographic-regions-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Retreat Plantation house on St. Simons Island was owned by Major William Page from 1804 until his death in 1827, when his daughter, Anna Matilda Page, and her husband, Thomas Butler King, inherited it. The house, no longer standing, was located on the southwestern tip of the island. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLPEqJ6rmaCdtqR50Z6eoqeeqHw%3D/georgia-international-horse-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-international-horse-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers was built for the 1996 Olympics. The park features a world-class steeplechase course. 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%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrnypu9GsnKxnnWKAc4SQaA%3D%3D/georgia-wildlife-federation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-wildlife-federation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFounded in 1936, the Georgia Wildlife Federation (GWF) is Georgia’s oldest and largest member-supported conservation organization and the state affiliate of the National Wildlife Federation. GWF began as a sportsman’s organization, but even in the early days its membership included teachers, hikers, gardeners, and birdwatchers —a diverse group of individuals united by their concern and compassion for the outdoors. The mission of the federation is to encourage the intelligent management of Georgia’s wildlife and other natural resources through advocacy, community outreach, and education./government-and-laws-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/government-and-laws-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOrigins of State Government Georgia, the thirteenth British colony to be created, was chartered by King George II in 1732 and put under the governance of twenty-oneTrustees. In a unique experiment in altruism, the Trustees adopted the Latin motto Non sibi sed aliis (“Not for self, but for others”) as they crafted rules and regulations to shape the colony into a utopia where there would be no social classes and colonists would succeed by their own efforts and hard work./hancock-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hancock-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 2014 the historic Hancock County courthouse, constructed from 1881-1883 was consumed by a fire that raged for three weeks. The flames reportedly became so hot that the 800-pound clock tower bell melted. An important civic center for residents, the courthouse was rebuild and recommissioned in 2016–an effort that resulted in $7.5 million in costs. Courtesy of Brian Brown 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./honeysuckle-basket-with-beads-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/honeysuckle-basket-with-beads-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHoneysuckle Basket with Beads by Susan Peoples is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Basketwork 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKulqK6vec%2Bepqmklah8qbvNnrCsrZOguaZ5wZqqpJ2kYq%2BmrcOslqmdn6W5pr%2B%2BaWdqZWJk/ice-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ice-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIce by David Akins is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Metal, 32 x 20 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomqiknJqwtbXOp6pon5Wkv6i1wKxkrKyRqbJurdGtZJynnKGypMDIqKVooZOarKK3yKeqmGhgZnw%3D/kennesaw-state-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/kennesaw-state-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlKennesaw State University (KSU), a unit of the University System of Georgia (USG), is the second largest university in the state, with a fall 2022 enrollment of roughly 43,000. In January 2015 Kennesaw merged with Southern Polytechnic State University (SPSU), bringing together the schools’ campuses and students under KSU’s name. The main campus is located near Kennesaw, along I-75 in Cobb County, and the former SPSU campus, ten miles south, serves as a satellite campus./kim-basinger-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/kim-basinger-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHollywood actor Kim Basinger signs autographs in 1991 at the University of Georgia's Henry Field Stadium tennis complex. An Athens native, Basinger donated a lighting system to the facility. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./kiokee-baptist-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/kiokee-baptist-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Kiokee Baptist Church is the oldest Baptist church in the state to sustain its membership. Founded under pioneer preacher Daniel Marshall, this congregation became a constituent member of the first association of Georgia Baptists and conducted Baptist missionary work in the Augusta area. In 1772 Daniel Marshall, one of the early pioneer preachers in Georgia, constituted a church near Kiokee Creek, some eighteen miles southwest of Augusta and the Savannah River./lagrange-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lagrange-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLaGrange, the seat of Troup County, is located approximately sixty miles southwest of Atlanta in the foothills of the western Piedmont. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the city’s population is 30,858. The downtown street plan, covering the original 202.5 acres of the town, is basically unaltered from that laid out in 1828 by the county surveyor, Samuel Reid, though the city now encompasses some twenty-nine square miles. The central point, now a public square with a fountain, was home to the county courthouse from 1828 until 1936./lamar-dodd-art-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lamar-dodd-art-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Lamar Dodd Art Center at LaGrange College, completed in 1982, contains two floors of galleries. The center houses a retrospective collection of Dodd's paintings, given by the artist and his wife, Mary Lehmann, a 1929 graduate of the school. Courtesy of LaGrange College 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./laurel-woolen-mill-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/laurel-woolen-mill-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWorkers gather in front of the Laurel Woolen Mill in Roswell, circa 1890. The state's textile industry experienced strong growth during the last decades of the nineteenth century, with many northern investors choosing to locate mills in the South. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./lieutenant-governor-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lieutenant-governor-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe office of lieutenant governor was created by the 1945 Georgia Constitution. The primary impetus was to ensure a smooth succession in case of a vacancy in the governorship. The lieutenant governor is also the constitutionally mandated president of the Georgia senate. Before 1945 state senators chose the president of the senate, who then became the governor if a vacancy occurred in that office. Several times in the nineteenth century, governors died and were replaced by the president of the senate./marshlands-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/marshlands-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTidal marshlands are an important feature of Georgia's coastal ecosystem. The two- to five-mile-wide areas between Georgia's barrier islands and mainland are dominated by saltwater wetlands, while brackish and freshwater wetlands extend inland for an additional ten miles along the estuaries. Photograph by Steven Miller 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./may-in-georgia-history-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/may-in-georgia-history-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA number of significant historical events have occurred in Georgia during the month of May. 1500-1549 1525 The first Europeans known to set foot on Georgia soil arrived with Spaniard Pedro de Quejos, who landed two ships at the mouth of the Savannah River on an exploratory expedition. 1850-1899 1864 During the Civil War, Union general William T. Sherman began his Atlanta Campaign on May 5 by marching 100,000 soldiers into Georgia from Tennessee./moina-belle-michael-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/moina-belle-michael-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMoina Belle Michael, a longtime Georgia educator, was best known for her work as a World War I (1917-18) remembrance advocate. Inspired by the poem “In Flanders Field,” Michael first proposed that red silk or paper flowers be worn in memory of fallen soldiers. As a result of her campaign, memorial poppies became an enduring symbol of military sacrifice throughout the world, and Michael came to be known as the “Poppy Lady./monument-at-kettle-creek-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/monument-at-kettle-creek-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Kettle Creek Battlefield Historic Monument commemorates a Revolutionary War battle that took place on February 14, 1779. Famed patriot Nancy Hart was reportedly present during the conflict. Courtesy of Thomas Hammack Jr. 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./pilgrim-health-and-life-insurance.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/pilgrim-health-and-life-insurance.htmlPilgrim Health and Life Insurance Company, the first insurer for African Americans in Georgia, operated in Augusta from 1898 until 1991, when it merged with Atlanta Life. The Pilgrim building still stands in Augusta on Laney-Walker Boulevard. Courtesy of Augusta Convention and Visitors Bureau 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./rankin-foundation-founders-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rankin-foundation-founders-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe founders of the Jeannette Rankin Foundation present the organization's first grant to Barbara Dixon, a student at Athens Technical College, in 1978. Standing, from left: Gail Dendy, Heather Kleiner, Margaret Holt, Reita Rivers. Seated, from left: Fred Friedricks (of Athens Technical College), Barbara Dixon, and Sue Bailey. Courtesy of Jeannette Rankin Foundation 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./robert-craig-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/robert-craig-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRobert Craig - New Georgia Encyclopedia Skip to content FABRAP Finch, Alexander, Barnes, Rothschild, and Pascal ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomK6smKS%2FtHvRqJmeqqRisLOtyKBm/robert-toombs-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/robert-toombs-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRobert Toombs, one of the most ardent secessionists in the U.S. Senate, helped to lead Georgia out of the Union on the eve of the Civil War (1861-65). This was surprising; although Toombs was a slaveholding planter, he had dedicated the majority of his political career to preserving the Union. Spanning almost four decades, his career in Georgia politics began in the state legislature, and he later ventured into national affairs as a U./robert-woodruff-and-lettie-pate-whitehead-evans.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/robert-woodruff-and-lettie-pate-whitehead-evans.htmlRobert Woodruff, the president of the Coca-Cola Company, is pictured with Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans at the Stork Club in New York City, during the 1940s. Evans owned the Atlanta Coca-Cola Bottling Company, founded by her husband Joseph Whitehead, for several decades before selling it to Woodruff in 1932. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrnytsdOtoJ5loJbBpnnWoaCtnZiarqV5xK%2BYp6tdZoV4foxqcG5rX6J6cn2RcGho/saint-joseph-s-hospital-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/saint-joseph-s-hospital-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSaint Joseph’s Hospital is Atlanta’s oldest hospital and the only Catholic hospital in the city. Established in 1880 by the Sisters of Mercy, Saint Joseph’s mission is to provide clinically excellent and compassionate care. History Saint Joseph’s Hospital was founded in 1880 as Atlanta Hospital by Sister Cecilia Carroll of the Religious Sisters of Mercy Order (RSM). The Catholic order, created in 1831, was established in Dublin, Ireland, by philanthropist Catherine McAuley with the mission of ministering to the poor./saltpeter-kettle-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/saltpeter-kettle-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA kettle formerly used in saltpeter operations was removed from a north Georgia cave and put into use on a local farm. Kettles were used to boil water containing potassium nitrate, or saltpeter, in order to extract the substance for use in the production of gunpowder. Courtesy of Joel M. Sneed 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./sanford-stadium-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sanford-stadium-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHome of the Georgia Bulldogs football team, Sanford Stadium is the second-largest on-campus stadium in the South and the fifth-largest in the nation, with a capacity of 92,020. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./savannah-film-festival-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/savannah-film-festival-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAttendees of the 2006 Savannah Film Festival congregate outside the historic Trustees Theatre, which was restored by the Savannah College of Art and Design. The festival, which is hosted by SCAD each fall, offers feature-length, short, and documentary films from around the world. Courtesy of Savannah College of Art and Design 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./saxby-chambliss-and-max-cleland.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/saxby-chambliss-and-max-cleland.htmlRepublican Saxby Chambliss (left) and U.S. senator Max Cleland (right), a Democrat, appeared at a debate on November 3, 2002. Two days later Chambliss defeated Cleland in the election for the U.S. Senate seat. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./scripto-employee-strikes-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/scripto-employee-strikes-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOperation Breadbasket was created in 1962 as a branch of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). A minister-led program, Operation Breadbasket worked to improve economic conditions in the Black community through boycotts and organized support. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6tn55lo5i%2FqrzTqGSsrKKeuKa%2Fjqyaq6Ggqbxuv9OroKSdo5R9cYCO/sherman-s-field-order-no-15.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sherman-s-field-order-no-15.htmlOn January 16, 1865, during the Civil War (1861-65), Union general William T. Sherman issued his Special Field Order No. 15, which confiscated as Union property a strip of coastline stretching from Charleston, South Carolina, to the St. John’s River in Florida, including Georgia’s Sea Islands and the mainland thirty miles in from the coast. The order redistributed the roughly 400,000 acres of land to newly freed Black families in forty-acre segments./social-circle-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/social-circle-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIncorporated as a village in 1832, Social Circle today thrives as a community of about 3,400 residents. The town is located in Walton County about forty-five miles east of Atlanta. 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./spring-fling-and-backyard-bbq.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/spring-fling-and-backyard-bbq.htmlThe Spring Fling and Backyard BBQ takes places each April in Moultrie and features concerts and various contests, including a barbecue competition. Courtesy of City of Moultrie 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./stan-laurel-and-oliver-hardy.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/stan-laurel-and-oliver-hardy.htmlThe comedy team of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy was formed in 1927 when the duo starred in The Second Hundred Years for Hal Roach Studios. Laurel and Hardy performed together in sixty short and sixteen feature films between 1927 and 1940. 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./synovus-financial-corporation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/synovus-financial-corporation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSynovus Financial Corporation, based in Columbus, provides a diverse array of financial services through its banks and subsidiaries, as well as through Total System Services Incorporated (TSYS), a global electronic payment–processing operation also based in Columbus. The history of Synovus begins with the establishment of the Third National Bank of Columbus and the Columbus Savings Bank, both incorporated by W. C. Bradley and G. Gunby Jordan in 1888. Jordan served as president of the two banks from 1888 until 1921./theodore-vail-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/theodore-vail-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAT&T president Theodore Vail (with telephone, far right) joined the opening ceremony for the first transcontinental telephone line from his home on Jekyll Island. With Vail are (left to right) architects Welles Bosworth and Samuel Trowbridge, banker J. P. Morgan, and businessman William Rockefeller. Courtesy of Jekyll Island Museum 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./trolley-barn-inman-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/trolley-barn-inman-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Trolley Barn in Inman Park was the terminus for Atlanta's first electric streetcar line, which ran west to downtown. The barn was the repair depot for the streetcars. Today the building is used for community events. Photograph by Ted Bazemore 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./university-of-west-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/university-of-west-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe University of West Georgia logo shines from the top of the Technology-enhanced Learning Center on the main campus in Carrollton. Founded in 1906 as an agricultural school, the institution became the University of West Georgia in 2005. Photograph by Steven Broome, University of West 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./warm-springs-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/warm-springs-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWarm Springs (2005), a film developed and produced for cable television by Home Box Office (HBO), focuses on Franklin D. Roosevelt’s experiences from 1921 to 1928, before his election as president of the United States. It chronicles Roosevelt’s time at Warm Springs, in Meriwether County, which he first visited in 1924 after contracting polio three years earlier, at the age of thirty-nine, just as his political career was gaining momentum. The area’s springs, reputed to have healing waters, attracted the future president, who eventually funded a facility there known today as the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation./william-burnham-woods-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 23 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/william-burnham-woods-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWilliam Burnham Woods, a native of Ohio, was a resident of Atlanta when he was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1881. He served on the Court until his death in 1887. 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./700-broadway-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/700-broadway-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe restored Italian villa-style house known as 700 Broadway was the only two-story brick home in the original city of Columbus. The structure dates to the 1830s. Courtesy of Historic Columbus Foundation 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./antebellum-industrialization-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/antebellum-industrialization-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe state of Georgia earned the nickname “The Empire State of the South” in the antebellum period largely because of its textile industry. From 1840 until 1890 the state consistently led the South in textile production, the leading manufacturing sector of the United States in the years before the Civil War. Georgia’s entrepreneurs began to experiment in factory-based industry between 1809 and 1820, but they failed in their first three attempts: the Bolton Factory in Wilkes County, Schley’s Factory in Jefferson County, and Jacob Gregg’s Factory in Morgan County./atkinson-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atkinson-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlStudents on the campus of Georgia Normal and Industrial College (later Georgia College and State University) in Milledgeville walk past Atkinson Hall, circa 1900. The first college for women in the state, the school was named for Georgia governor William Y. Atkinson, who was instrumental in its founding. 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./atlanta-crackers-1950-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-crackers-1950-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMembers of the 1950 Atlanta Crackers team carry the Southern Association pennant into Ponce de Leon Ballpark. The Crackers, a minor league team, won seventeen league championships between the team's formation in 1901 and its final season in 1965. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to Special Collections and Archives at Georgia State University./baptismal-pool-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/baptismal-pool-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe dressing room for baptismal candidates stands beside the baptismal pool of the Kiokee Baptist Church in Columbia County. The church, founded in 1772, is the first continuing Baptist church to be established in the state. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./campaign-pamphlet-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/campaign-pamphlet-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJ. J. Brown won five consecutive terms as Georgia's commissioner of agriculture, serving from 1917 to 1927. During his tenure, Brown created a state Bureau of Markets and established the Market Bulletin, a free weekly periodical for Georgia farmers still in circulation today as the Farmers and Consumers Market Bulletin. Courtesy of Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc. 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./cast-of-the-walking-dead.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cast-of-the-walking-dead.htmlThe Walking Dead televsion series is adaptated from a comic book created in 2003 by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore. The series premiered on the AMC cable network on October 31, 2010. 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./charles-c-jones-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/charles-c-jones-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCharles C. Jones Jr. was the foremost Georgia historian of the nineteenth century. Also a noted autograph and manuscript collector and an accomplished amateur archaeologist, Jones in later years became a prominent memorialist of the Lost Cause and critic of the New South. Early Life and Career Charles Colcock Jones Jr. was born in Savannah on October 28, 1831, into a prominent tidewater planting family. He spent much of his youth in Columbia, South Carolina, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where his father, the nationally known Presbyterian minister Charles Colcock Jones, held church-related teaching and administrative positions./charley-trippi-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/charley-trippi-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCharles “Charley” Trippi, a University of Georgia (UGA) halfback from 1941 to 1943 and 1945 to 1946, is widely considered the finest athlete in Bulldog football history. Alabama coach Paul “Bear” Bryant said Trippi was the greatest college football player ever, but Trippi was also a star in professional football and college baseball. Trippi was born on December 14, 1921, in Pittston, Pennsylvania. His athletic abilities as a teenager attracted the attention of a former University of Georgia Bulldog, Harold “War Eagle” Ketron, who operated Coca-Cola bottling plants in the area./cherokee-indians-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cherokee-indians-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Cherokees, one of the most populous Indian societies in the Southeast during the eighteenth century, played a key role in Georgia’s early history. They were close allies of the British for much of the eighteenth century. During the Seven Years’ War (1756-63) and American Revolution (1775-83), a breakdown in relations with the British and then the Americans led to repeated invasions of the Cherokee homeland. The post-revolutionary era witnessed remarkable Cherokee efforts to cope with land encroachments and territorial loss, and to succeed at nation-building./clayton-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/clayton-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlClayton County, located just south of Atlanta, is one of the smallest counties in the state in size yet it is the fifth largest in terms of population. On November 30, 1858, the state legislature created Clayton County from parts of Fayette and Henry counties, making it the 125th county in the state. Clayton County is named for Augustin Smith Clayton, a Virginia native who moved with his family to Georgia as a child./clayton-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/clayton-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis Historic Clayton County Courthouse was built in 1898 and designed by J.W. Golucke in the Romanesque style. Today, the restored building is used as office space.  Photograph by Jimmy Emerson, DVM 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./cobb-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cobb-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCobb was one of nine northwest Georgia counties carved out of Cherokee Indian country in 1832 and today is part of the booming Atlanta metropolitan area. It was named in memory of U.S. senator Thomas W. Cobb of Greensboro. The county seat, Marietta, was chartered in 1834. Located in the upper Piedmont, Cobb County never had many large landholdings, developing instead around small subsistence farms. The greatest wealth was in the towns./coretta-scott-king-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/coretta-scott-king-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAs a proponent of civil and human rights, Coretta Scott King helped her husband, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., lead the modern civil rights movement. During their life together, she was his wife, friend, and partner, raising their four children while supporting his efforts to promote nonviolent social change in race relations during the tumultuous 1950s and 1960s. After her husband’s assassination in 1968, she articulated a vision of Kingian nonviolence expressed internationally through the Martin Luther King Jr./court-of-appeals-of-georgia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/court-of-appeals-of-georgia.htmlThe Court of Appeals of Georgia, established in 1906, is a court of statewide jurisdiction whose decisions are binding upon all Georgia trial courts in the absence of a conflicting decision by the Supreme Court of Georgia. History In the words of the eminent legal historian Warren Grice (a justice on the Supreme Court of Georgia from 1937 to 1945), “The Court of Appeals of Georgia was established because it was an absolute necessity./crawford-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/crawford-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCrawford County, in west central Georgia, is Georgia’s fifty-seventh county. The 325-square-mile county was created on December 9, 1822, from Houston County, which had been formed from land given up by the Creek Indians in the 1821 Treaty of Indian Springs. The county is named for statesman William Harris Crawford, who had served as a U.S. senator, minister to France, and secretary of the treasury. The first white settlers in the area were Indian agent Benjamin Hawkins and his family./dahlonega-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dahlonega-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe gold-topped Price Memorial Hall, on the campus of North Georgia College and State University, rises above Dahlonega, the seat of Lumpkin County. The site of a gold rush in 1828-29, Dahlonega today attracts tourists interested in both its history and scenic mountain setting. 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./duffy-street-project-before-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/duffy-street-project-before-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis historic building on West Duffy Street is pictured in 1979, before the Historic Savannah Foundation rescued and restored the structure. Courtesy of Historic Savannah Foundation 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./early-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/early-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOriginally Early County encompassed all of southwest Georgia, about 3,770 square miles. Gradually, all or part of ten counties (Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Decatur, Dougherty, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, and Thomas) were carved out of the original boundaries of Early County, reducing its size to its current 511.2 square miles. Today, Early County’s boundaries are the Chattahoochee River and Alabama to the west, Clay and Calhoun counties to the north, Baker County to the east, and Miller and Seminole counties to the south./earthlink-headquarters-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/earthlink-headquarters-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEarthLink, one of the nation's largest Internet service providers, is headquartered in downtown Atlanta. The company was founded in California in 1994 and merged with the Atlanta-based provider MindSpring in 2000. Courtesy of EarthLink 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./etowah-mounds-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/etowah-mounds-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Etowah Mounds in Bartow County include one of the largest Indian mounds in North America. The mounds, constructed during the Mississippian Period, served as platforms for public buildings in a town that occupied the site from around 1100 until the 1600s. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJmimLWisc6lpqCxXZ67brTIrKuoqpmYerG%2BxKycq66Rqbawuo6mZHBtYmZ8/fiction-authors-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fiction-authors-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia native Calder Willingham, shown circa 1970, wrote novels, plays, and screenplays. His screenplay for The Graduate (1967), cowritten with Buck Henry, was nominated for an Academy Award. Willingham also wrote many other scripts, including The Strange One (1957), which was an adapation of his first novel, End as a Man (1947). ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLLInKuip55irrbAx6iprGc%3D/flint-river-flood-of-1925.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/flint-river-flood-of-1925.htmlTwo men attempt to rescue a cow in high water near Albany during the Flint River flood of 1925. The Flint River has overrun its banks several times in Albany's history; the most severe flood occurred in the summer of 1994, when the river crested in the city at more than forty-three feet. 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./grady-clay-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/grady-clay-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGrady Clay developed an academic program for ophthalmology students and for eye, ear, nose, and throat resident physicians. Clay served as department chair at Emory School of Medicine from 1940 until 1946. Courtesy of Emory Eye Center 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./guerrilla-warfare-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/guerrilla-warfare-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe rescue of a wounded Union officer from an attack by Confederate guerrillas is depicted in a Harper's Weekly drawing from December 1863. Guerrilla warfare in Georgia during the Civil War occurred primarily in the northern mountains and the southern swamp and wiregrass regions. From Harper's Weekly 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./harry-richardson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/harry-richardson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHarry Richardson was named chairman emeritus upon his retirement as chairman of the board for Citizens Trust Bank in 1974. He was succeeded by Herman J. Russell, who had been serving as vice chairman. Courtesy of Citizens Trust Bank 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./heard-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/heard-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHeard County, in west central Georgia on the border with Alabama, is the state’s seventy-seventh county. Created in 1830 from 301 square miles of Carroll, Coweta, and Troup counties, it was named for Stephen Heard, an influential patriot of the American Revolution (1775-83), a planter, and a governor of Georgia from 1780 to 1781. The land now encompassed by Heard County was originally held by Creek Indians, who lost it at the Treaty of Indian Springs in 1825./helen-and-cecil-alexander-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/helen-and-cecil-alexander-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe architect Cecil Alexander, a founding partner of the firm FABRAP, and his second wife, Helen, pictured at their home in Atlanta in 2007. Reprinted by permission of Stephen H. Moore (http://www.shmoore.com/) 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./henri-christophe-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/henri-christophe-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHenri Christophe was a leader in the war for Haitian independence (1791-1804), and from 1807 to 1820 he served as the ruler of northern Haiti. Some historical sources credit him with serving in a French unit during the Siege of Savannah. Painting by Richard Evans, circa 1818. From The Black Presence in the Era of the American Revolution, by S. Kaplan and E. N. Kaplan 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./henry-mcdaniel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/henry-mcdaniel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHenry McDaniel, a respected lawyer and businessman, served one term as governor of Georgia. His enduring accomplishments as governor include the construction of the state capitol in Atlanta and the establishment of the Georgia College of Technology (later the Georgia Institute of Technology). Henry Dickerson McDaniel was born in Monroe, in Walton County, on September 4, 1836, to Rebecca Walker and Ira Oliver McDaniel. McDaniel moved with his family to Atlanta at the age of eleven and in 1856 graduated from Mercer Institute (later Mercer University), where his father had once been a professor./hofwyl-broadfield-plantation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hofwyl-broadfield-plantation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDesignated a historic site and state park in 1979, the Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation is among the last remaining vestiges of nineteenth-century rice plantations that flourished along the Georgia coast. The plantation dates to 1806, when William Brailsford began acquiring land in the cypress swamps of the Altamaha River. His purchases included a river estate named Broadface, which he renamed Broadfield. Brailsford was later joined by a son-in-law, James M. Troup, and by the time of Troup’s death, their holdings had grown to 7,300 acres of land and several houses./james-d-bulloch-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/james-d-bulloch-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJames D. Bulloch, the primary naval agent of the Confederacy in Europe, oversaw the building of several ships designed to ruin Northern shipping during the Union blockade of the South. Image from Theodore Roosevelt; An Autobiography (1913), The Macmillan Company 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./joshua-hill-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/joshua-hill-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA Georgia Unionist who opposed secession and the state’s role in the Confederacy, Joshua Hill served the state as a representative and senator to the United States Congress and was Georgia’s last Republican U.S. Senator until the 1980s. Born and raised in the Abbeville District of northwestern South Carolina, Hill migrated to Monticello, Georgia, around 1830 during the cotton boom in central Georgia. In Monticello, he practiced law alongside his brother and began acquiring large tracts of farmland./lamar-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lamar-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLamar County's neoclassical courthouse was built in Barnesville in 1931. Previously, the local Masonic Hall was used for court sessions. Photograph by John Trainor 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./larry-nelson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/larry-nelson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLongtime Georgia resident and successful professional golfer Larry Nelson has won ten Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) Tour events, including three major championships, as well as nineteen Champions Tour events, among others. He has played on three Ryder Cup teams. In 1990 he was elected to the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame, and in 2006 he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. Larry Gene Nelson was born in Fort Payne, Alabama, on September 10, 1947, to Rudell Fant and Vernon Earl Nelson./latino-immigration-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/latino-immigration-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBeginning in the late 1960s, Georgia, like many of its Deep South neighbors, witnessed an unprecedented wave of immigration from abroad. In 1970 Georgia’s foreign-born population was approximately 33,000, or 0.7 percent of the total state population; in 2013 the foreign-born population totaled more than 970,000, or 9.7 percent of the population. Of the various and diverse immigrant groups that relocated to Georgia during those decades, the largest and fastest-growing group was Latino (or Hispanic, an older term that similarly refers to persons of Latin American birth or descent)./leo-frank-case-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/leo-frank-case-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Leo Frank case is one of the most notorious and highly publicized cases in the legal annals of Georgia. A Jewish man in Atlanta was placed on trial and convicted of raping and murdering a thirteen-year-old girl who worked for the National Pencil Company, which he managed. Before the lynching of Frank two years later, the case became known throughout the nation. The degree of anti-Semitism involved in Frank’s conviction and subsequent lynching was enough of a factor to have inspired Jews, and others, throughout the country to protest the conviction of an innocent man./leon-neel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/leon-neel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLeon Neel was a leading advocate of the ecological management of forests. Trained by famed Georgia naturalist and land manager Herbert L. Stoddard, Neel refined the Stoddard-Neel System of forest management over the course of fifty years. Neel’s implementation of this system allowed many plantations in both the Red Hills area, between Thomasville and Tallahassee, Florida, and the Albany region to be noted for their rare ecological values. Neel was born on March 20, 1927, in Thomas County./lowell-mason-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lowell-mason-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLowell Mason, known as the "Father of School Music" influenced the development of urban sacred music, as well as music education, in antebellum Georgia. A native of Massachusetts, Mason led the "better music movement," which favored the works of European classical composers, in his adopted home of Savannah. From What We Hear in Music, by A. S. Faulkner 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./lucy-cobb-institute-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lucy-cobb-institute-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMildred Lewis Rutherford served as teacher and principal of the Lucy Cobb Institute in Athens for twenty-two years. The students, known as "Lucies," encountered a more academically serious curriculum than was found at the stereotypical finishing school. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South. View on source site 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./mary-hood-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mary-hood-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMary Hood, a two-time winner of the Townsend Prize for Fiction, is acknowledged as one of the finest writers of fiction today. Her stories, which appear in numerous anthologies and textbooks, are set in her native Georgia, a terrain she knows from the southeastern coast to the northern Blue Ridge Mountains. Early Life and Education Mary Hood was born on September 16, 1946, in Brunswick to Mary Adella Katherine Rogers, a Latin teacher and native of Cherokee County, and William Charles Hood, an aircraft worker who hailed from New York City./mcduffie-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mcduffie-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe McDuffie County Courthouse, located in Thomson, was built in 1872. Major renovations to the courthouse, the county's first, were made in 1934 and 1970. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./midway-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/midway-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMidway, located in Liberty County on Highway 17 between Savannah and Darien, has a long and distinguished history. The community was founded by English Puritans, who migrated to St. John’s Parish, Georgia, from Dorchester, South Carolina, in 1752, and established two settlements: a new Dorchester and another nearby settlement, which became the much more prominent Midway community. The Midway colonists received sizeable land grants in St. John’s Parish primarily because the colonial officials wanted a large number of settlers there to protect them from the Creek Indians./omni-coliseum-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/omni-coliseum-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Omni Coliseum, an arena completed in 1972, was the first major project for the Atlanta architectural firm Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback, and Associates. The arena held 16,500 spectators and was home to the Atlanta Hawks basketball team, as well as the site for numerous other sporting events and concerts. Postcard from Scenic Card Company, Bessemer, Alabama. Photograph by J. H. Robinson 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./pumpkin-farm-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/pumpkin-farm-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPumpkins are arranged in squares at a Dawson County pumpkin farm. Photograph by JR P  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%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrnyis9Gimq6kpKq%2FpnnIp2SgnZ%2BntKqtjKitnqqmnrK4e8%2BupKmjmaPAbq3Rq5inn5WZeqq6jKyorpmimsCgfI9qZGtn/r-e-m-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/r-e-m-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Athens-based rock band R.E.M. has filmed some of their music videos in Georgia over the years, including collaborations with Chattooga County artist Howard Finster and Hall County artist R. A. Miller. From left, Peter Buck, Michael Stipe, and Mike Mills. Courtesy of Warner Brothers Records 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./rich-s-department-store-1925-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rich-s-department-store-1925-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1924 Rich's Department Store opened its flagship store in downtown Atlanta, where it remained until 1991. The building was remodeled during the late 1990s and became part of the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center. 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 William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum./russell-dam-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/russell-dam-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Russell Dam was constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to create Lake Russell, which forms part of Georgia's border with South Carolina. Courtesy of Darby Carl Sanders, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./sarah-bernhardt-in-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sarah-bernhardt-in-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSarah Bernhardt, the premiere French actress of her time, performed in Atlanta in 1881 and in 1906. She debuted in the Comedie Francaise in 1862 and went on to present her repertory of classical French drama internationally. A gifted artist, she was also a sculptor, painter, and writer and appeared in a number of silent films. On both visits to Atlanta, Bernhardt performed Camille by Alexandre Dumas (fils). The local media primed theatergoers for the performance, summarizing the plot and describing the actress’s magnificent costumes and jewelry./souther-field-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/souther-field-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSouther Field is the oldest continuously operating civilian airport in the United States that has participated, through flying operations, in both World War I (1917-18) and World War II (1941-45). In a ceremony at the airfield in October 2009, the airport’s name was changed to the Jimmy Carter Regional Airport. Building on the rapid development of aviation during World War I, the U.S. Army in 1918 constructed Souther Field, just northeast of Americus, as a primary flight-training facility./spud-chandler-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/spud-chandler-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAs a young boy, Spud Chandler, shown here in his Yankees uniform between 1937 and 1947, was a fan of the New York team. While at the University of Georgia, he rejected offers from professional football teams and from other professional baseball teams so that he could play for the Yankees, with whom he spent his entire pitching career. Courtesy of University of Georgia Sports Communications Office 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./strawberry-pickers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/strawberry-pickers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAfricans Americans are pictured working in a strawberry patch on the J. B. James farm in Fort Valley. Date unknown. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOn6arrF2rrq24xLJmrKyilsSjsdGrsGaomZi4pr7SmGdpaV8%3D/sunbeam-float-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sunbeam-float-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Sunbeam bread float in the rose show parade, Thomasville, 1950s. The girls are dressed as Miss Sunbeam and the man represents the baker. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./thomas-blind-tom-wiggins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/thomas-blind-tom-wiggins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOne of the most famous American entertainers of the nineteenth century, Thomas “Blind Tom” Wiggins was an African American musician and composer. Blind from birth and born into slavery, Wiggins became well known for his piano virtuosity. Though undiagnosed at the time, it is likely that he was autistic as well. Thomas Greene Wiggins was born near Columbus on May 25, 1849, to Charity and Domingo Wiggins, a couple who were enslaved by Wiley Jones./thurbert-baker-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/thurbert-baker-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThurbert Baker served as attorney general of Georgia from his appointment to the office by Governor Zell Miller in 1997 until 2011. A native of North Carolina, Baker graduated from the law school at Emory University in 1979; he also served in the Georgia House of Representatives. Photograph from www.thurbertbaker.com 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./tour-de-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tour-de-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe inaugural Tour de Georgia in 2003 began its second stage at the front steps of the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame. The Tour de Georgia is an annual professional cycling stage race that covers the state and raises funds for the Georgia Cancer Coalition. 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./tower-of-aspiration-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tower-of-aspiration-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe "Tower of Aspiration," sculpted by Chicago artist Richard Hunt, stands in downtown Augusta's Springfield Village Park. The park is also home to the historic Springfield Baptist Church, visible in the background, which was constructed in 1897 and is home to the oldest African American congregation in the country. Courtesy of GAAHPN 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./truett-cathy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/truett-cathy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTruett Cathy, founder and chairman of the Chick-fil-A restaurant chain, is pictured outside the company's headquarters in Atlanta. Chick-fil-A is one of the largest privately owned restaurant chains in the country. Courtesy of Chick-fil-A 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./vic-chesnutt-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/vic-chesnutt-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAthens singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt was at the forefront of the contemporary folk rock movement in America. His expressive, raw vocal style featured a prominent southern accent. “Vic has somehow turned pronunciation into an instrument,” John J. Sullivan wrote in the Oxford American. “He’s constantly resurrecting and warping syllables that we have, through habit or sloth, nearly elided into oblivion.” James Victor Chesnutt was born on November 12, 1964, in Jacksonville, Florida, and raised by adoptive parents in Zebulon, Georgia./wally-butts-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wally-butts-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJames Wallace “Wally” Butts Jr. coached the University of Georgia (UGA) football team from 1939 to 1960, leading the Bulldogs to four Southeastern Conference (SEC) titles, one undefeated season, and eight bowl games. His intense desire to win, knowledge of the game, and innovative techniques—including a devastating passing game—made him a coaching legend even before he retired. Though he was wracked by scandal late in his career, he is remembered as one of the great coaches in the history of UGA, and in all of college football./walter-j-brown-1945-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/walter-j-brown-1945-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJournalist Walter J. Brown graduated from the journalism school at the University of Georgia and went on to establish his own news bureau and eventually his own broadcast empire in Georgia and South Carolina. The Walter J. Brown Media Archives, housed in the main library at UGA, are named in his honor. Courtesy of the Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc. 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./william-jay-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/william-jay-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWilliam Jay was an English-trained architect who, from 1817 to 1820, practiced in Savannah, where he built Greek revival–style public buildings and fashionable neoclassical houses for the city’s wealthiest residents. Jay was born in 1792 or 1793 in Bath, England, to a family of stonemasons. From 1807 to 1813 he apprenticed in London with the architect David Riddall Roper, who built mostly in the Greek revival and Gothic revival styles. Jay’s only known commission in London is the neoclassical-style Albion Chapel (1816), Moorgate, a square-shaped church with a recessed Ionic entry and a Pantheon-like dome./yellow-river-shoals-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 22 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/yellow-river-shoals-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA young couple is pictured, circa 1915, on the Yellow River shoals in Newton County with the Porterdale Mill in the background. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOp5ywrJ%2BjeqS71Kersmepmrmtu9ZmqaKulad6tLTOmqOsl2BlfnA%3D/amicalola-falls-state-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/amicalola-falls-state-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe fifty-six-room lodge at Amicalola Falls State Park in Dawson County was built during the 1980s. The park's primary attraction is the 729-foot Amicalola Falls, the highest waterfall in 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./amos-t-akerman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/amos-t-akerman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Hargrett Manuscript and Rare Book Library at the University of Georgia. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6apKirXal6orfEq6Sapl1mhXN9jGpvcWhfonpyfJVwZg%3D%3D/atlanta-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAtlanta Technical College is located in southwest Atlanta, in Fulton County. The school’s service delivery area covers all of Fulton County south of the Chattahoochee River and Clayton County. Atlanta Tech offers programs in the fields of health and human services; business, media, and information technology; and skilled trades. In 2005 the Atlanta Tech programs with the largest numbers of graduates were aircraft powerplant technology, carpentry, cosmetology, early childhood education, and nursing./berry-fleming-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/berry-fleming-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPublishers Weekly  magazine once called Berry Fleming “the quintessential Southern writer; funny, wise and like the best of those from the South, an incredibly good storyteller.” His long career began in 1927 with the publication of The Conqueror’s Stone, an adventure story about a bloodthirsty pirate off the South Carolina coast. Fleming is best known for his novel Colonel Effingham’s Raid, published in 1943. Among his other books are Siesta (1935), The Lightwood Tree (1947), The Fortune Tellers (1951), Carnival (1953), The Winter Rider (1960), Lucinderella (1967), The Acrobats (1969), The Make-Believers (1972), The Affair at Honey Hill (1981), and The Bookman’s Tale and Others (1986)./birdwood-college-graduates-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/birdwood-college-graduates-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGraduates of Birdwood College are pictured in the 1960s. The college, founded in Thomasville by Primitive Baptists, opened in 1954 and operated until 1977, when the school became a nonsectarian institution called Thomas County Community College. By 2000 the college had evolved into Thomas University. Courtesy of Thomas University 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./buggy-days-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/buggy-days-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA fiddler performs at the annual Buggy Days Festival, held each September in Barnesville. Courtesy of Barnesville Herald-Gazette 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%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOpZimmaJisLDBza2waKVdaH50fI4%3D/building-types-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/building-types-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWithin the large and diverse architectural heritage of Georgia there are clear architectural patterns of style and type. These patterns represent important developments in the history of Georgia’s architecture, and they reflect specific historic events and activities. One common way of recognizing these historic buildings is through architectural style or design. Another useful but less familiar way is through building type and house type. Building type is a principal way of dealing with the large number of Georgia buildings that were designed and constructed with little or no regard for architectural style or for which architectural style was a secondary or applied architectural element./calhoun-tourist-lodge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/calhoun-tourist-lodge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA tourist lodge in Calhoun is pictured circa 1925. Entrepreneurs developed rustic lodges, inns, and courts for Dixie Highway tourists. The early lodges were primitive, often without heat, running water, or a private bathroom. By the early 1930s motels dotted the Dixie Highway, spelling the beginning of the end for small-town hotels. Courtesy of Edwin L. Jackson 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./callaway-mills-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/callaway-mills-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCallaway Mills employees sampling cotton to determine its grade and, therefore, its price in 1926. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6cmKWkkayuunnFmqSipKlkum6ElW1uaA%3D%3D/chattooga-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/chattooga-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlChattooga County, in northwest Georgia, is the state’s ninety-third county. The 314-square-mile county borders Alabama and was established from parts of Walker and Floyd counties in December 1838 by the state legislature. The county is named for the Chattooga River, which flows through the area and is the smaller of two Georgia rivers bearing that name. (The larger Chattooga River forms part of the state’s northeast border between Georgia and South Carolina./chestnut-burr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/chestnut-burr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOpen burr of an American chestnut. Courtesy of The American Chestnut Foundation 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%2BOoJyon6KWvanFjJ6lr6GipLuusc2tZpqllae2pK3NZpqhnaOpu7bAjqZka2tnanw%3D/civil-war-dissent-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/civil-war-dissent-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Civil War (1861-65) home front in Georgia, far from reflecting unity in a common cause, was rife with conflict and dissent. Though the state was largely spared the impact of invading armies until late in the war, social and economic divisions set Georgians against one another in ever worsening internal conflicts that undermined support for the Confederacy well before the war’s end. Secession and War Southerners, including Georgians, were not united in their support for secession./clinch-county-sawmill-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/clinch-county-sawmill-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAn engine stops at a sawmill in Clinch County, at a now-defunct town called Humphries between Dupont and Stockton, in 1893. The mill was located in the wiregrass region of the state, which was heavily logged in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. 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./cosmic-form-of-eighteen-armed-vishnu.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cosmic-form-of-eighteen-armed-vishnu.htmlThis eleventh-century sandstone sculpture from India depicts the Hindu god Vishnu in his cosmic form. Vishnu's eighteen arms hold a variety of weapons, including those of the two other gods in the Hindu trinity, Shiva and Brahma. The sculpture is part of the Ester R. Portnow Collection of Asian Art at the Michael C. Carlos Museum in Atlanta. Gift of Nathan Rubin-Ida Ladd Family Foundation. Courtesy of Michael C. Carlos Foundation/covered-bridge-remains-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/covered-bridge-remains-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe middle support of a covered bridge, built by Horace King in 1838 near West Point (Troup County), is pictured underwater today. Courtesy of West Georgia Underwater Archaeological Society. Photograph by Laura Knight 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./douglas-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/douglas-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe courthouse in Douglas County was completed in 1998 to replace an older courthouse constructed in the 1950s. Today the old courthouse, located on the site of three previous courthouses, houses a museum and the offices of the Douglas County Historical Society. Photograph by Jimmy Emerson, DVM 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./e-merton-coulter-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/e-merton-coulter-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEllis Merton Coulter, a University of Georgia professor and historian of the South, helped shape the southern public’s interpretation of its heritage in general and Georgia’s in particular. He taught at the state’s flagship university in Athens from 1919 to 1958 (serving as chair of the history department from 1940 until retirement), edited the Georgia Historical Quarterly for fifty years, and produced 26 books, 10 edited volumes, more than 100 articles, and numerous book reviews and newspaper columns./eastman-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/eastman-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDesigned by the architect J. H. Russell and built in 1872 by William Pitt Eastman, this is the oldest house in the town of Eastman; it was constructed of heart pine milled from trees on William Eastman's land. Today, it is owned by the Dodge Historical Society, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Photograph by Harold B. Haley 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./electric-cooperatives-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/electric-cooperatives-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlElectric cooperatives (co-ops), also known as electric membership corporations (EMCs) or rural electric membership corporations (REMCs), have served Georgia’s rural regions and counties since the mid-1930s. In 2016 forty-one individual co-ops, all members of the umbrella organization Georgia EMC, provided electricity to 157 of the state’s 159 counties, or approximately 73 percent of Georgia’s land area. Rural Electrification Administration In  1935, during the Great Depression, only about 10 percent of rural Americans had access to electricity, in contrast to 90 percent of urban Americans./emanuel-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/emanuel-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Emanuel County Courthouse, the seventh in the county's history, was built in Swainsboro in 2002. The previous courthouse, completed in 1940, was the first in the county's history that did not burn. It was demolished in 2000, and a city park was built on the site. 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./end-of-prohibition-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/end-of-prohibition-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA crowd in Marietta celebrates the end of prohibition. In 1935 the Georgia legislature approved the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, which called for a statewide referendum on the issue of repeal and tasked the State Revenue Commission with drafting new regulations to govern the sale and distribution of alcohol. 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./entrance-processing-station-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/entrance-processing-station-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis 28,000-square-foot building opened on January 13, 2000, to house the Military Entrance Processing Station at Fort Gillem. The base closed in 2011. Courtesy of Garrison Public Affairs Office, Fort McPherson 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./fayetteville-academy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fayetteville-academy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlStudents of the Fayetteville Academy in Fayette County gather before the school in the mid-1880s. The school, which served as the model for Margaret Mitchell's fictional Fayetteville Female Academy in Gone With the Wind, was housed in the Holliday-Dorsey-Fife home, erected in 1855. Courtesy of Fayette County Historical Society  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./forest-park-depot-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/forest-park-depot-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis depot at Forest Park, shown circa 1900, was one of the stops along the railroad to Jonesboro, in Clayton County. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrnyzrcilqaiZlKh8p7vRnqqtZaCWv6x5w56nqKyPZX1yew%3D%3D/gena-spivey-vanderkloot-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gena-spivey-vanderkloot-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDobbs, Chris. "Gena Spivey VanDerKloot." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Jul 19, 2017. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/gena-spivey-vanderkloot/ Dobbs, C. (2017). Gena Spivey VanDerKloot. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved Jul 19, 2017, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/gena-spivey-vanderkloot/ Dobbs, Chris. "Gena Spivey VanDerKloot." New Georgia Encyclopedia, 04 January 2017, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/gena-spivey-vanderkloot/. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJ%2BVo65uv8%2BirZ6xXauur7DEq6Klp5%2BpfA%3D%3D/general-government-politics-topics.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/general-government-politics-topics.htmlSea Island hosted the 2004 G8 Summit. From left, Bertie Ahern of the European Union, Romano Prodi of the European Commission, Tony Blair of the United Kingdom, Jacques Chirac of France, Paul Martin of Canada, Gerhard Shroeder of Germany, Vladimir Putin of Russia, Junichiro Koizumi of Japan, George W. Bush of the United States, and Silvio Berlusconi of Italy. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLPEp5yrmZxitLDCxKulpp2eqXqxu8uiq6Kbo2LBsLzInKpo/herbert-creecy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/herbert-creecy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHerbert Creecy,  an abstract expressionist artist, was born in 1939 in Norfolk, Virginia, and grew up in Atlanta. After graduating from the Atlanta College of Art, he received a fellowship in 1964 from the French government to study with the renowned British printmaker Stanley William Hayter. Creecy made his home and studio in an old cotton factory in Barnesville, the seat of Lamar County, where he developed techniques in airbrushing with wet paint and in printmaking with polyurethane transfers./james-weldon-johnson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/james-weldon-johnson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJames Weldon Johnson, noted Harlem Renaissance poet and civil rights leader, graduated from Atlanta University (now Clark Atlanta University) in 1894. While a student in Atlanta, Johnson also taught school for two summers in nearby Hampton. 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./jean-childs-young-and-rosalynn-carter.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jean-childs-young-and-rosalynn-carter.htmlJean Childs Young (left), pictured with Rosalynn Carter in 1979, was appointed by U.S. president Jimmy Carter as chair of the 1979 International Year of the Child, a program celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child. The program also worked to raise awareness of children's rights and issues. Courtesy of Archives Division, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System./legislative-process-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/legislative-process-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlArticle III of the state constitution assigns legislative power—essentially, the responsibility to make the law of the state—to the Georgia General Assembly. Under the government’s system of separation of powers, legislative power cannot be delegated to any other branch of government, and although the people are ultimately sovereign in Georgia, the state’s legislative power cannot be delegated to the public. This is because Georgia’s constitution makes no provision for popular initiative and allows only the General Assembly to propose legislation./let-me-live-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/let-me-live-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAngelo Herndon, arrested in 1932 as a Communist insurrectionist while organizing workers in Atlanta, spent five years in the Georgia penal system before the U.S. Supreme Court granted his freedom in 1937. Herndon chronicled his experiences in Let Me Live, which was published by Random House in 1937. 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./marsh-cumberland-island-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/marsh-cumberland-island-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMarshes trap sediments discharged from mainland rivers, protecting the appearance and recreational qualities of Cumberland's beach. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoJyon6KWvanFjJ6lr6GipLuusc2tZpytnZeys7jAp5tmoaOhrq%2BwjqZka3Bpa3w%3D/mcdonald-s-qiana-scarf-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mcdonald-s-qiana-scarf-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMcDonald’s scarf, 1976, Qiana. Courtesy of Ashley Callahan 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%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJ6ilrustcRmrp6kk518p77Ap6KinV2ssq2vx5hnam1f/mcintosh-inn-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mcintosh-inn-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe McIntosh Inn, built in 1823 at Indian Springs in Butts County by Creek leader William McIntosh, thrived as a popular resort until the 1930s. In 1825 McIntosh signed the Treaty of Indian Springs with the U.S. government at the hotel; he was murdered three months later by angry Creeks who considered the agreement a betrayal. Photograph by Melinda Smith Mullikin, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./military-flyer-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/military-flyer-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis postcard depicts the Wright brothers' Military Flyer, first flown in 1909. The development of this plane marks the beginning of U.S. military aviation. In World War I, the demands of battle dictated many uses for flying machines, including reconnaissance, bomb deployment, and the pursuit and attack of other planes. 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./mulberry-cme-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mulberry-cme-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMulberry Christian Methodist Episcopal Church was built in 1873 and offered church services and a school to Black residents of Lincolnton, the seat of Lincoln County. A congregation of approximately 200 members continues to meet in the church. Courtesy of Lincolnton-Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce 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./nap-rucker-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/nap-rucker-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlNap Rucker, a native of Crabapple, pitched for the Brooklyn Superbas (later the Brooklyn Dodgers) throughout his career in major league baseball, from 1907 to 1916. Rucker is pictured on a baseball card issued in 1911 by the American Tobacco Company. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Benjamin K. Edwards Collection, #LC-USZC2-1363. 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./otis-redding-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/otis-redding-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn just a few short years, Otis Redding became one of the most admired and influential soul musicians, and he is still praised by many as the greatest popular-music vocalist ever to call Georgia home. Born on September 9, 1941, in Dawson, in Terrell County, Redding moved with his family to Macon when he was three years old. In order to offer financial help to his struggling family, Redding dropped out of Macon’s Ballard Hudson High School in the tenth grade and went to work as a member of Little Richard’s rock-and-roll band, the Upsetters./paula-deen-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/paula-deen-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPaula Deen is a Savannah-based restaurateur, author, and television personality. Her cooking and businesses have won both praise and criticism, especially after her past use of racial slurs and promotion of high-sugar recipes while being diabetic became known. Paula Ann Hiers was born in Albany on January 19, 1947, to Corrie and Earl Hiers. She spent her early childhood at River Bend, a small resort in Dougherty County owned by her grandparents./peachtree-city-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/peachtree-city-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPeachtree City, called “the most successful planned community in the nation,” encompasses twenty-four square miles in Fayette County. The city is situated about twenty-two miles south of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and is accessible by Interstate 85 as well as Georgia Highways 54 and 74. The CSX Railroad offers direct freight rail service, and its Falcon Field is an airport popular with private pilots. According to the U.S. Census Bureau the population of Peachtree City in 2020 was 38,244, an increase from the 2010 population of 34,364./pine-needle-basket-with-lid.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/pine-needle-basket-with-lid.htmlPine Needle Basket with Lid by Norma Brumback is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Fiber (straw), 6 x 9 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomqiknJqwtbXOp6pon5Wkv6i1wKxkrKyRqbJurdGtZJynnKGypMDIqKVoqJmjsq%2BxxJ2jnmWSlsCssdNmrqKsmGK5qrC%2Bm6mupZKWsKyrj2loaA%3D%3D/ponce-de-leon-apartments-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ponce-de-leon-apartments-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Ponce de Leon Apartments, designed by W. L. Stoddart and completed in 1913, was the premier apartment building in Atlanta during the late Victorian period. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./preston-king-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/preston-king-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPreston King, an accomplished lecturer and professor of philosophy, lived abroad in exile for nearly forty years. A member of an Albany family well known for civil rights activism, King was convicted of draft evasion in 1961. Believing he had been unfairly treated, he left the country to pursue a career in higher education. The King Family Preston Theodore King was born in Albany on March 3, 1936, the youngest of seven sons born to Margaret Slater and Clennon W./ralph-mcgill-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ralph-mcgill-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRalph McGill, a native Tennessean, began working for the Atlanta Constitution as an assistant sports editor in 1929. He became editor of the newspaper in 1942 and publisher in 1960, holding that position until his death in 1969. Through his daily columns McGill became a leading voice in the civil rights movement, and in 1959 he won the Pulitzer Prize in editorial writing. 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./resource-conservation-and-recovery-act-subtitle-c.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/resource-conservation-and-recovery-act-subtitle-c.htmlSubtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) is a comprehensive plan developed to manage hazardous waste from its point of origin through disposal. Georgia is home to numerous producers of hazardous and biohazardous materials, including power-generating facilities, manufacturing businesses, hospitals, and some government agencies. Industries and government institutions in Georgia that produce or store hazardous wastes are regulated through the Hazardous Waste Management Branch of the Environmental Protection Division, a part of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources./revolutionary-war-in-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/revolutionary-war-in-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThough Georgians opposed British trade regulations, many hesitated to join the revolutionary movement that emerged in the American colonies in the early 1770s and resulted in the Revolutionary War (1775-83). The colony had prospered under royal rule, and many Georgians thought that they needed the protection of British troops against a possible Indian attack. Georgia did not send representatives to the First Continental Congress that met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1774./savannah-rice-plantations-1825-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/savannah-rice-plantations-1825-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis map of Savannah River-area rice plantations was created in 1825, the same year William Grimes first published his narrative in New York City. Grimes served six enslavers in Savannah between 1811 and 1815 before escaping to freedom in New England. Chatham County Map Portfolio, compiled by workers of the Writers program of the Works Projects Administration in the State of Georgia. Sponsored by the Georgia Society of the Colonial Dames of America./society-for-georgia-archaeology-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/society-for-georgia-archaeology-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Society for Georgia Archaeology (SGA), founded in the 1930s, is a nonprofit organization composed of avocational and professional archaeologists, and interested members of the general public. The SGA’s mission is to unite all persons interested in the archaeology of Georgia and to work actively to preserve, study, and interpret Georgia’s historic and prehistoric archaeological heritage. Membership is open to all who have an interest in the cultural heritage of Georgia and who will dedicate themselves to the preservation and understanding of that heritage./steven-i-steinman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/steven-i-steinman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSteven I. Steinman  attended the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence and the Pratt Institute in New York City before moving to Atlanta in 1979. His piece Endless Journey, a textured wall sculpture the length of two football fields, covers the walls of the Buckhead MARTA station. Steinman’s pastel paintings Chattahoochee Woodland and Pine Valley (1987) are part of Georgia’s State Art Collection. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKukmsOmuoyiZKyslZ67rq3NaA%3D%3D/sundown-towns-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sundown-towns-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSundown towns are all-white communities that intentionally exclude African Americans or other minorities from residing within their boundaries by forced expulsion, violent threats, or economic coercion. Multiple sundown towns and counties appeared in Georgia during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.  Creation and Enforcement Most sundown towns emerged between the 1880s and 1960s. They were common in communities of the Northeast, Midwest, West, and parts of the South that had few African American and other minority residents prior to the 1880s./sweet-auburn-festival-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sweet-auburn-festival-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlVisitors enjoy the activities offered at the Sweet Auburn Heritage Festival, held each year in the Auburn Avenue historic district. The festival was founded in 1984 by civil rights leader Hosea Williams. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./synovus-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/synovus-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSynovus now operates banks in Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and Tennessee, as well as separate trust, brokerage, and mortgage subsidiaries. The company also owns 81 percent of TSYS, one of the largest third-party processors of electronic payments.  Courtesy of Synovus Financial Corporation 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-color-purple-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-color-purple-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Color Purple is the international best-selling novel by Alice Walker, an African American writer from Eatonton. Published in 1982, Walker’s epistolary tale chronicles the startling tragedy and triumph of a poor Black woman named Celie in her struggle for self-empowerment, sexual freedom, and spiritual growth in rural Georgia in the early twentieth century. The novel has received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award, and was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award./troup-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/troup-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTroup County, Georgia’s sixty-third, was established on the border of Alabama, along with four other counties, by an act of the state legislature in 1825. Georgia governor George Troup, for whom the county was named, signed an act organizing the former Creek Indian lands into counties. As one of its first official acts, the new Troup County government selected a site for the county seat. They chose a location near the geographic center of the county and named the town after the Chateau de LaGrange, the country estate of the Marquis de Lafayette, a French general and hero of the American Revolution (1775-83)./vaclav-havel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/vaclav-havel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlVaclav Havel, the first president of the Czech Republic, received the Delta Prize for Global Understanding in 2004. Havel was recognized for his efforts against communist political repression in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as for his leadership in creating a more peaceful Europe. Image from Jiří Jiroutek 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./vietnam-war-protest-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/vietnam-war-protest-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1970 demonstrators in downtown Atlanta protest U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War (1964-73). Most antiwar marches in the city, which took place from the late 1960s to the early 1970s, followed a route down Peachtree Street to Piedmont Park. Photograph by Carter Tomassi 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./welcome-center-hostess-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/welcome-center-hostess-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1962 Georgia opened its first welcome center along Highway 301 in Sylvania, near the South Carolina border. While travelers picked up maps, brochures, and souvenirs, hostesses armed with southern hospitality and donated Coca-Cola, peanuts, and Royal Crown cola would persuade them to stay and see Georgia's many attractions. Soon thereafter, welcome centers were built at Savannah, Lavonia, Ringgold, Columbus, and Valdosta. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZonLGgmZe2tbXOp2asnZWeu6h5xp6mq5%2BZlnqktMCnnqKml2LDqr%2FIqKWsZZ%2BberW71KugrKVdnrtuwMeeZKanlJq%2Fr3nSqKytoF%2Bssq2vzqacZpuVo8GmvoyhpqyslajAoHyPamY%3D/wesberry-v-sanders-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wesberry-v-sanders-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn the 1964 ruling Wesberry v. Sanders—a suit pursued by a group of Fulton County voters against Georgia officials, including Governor Carl Sanders—the U.S. Supreme Court built on its previous ruling in Gray v. Sanders (1963) to hold that all federal congressional districts within each state had to be made up of a roughly equal number of voters. With this ruling the Court radically altered how state legislatures would thereafter draw congressional districts, which, before Wesberry​, often reflected long-established groupings of counties that ignored intervening urbanization and other major shifts in population./workmen-s-circle-awards-banquet-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 21 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/workmen-s-circle-awards-banquet-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe first Organized Labor and Workmen's Circle Banquet took place in May 1969 at the Sheraton-Biltmore Hotel in Atlanta. Seated from left to right: E. L. Abercrombie, Oliver Singleton, Gid Parham, Joe Jacobs, Robert Shadix, and Harold Bauman. Standing from left to right: Joe Baylan, Irving Gordon, E. T. Kehrer, George Caudelle, Harris Jacobs, John Wright, and James Howard (?). 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./alex-cooley-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/alex-cooley-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAlex Cooley gives an interview to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 1998. Cooley became a concert promoter during the late 1960s and founded the city's Midtown Music Festival in 1994. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./altamaha-river-watershed-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/altamaha-river-watershed-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Altamaha River, formed by the convergence of the Oconee and Ocmulgee rivers, drains into the Atlantic Ocean at Darien. The Altamaha watershed is the largest in Georgia and the third largest in the United States to drain into the Atlantic. Courtesy of Georgia Rivers LMER 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./appalachian-plateau-geologic-province-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/appalachian-plateau-geologic-province-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLocated in the northwest corner of Georgia, Sand, Lookout, and Pigeon mountains belong to the geologic province known as the Appalachian, or Cumberland, Plateau. This plateau extends continuously from New York to Alabama and forms the western boundary of the Appalachian Mountains. The area has great economic significance because the vast Appalachian coalfield lies beneath it. Only a small segment of the plateau lies in Georgia, and yet this area is one of the most scenic in the state./architects-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/architects-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Atlanta History Museum, located on the campus of the Atlanta History Center, is one of the Southeast's largest history museums. The 30,000-square-foot facility, designed by architect George T. Heery, opened in 1993 and houses four permanent exhibitions, as well as two galleries for traveling exhibitions. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcK3RnJ%2BirJWYwbR7/atlanta-auditorium-and-armory-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-auditorium-and-armory-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Atlanta Auditorium and Armory (later Atlanta Municipal Auditorium), pictured circa 1916, was the venue in 1910 for the first concert presented by the Atlanta Colored Music Festival Association. The concerts continued annually until about 1918. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./babbie-mason-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/babbie-mason-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBabbie Mason is an award-winning contemporary Christian singer and songwriter. She is also known for the television talk show, Babbie's House, and teaching songwriting at Point University, formerly Atlanta Christian College. Courtesy of Babbie Mason 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./bartram-travels-title-page-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bartram-travels-title-page-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe title page of William Bartram's Travels (1791). The book has been reprinted many times and continues to fascinate American readers. 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%2BOoJyon6KWvanFjJ6lr6GipLuusc2tZrChnKG2ormMm5irrKKWum61zWaenqeinLaie8Gaqa2qkaJ6tb7Ar5ylq12ptrW4xGanmp%2BVlH1xfYxrZg%3D%3D/bellsouth-van-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bellsouth-van-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA BellSouth service van contains installation and repair equipment for such products as local and long-distance telephone service, Internet service, and satellite television. BellSouth offered these services in Georgia from 1984 until its merger with AT&T in 2006. Courtesy of AT&T 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./blue-ridge-scenic-railway-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/blue-ridge-scenic-railway-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Blue Ridge Scenic Railway transports tourists on excursion trips between Blue Ridge, the seat of Fannin County, and McCaysville. The train operates each year from April through December. 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./bruce-and-morgan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bruce-and-morgan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAlexander Bruce (1835-1927) and Thomas Henry Morgan (1857-1940) formed the successor firm to the highly  successful Parkins and Bruce in Atlanta in 1882. Much like its predecessor, Bruce and Morgan (1882-1904) was the most successful architectural business in Georgia. Its multistate practice was based, in part, on a new concept of specialization. The two partners also led the way in promoting professionalization in their field. Although the firm designed all types of structures from a small “baby” cottage at the Methodist Orphanage in Decatur (1899) to the massive Queen Anne style Wigwam Hotel in Indian Springs (1890), it specialized in large civic or education buildings in its early years./brunswick-1898-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/brunswick-1898-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOn October 2, 1898, the city of Brunswick was flooded by a hurricane. This picture shows Newcastle Street between Monk and Mansfield streets. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./butterflies-and-moths-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/butterflies-and-moths-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlButterflies and moths are insects grouped into a family called Lepidoptera. There are several hundred butterfly species and more than 1,000 moth species in Georgia. Many species are native, but quite a few migrate annually or become visitors to the state during the summer months. Butterflies and moths are second only to bees and wasps as the pollinators of flowers in Georgia. Their greatest importance is to the native flowers and trees, as many of the state’s native plants rely on the butterflies and moths, rather than on bees, for pollination./c-a-bacote-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/c-a-bacote-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlC. A. Bacote was a distinguished historian, scholar, and political activist who dedicated his life to educating Black voters in Atlanta. He was responsible for helping to register thousands of African American voters in the mid-1940s and for organizing them into a political force in the city. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6co5qqlaOwpnnAZpmam5%2Bpsm59mGltZmlpbX5wuYxqcGlsXw%3D%3D/catoosa-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/catoosa-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Catoosa County Courthouse, built in Ringgold in 1939, is the county's second courthouse. Designed in the colonial revival style, the courthouse replaced an older one that survived the Civil War.  Photograph by Brent Moore 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./charles-taze-russell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/charles-taze-russell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCharles Taze Russell, pictured in 1917, founded the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society, the forerunner of the modern-day Jehovah's Witnesses, in Pennsylvania in 1884. As of 2005 approximately 16,000 Witnesses made Georgia their home. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Historic American Buildings Survey, #HABS GA,107-SPLA,1-1. 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./chattahoochee-brick-company-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/chattahoochee-brick-company-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Chattahoochee Brick Company was among the largest and most notorious employers of convict labor in Georgia. Under the terms of the convict lease system, Chattahoochee Brick forced thousands of Black Georgians to labor under conditions that have been described as industrial slavery. 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./eastern-oyster-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/eastern-oyster-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBecause they tolerate only low-salinity water, Eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) are found in sounds, estuaries, salt marshes, and tidal creeks. In the early 1900s Georgia produced more oysters commercially than any other state. Today, Georgia's oyster industry is only worth about $100,000. Courtesy of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Estuarine Research Reserve Collection. 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./elder-mill-covered-bridge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/elder-mill-covered-bridge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Elder Mill Covered Bridge in Oconee County was constructed in 1897 and relocated to its current position south of Watkinsville during the 1920s. One of the last of its kind in the state, the bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. Photograph by Melinda Smith Mullikin, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./enslaved-woman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/enslaved-woman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEnslaved women played an integral part in Georgia's colonial and antebellum history. Scholars are beginning to pay more attention to issues of gender in their study of slavery and are finding that enslaved women faced additional burdens and even more challenges than did some enslaved men. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6epaykkauypXnWqKSepl%2BienKDj29m/farm-bureau-meeting-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/farm-bureau-meeting-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFarmers arrive at a meeting of the Georgia Farm Bureau held at the Auburn Consolidated School in Barrow County, circa 1935. The state bureau is affiliated with the American Farm Bureau, which was an active participant in Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs during the 1930s. 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./fulton-county-sewing-project-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fulton-county-sewing-project-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Fulton County Sewing Project employed many Atlanta women in the 1930s and was one of a number of service ventures operated by the Civil Works Administration's Divison of Women's Work. Formed in 1933, the CWA was among the many New Deal agencies and programs designed to provide relief to Americans during the Great Depression. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6nnLBllJqurXvMZmpscWlk/gene-gun-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gene-gun-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA gene gun shoots small gold particles coated with selected genes from one organism into the plasma membrane of a target organism. The genes contain information for desirable traits, such as disease resistance, that researchers hope will be expressed by the target organism. Photograph by Sarah E. McKee, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./georgia-hall-roosevelt-warm-springs-institute-for-rehabilitation.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-hall-roosevelt-warm-springs-institute-for-rehabilitation.htmlGeorgia Hall was the first building to be constructed after Franklin D. Roosevelt purchased the property and turned the facility into a polio treatment center in 1927. The building was paid for with nickels and dimes sent by people from all over Georgia. Courtesy of the Roosevelt Warm Springs Institute for Rehabilitation 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./gone-with-the-wind-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gone-with-the-wind-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAtlanta native Margaret Mitchell’s 1936 novel of the Civil War (1861-65) and Reconstruction in Georgia, Gone With the Wind, occupies an important place in any history of twentieth-century American literature. Dismissed by most academic literary critics for being uneven, flawed, and conventionally written in an age marked by literary experimentation, and attacked by some cultural commentators as promulgating racist myths and undermining the very foundations of its basically feminist paradigm, the best-selling novel of the twentieth century continues to withstand its detractors./gone-with-the-wind-premiere.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gone-with-the-wind-premiere.htmlThe film premiere of Gone With the Wind took place at the Loew's Grand Theater in Atlanta on December 15, 1939. Mayor William B. Hartsfield declared a citywide holiday, and a crowd of 18,000 gathered outside the theater to catch a glimpse of the film's stars. In attendance were lead actors Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable, a portrait of whom is visible above the theater's entrance. 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./gwinnett-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gwinnett-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGwinnett County, in the Atlanta metropolitan area, has been one of the fastest growing counties in the United States since the 1970s. According to the 2020 U.S. census, its population is 957,032, an increase from the 2010 population of 805,321. Gwinnett County’s close proximity to downtown Atlanta, along with its commitment to expansion of both economic and civic infrastructures, has contributed to its rapid growth. Interstates 85 and 985 traverse the county, as do numerous highways./habitat-for-humanity-international-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/habitat-for-humanity-international-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHabitat for Humanity International is a nonprofit, interdenominational Christian organization that provides housing for people in need throughout the world. Founded in 1976 by Millard and Linda Fuller, Habitat has built and repaired more than 1 million houses with volunteer labor as of 2015, earning a reputation as a leader in the fight against homelessness. Habitat is headquartered in Americus. Beginnings The only child of an Alabama sharecropper, Millard Fuller worked odd jobs to put himself through college and law school./harry-the-hawk-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/harry-the-hawk-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTwo members of the dance squad for the Atlanta Hawks pose with the team mascot, Harry the Hawk. The twenty-member dance team performs at all the Hawks' home games, which are played in State Farm Arena. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./james-habersham-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/james-habersham-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA portrait of James Habersham Sr., president of the state legislature and acting governor during the colonial era, was painted by artist Jeremiah Theus in the 1770s. Theus, a native of Switzerland, lived and worked in Charleston, South Carolina, for several decades and established himself as a prominent southern painter. Oil on canvas. 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./john-reynolds-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-reynolds-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJohn Reynolds, a captain in the British royal navy, served as Georgia’s first royal governor from late 1754 to early 1757. Little is known about Reynolds’s early life except that his birth occurred in England circa 1713 and that at fifteen years of age he volunteered for service in the British navy. His career advanced slowly but steadily. He obtained command of his first vessel, the fireship Scipio, in 1745, and the next year he served as captain of the Arundel, a forty-gun vessel./lester-maddox-riding-bicycle-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lester-maddox-riding-bicycle-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGovernor Lester Maddox performs his signature trick: riding a bicycle backward. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKSVqMGmvoymmJ2cn616coWQbmRraGBofK6tw6ivZqqZmbavs4yboJyxk6Gybq7AnKKwmaKZwG67zWaqraqVmsGgfI9qZg%3D%3D/massee-apartment-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/massee-apartment-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Massee Apartment Building in Macon is one of Hentz, Reid, and Adler's many notable commercial buildings in the state. Image from The Massee 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./massie-school-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/massie-school-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1856 noted architect John Norris was hired to build the school. Norris created Massie's central building on East Gordon Street at Calhoun Square. When it opened that same year, Massie was Savannah's first public school. Courtesy of Massie Heritage Center 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./mattiwilda-dobbs-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mattiwilda-dobbs-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis portrait of opera singer Mattiwilda Dobbs was made in 1955 by the American photographer Carl Van Vechten, who photographed many notable artists of the Harlem Renaissance. Dobbs, the daughter of prominent Black activist John Wesley Dobbs, was a native of Atlanta and Spelman College graduate who rose to international fame as an opera diva during the 1950s. Dobbs performed at opera houses and festivals around the world, but she did not sing before an integrated audience in her home city until 1962./morton-theatre-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/morton-theatre-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLocated in downtown Athens, the Morton Theatre was the first vaudeville theater in the United States that was built, owned, and operated by an African American. The successful businessman and politician Monroe Bowers “Pink” Morton financed the construction of the Morton Building (1909-10), located at 195 West Washington Street, on the corner of Washington and Hull streets. The building was the anchor of “Hot Corner,” the commercial center of Black life in Athens./musicians-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/musicians-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBill Lowery, pictured in 1969, poses at Bill Lowery Enterprises, which included the Lowery Music Company and the National Recording Corporation. Lowery, known as "Mr. Atlanta Music," was a prominent disc jockey, producer, manager, and music publisher in the city from 1948 until his death in 2004. He was one of the first two inductees into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, which he also helped to establish. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLnUrKCcoZGjwHA%3D/nobel-prize-acceptance-speech-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/nobel-prize-acceptance-speech-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA handwritten copy of Martin Luther King Jr.'s acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize is included in the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection. King delivered the speech in Oslo, Norway, in 1964. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./north-metro-campus-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/north-metro-campus-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe North Metro campus of Chattahoochee Technical College, formerly known as North Metro Technical College, is located in Bartow County. The campus opened in 1985 to serve northwest Atlanta. Courtesy of Technical College System 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./oglethorpe-power-corporation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/oglethorpe-power-corporation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOglethorpe Power Corporation is the largest electric power cooperative in the United States, with more than $1 billion in revenues, $7 billion in assets, and 4.1 million customers, as of 2011. It supplies wholesale electric power to thirty-nine of Georgia’s forty-one electric membership corporations (EMCs). Its headquarters are in Tucker, in DeKalb County. Oglethorpe Power’s mission is to meet the electric requirements of its member EMCs, which are owned by their residential, commercial, and industrial customers./organ-fox-theatre-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/organ-fox-theatre-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Fox Theatre's Moller Deluxe forty-two-rank pipe organ console is known as "Mighty Mo." The Moller has many sound effects, including songbirds and sirens. Photograph by Michael Portman. Courtesy of Fox Theatre 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./outdoor-recreation-attractions-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/outdoor-recreation-attractions-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHigh Falls State Park, near Jackson in Butts County, is a popular destination along the Towaliga River for camping and boating. The town of High Falls, established in the early 1800s, became a ghost town during the 1880s, when the railroads gained prominence over waterways for commercial transportation. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLvUrZuop6Jiv6av0Z6YraGfo3qiwNOrmJysmaS7tHs%3D/political-parties-interest-groups-movements.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/political-parties-interest-groups-movements.htmlJohn B. Gordon, a renowned Confederate officer and political leader, was a member of the Farmers' Alliance in Georgia until the organization's split with the Democratic Party in 1892. A member of the Bourbon Triumvirate, Gordon served multiple terms in the U.S. Senate and, from 1886 to 1890, as governor of the state. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLzOpaCtoZOWuW68wKurop2jYravwMSrnKysXZy%2FsMHPrGSmp6aauqa606xm/portal-series-18-luminous-being-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/portal-series-18-luminous-being-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPortal Series #18—Luminous Being by Leland Staven is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Acrylic, 30 1/2 x 34 3/4 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomqiknJqwtbXOp6pon5Wkv6i1wKxkrKyRqbJurdGtZJynnKGypMDIqKVoqJ%2BnwaK4jKycq6GVqHpyhIylrKahnqTCtHnBnqCnn4%2BowaLCxKeWaWhhZA%3D%3D/reservoirs-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/reservoirs-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlReservoirs are water impoundments—or human-built lakes—that do not occur naturally in the landscape. The land that makes up present-day Georgia had few natural lakes before European settlement, and most impoundments, formed by beavers and debris dams from high flows, were relatively small. The lack of glacial retreat, land slope, and local geology provided conditions for large and small rivers and streams but not for lakes. The natural water bodies that occur in Georgia are primarily located in the southern part of the state in the Coastal Plain, where sinkhole lakes and isolated wetlands in natural shallow depressions largely fed by rain and shallow groundwater, called Carolina bays, form./richmond-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/richmond-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRichmond County, in east central Georgia bordering the Savannah River and the South Carolina state line, was created in 1777 as one of Georgia’s original counties. It replaced the former parish of St. Paul, established in 1758 under the colonial government. Early History The county was named for Charles Lenox, duke of Richmond, who was sympathetic to the cause of the American Revolution (1775-83). First settled in the 1730s, Richmond County originally encompassed all of present-day Richmond, Columbia, and McDuffie counties, as well as parts of Warren, Glascock, and Jefferson counties./rosalynn-carter-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rosalynn-carter-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRosalynn Carter, wife of the thirty-ninth U.S. president, Jimmy Carter, forged a career in public service as one of the nation’s foremost advocates for mental health. Her lifelong dedication to improving life for women, children, the elderly, people with mental illness, and impoverished people worldwide earned her numerous awards and honors, including an induction into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 2001. She was born Eleanor Rosalynn Smith on August 18, 1927, in Plains, the daughter of Wilburn Edgar Smith, an auto mechanic and farmer, and Frances Allethea Murray, a dressmaker./seney-stovall-chapel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/seney-stovall-chapel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Seney-Stovall Chapel, an octagonal structure built in the 1880s, served as the chapel for the Lucy Cobb Institute, a secondary school for girls in Athens. Restoration of the Victorian chapel, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was completed in 1997. 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./shirley-cooper-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/shirley-cooper-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFoley, Kayla. "Shirley Cooper." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Jul 21, 2017. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/shirley-cooper/ Foley, K. (2015). Shirley Cooper. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved Jul 21, 2017, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/shirley-cooper/ Foley, Kayla. "Shirley Cooper." New Georgia Encyclopedia, 28 October 2015, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/shirley-cooper/. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKuYnr%2BtsdhmmqinoJq%2FcA%3D%3D/st-eom-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/st-eom-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe self-taught artist and Georgia native St. EOM established the visionary art site Pasaquan in the mid-1950s. Located in Marion County, Pasaquan is maintained and operated today by Columbus State University, which assumed control of the site in 2016. St. EOM was born Eddie Owens Martin on July 4, 1908, in Marion County to Lydia Pearl and Julius Roe Martin, a sharecropper. In 1922, seeking to escape the rural life of his parents, he left home and ultimately moved to New York City, where he began to study art in the city’s museums and libraries./still-life-complex-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/still-life-complex-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlStill Life Complex by Paul Chelko is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Mixed media, 32 x 23 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomqiknJqwtbXOp6pon5Wkv6i1wKxkrKyRqbJurdGtZJynnKGypMDIqKVoq6Seua15y6KdnmWTpLqxuMSxlpyglaG4sKuPaWho/stylized-blue-jays-on-acorn.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/stylized-blue-jays-on-acorn.htmlStylized Blue Jays on Acorn by Tim Arkansaw is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Sculpture 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomqiknJqwtbXOp6pon5Wkv6i1wKxkrKyRqbJurdGtZJynnKGypMDIqKVoq6SuuarGxJ1km6SlmnqrrdisZKimXZawsL7NmJiro5GjwKLDvmlnamc%3D/suzanne-yoculan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/suzanne-yoculan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSuzanne Yoculan became the head coach for the University of Georgia Gym Dogs in 1984, and she retired in 2009. Named the NCAA coach of the year five times during her tenure at Georgia, Yoculan led the team to ten national titles and sixteen Southeastern Conference titles. Courtesy of University of Georgia Sports Communications 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./television-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/television-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMembers of the board for the Nuclear Threat Initiative include, back row, left to right: Fujia Yang, Eugene E. Habiger, Hisashi Owada, Susan Eisenhower, Sam Nunn, Ted Turner, Andrei Kokoshin, Jessica Mathews, Charles B. Curtis, Prince El Hassan bin Talal. Front row, left to right: William Perry, Rolf Ekeus, Richard G. Lugar, Nafis Sadik. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcMDEpZyvoaOevK97/tom-graffagnio-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tom-graffagnio-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDobbs, Chris. "Tom Graffagnio." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Jul 19, 2017. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/tom-graffagnio/ Dobbs, C. (2017). Tom Graffagnio. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved Jul 19, 2017, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/tom-graffagnio/ Dobbs, Chris. "Tom Graffagnio." New Georgia Encyclopedia, 05 July 2017, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/tom-graffagnio/. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKyfonqovsCfnZqfnp68cA%3D%3D/uncle-remus-tales-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/uncle-remus-tales-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Uncle Remus tales are African American trickster stories about the exploits of Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, and other “creeturs” that were recreated in Black regional dialect by Joel Chandler Harris. Harris, a native of Eatonton, was a literary comedian, New South journalist, amateur folklorist, southern local-color writer, and children’s author. Origins and Influences Two-thirds of Harris’s celebrated trickster tales—which constitute the largest gathering of African American folktales published in the nineteenth century—derive their deep structures and primary motifs from African folktales that were brought to the New World and then retold and elaborated upon by enslaved African Americans living in the southeastern United States./william-alexander-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/william-alexander-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWilliam Alexander began his coaching career at Georgia Tech in 1908, becoming head coach of the football team in 1920. Alexander led the Yellow Jackets to all four major bowl games during his career, as well as to the 1928 national championship. 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./141c-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/141c-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe C-141C model aircraft was designed during the late 1990s to improve upon the earlier C-141 Starlifter models. Its many technological advancements include a digital autopilot and the All Weather Flight Control System. Courtesy of Robins Air Force Base 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./antebellum-music-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/antebellum-music-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe musical life of antebellum Georgia is remarkable not so much for its originality—much of the music heard in Georgia was heard nationwide—but for its diversity and the extent to which it permeated the lives of the citizenry. In 1800 Georgians were still singing “Yankee Doodle” with nationalistic pride in the streets of Savannah. Sixty years later they were whistling “Dixie.” The songs stand as musical bookends to the antebellum period and illustrate the monumental and wrenching change from the youthful cockiness of a union newly formed to the calamity of disunion./apple-monument-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/apple-monument-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe "Home of the Big Red Apple" monument, built in downtown Cornelia in 1925, commemorates the importance of apples to the economy of Habersham County. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./april-in-georgia-history-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/april-in-georgia-history-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA number of significant historical events have occurred in Georgia during the month of April. 1700-1749 1732 King George II of England signed a charter establishing the trustee colony of Georgia. 1750-1799 1752 The   Georgia Trustees ceded control of the colony to the British crown, after twenty years of rule. 1758 Much of Fort Frederica, established by James Oglethorpe on St. Simons Island, burned down. 1788 The first annual conference of Methodists in Georgia was held near Elberton./atlanta-business-chronicle-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-business-chronicle-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Atlanta Business Chronicle, a weekly journal, has covered economic trends, events, and multimillion-dollar developments in Atlanta’s business community since the late 1970s. As of 2007 the Chronicle had a total circulation of 39,500 and a staff of 67; its offices are located in Atlanta. The emergence of the Atlanta Business Chronicle and similar newspapers across the country occurred at the end of the 1970s, as publishers attempted to reach the untapped readers and advertising dollars of the business community, which was largely underserved by the mainstream media./atlanta-pride-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-pride-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMembers of the Southern Element Flag Corps march down Peachtree Street in 1994 during the city's annual gay pride parade. A chapter of the Gay Liberation Front opened in Atlanta in 1971 and organized the city's first pride parade from 7th Street to Piedmont Park.  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./berry-college-agricultural-program-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/berry-college-agricultural-program-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWhen Martha Berry established her Boys’ Industrial School in 1902 on eighty-three acres of land given to her by her father, little did she dream of the recognition she would receive for her agricultural efforts. In September 2002 the Agricultural Hall of Fame at the University of Georgia inducted Martha Berry posthumously for her contribution in agriculture to the state. Having seen the poor level of productivity on the farms and the poverty that prevailed in the Appalachian foothills surrounding her home at Oak Hill near Rome, she vowed to help these rural families by teaching the boys whom she could entice to come to her school improved farm methods and ways of achieving greater productivity on the land./birdsong-nature-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/birdsong-nature-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBirdsong Nature Center is a model of biodiversity and environmental stewardship in the red hills of southwest Georgia. Located between Thomasville and Tallahassee, Florida, Birdsong offers 565 acres of varied ecological habitats, including twelve miles of maintained trails for birding and hiking. Birdsong is the living legacy of Ed and Betty Komarek, who purchased the plantation in 1938. In 1934 Herbert L. Stoddard, the famed wildlife manager, hired Ed Komarek, who was then a biology student at the University of Illinois, to aid him in his study of the declining quail population in the red hills./c-5-galaxy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/c-5-galaxy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Lockheed-Georgia C-5 Galaxy can carry 135 tons of cargo, making it the largest production aircraft built in the United States and avital part of any military action in which large amounts of material need to be airlifted around the world. It has a wingspan of just under 223 feet (compared with just over 195 feet for Boeing 747-100s,-200s,-300s, and-400s; and with just over 225 feet for the Boeing 747-400XQLR) and is 247 feet long and 65 feet high./charles-callis-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/charles-callis-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCharles Callis directed the Southern States Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Atlanta from 1919 to early 1934, when he left for Salt Lake City, Utah, to fulfull his 1933 calling to be one of the church's Quorum of Twelve Apostles. Photograph by American Foto News. Courtesy of the Church Archives, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 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./charley-trippi-on-the-field.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/charley-trippi-on-the-field.htmlCharley Trippi runs a play with the 1942 University of Georgia football team. The team was declared a national champion after winning the Rose Bowl against the University of Califorinia at Los Angeles. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./colonoware-pitcher-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/colonoware-pitcher-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlColonoware, a form of earthenware pottery, was made by African Americans on plantations in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Produced circa 1740, this pitcher was found during an exacavation in Charleston, South Carolina, during the late 1990s. Courtesy of New South Associates 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./cox-communications-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/cox-communications-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAtlanta-based Cox Communications, Inc., the nation’s third-largest cable-television provider, serves more than 6.7 million customers and employs more than 23,000 people nationwide. It is a privately held, wholly owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, Inc. Keeping pace with the changing technological landscape since its inception, Cox Communications has evolved as one of the nation’s leading multiservice broadband communications companies, offering cable and advanced digital video services to customers in twenty-two states. Additionally, the company offers home communications and entertainment services, including local and long distance telephone service and high-speed Internet access./de-renne-family-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/de-renne-family-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBetween 1844 and 1969 the first three generations of the De Renne family of Savannah made notable contributions to Georgia history by collecting materials relating to the state’s past and by printing primary sources and other historical works relating to Georgia as colony and state. George Wymberley Jones De Renne (1827-1880) Born into one of Georgia’s oldest and wealthiest families as George Frederick Tilghman Jones, George Wymberley Jones (G.W.J.) De Renne legally changed his name in 1866./downtown-stone-mountain-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/downtown-stone-mountain-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe town at the base of Stone Mountain was founded in 1847. The expansion of Georgia's railways connected Stone Mountain to residents in Atlanta and as far away as Augusta. Photograph by Daniel Meyer, Wikimedia 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./farmers-mutual-exchange-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/farmers-mutual-exchange-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFarmers gather in 1949 for the opening of the Farmers Mutual Exchange, likely a cooperative for cotton producers, in Winder. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrnynrdGmZJynn6Wys63Toq2eq1%2BienmEl3Bm/fort-benning-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fort-benning-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlU.S. soldiers, pictured in the spring of 1942, undergo training at Fort Benning in Columbus. During World War II Fort Benning was the largest infantry training post in the world. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./georgia-penitentiary-at-milledgeville-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-penitentiary-at-milledgeville-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia was one of the first southern states to build a penitentiary to confine criminals. In 1803, when the city of Milledgeville was chosen to replace Louisville as the capital of Georgia, a square of sixteen acres was set aside for a penitentiary. Governor John Milledge asked the 1804 legislature to establish a penitentiary system “with the view of softening the rigors of our penal code.” Although the legislature did not approve plans for a penitentiary, the subject continued to be on the agendas of successive governors./georgia-state-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-state-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia State University (GSU) is the largest school in the University System of Georgia. After it merged with Georgia Perimeter College in January 2016, its enrollment jumped from approximately 30,000 students to approximately 54,000 students. An urban university centered in downtown Atlanta, GSU began as an evening school and grew in response to the educational needs of the expanding metropolitan area. Before World War II (1941-45) no other major southern city had a facility like the Evening School, a public college offering degrees to working young adults./gladys-knight-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gladys-knight-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAs one of Motown’s leading ladies of soul in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Gladys Knight was the driving force behind Gladys Knight and the Pips, an all-family music group from Atlanta. The group attracted a worldwide audience and won numerous awards during its forty-year career, scoring its only number-one pop hit in 1973 with the soul classic “Midnight Train to Georgia.” Knight was born on May 28, 1944, into a family that was part of Atlanta’s growing Black middle class./granite-outcrops-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/granite-outcrops-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGranite outcrops are exposed granitic rocks, found in the Piedmont and Appalachian Mountain regions. These outcrops weather in characteristic patterns and provide unusual habitats where a unique set of plants and animals have adapted. It is estimated that more than 90 percent of the approximately 12,000 acres of exposed granite in the Southeast is located in Georgia, including Stone Mountain, the largest of the Piedmont outcrops. Geological Age and Weathering Geologists estimate that most of the granitic rocks that outcrop in the Piedmont of the southeastern United States are approximately 300-350 million years old./green-street-gallery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/green-street-gallery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Green Street Gallery at the Quinlan Visual Arts Center in Gainesville originally served as the lobby when the center was constructed in 1962. The center has displayed the work of many local artists, including Lamar Dodd, a professor at the University of Georgia, and Ed Dodd, creator of the comic strip Mark Trail. Courtesy of Quinlan Visual Arts Center 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./green-tree-frog-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/green-tree-frog-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe green tree frog can be found in wetlands of Georgia, including the Okefenokee Swamp. The chorus of these frogs during the spring and summer months can be almost deafening. 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./grier-s-almanac-1902-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/grier-s-almanac-1902-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGrier's Almanac, one of Georgia's longest-running publications, was first published in 1807 and is named for amateur astronomer Robert Grier, who provided astronomical calculations for the almanac until his death in 1848. The 1902 edition was produced during the tenure of Otis Ashmore, who served as editor of the almanac from 1882 to 1934. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJ%2BinrKzv4yao6aZnpawcLmMcXBtbF8%3D/hart-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hart-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMany 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-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/j-m-henson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJ. 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./january-1995-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/january-1995-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe 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/joseph-warren-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/joseph-warren-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis 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./ku-klux-klan-in-the-twentieth-century.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ku-klux-klan-in-the-twentieth-century.htmlA 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)./lexington-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lexington-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLexington, the seat of Oglethorpe County in northeast Georgia, is eighty-five miles east of Atlanta and seventeen miles east of Athens. An act of the Georgia legislature, dated December 1793, created Oglethorpe County from Wilkes County and authorized the establishment of a county seat. The town that would become Lexington, however, was not built for several years. An argument among county residents over the choice of two locations, less than two miles apart, delayed construction of the courthouse by appointed commissioners./lugenia-burns-hope-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lugenia-burns-hope-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLugenia Burns Hope was a prominent community organizer and civil rights activist, at both local and national levels, in the first half of the twentieth century. In 1908 she founded the Neighborhood Union to provide assistance to Atlanta's impoverished Black neighborhoods, and in 1932 she became the first vice president of the Atlanta chapter of the NAACP. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6lrKCdnp6ubq7Uq6WsZZikvaZ5kHFuamVhboF4e8xmaGppYG58/luther-s-theses-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/luther-s-theses-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLegend holds that Martin Luther, the founder of Protestantism and the Lutheran Church, nailed ninety-five theses, or opinions, of dissent to the door of the Catholic church in Wittenberg, Germany, on October 31, 1517. 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./malaria-life-cycle-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/malaria-life-cycle-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIllustration of the life cycle of the parasites of the genus Plasmodium, which are the causal agents of malaria. Courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services 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./manchester-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/manchester-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLocated in west central Georgia, about seventy-five miles southwest of Atlanta and forty miles northeast of Columbus, Manchester sits at the intersection of Georgia 85 and U.S. 27 in the southern tip of Meriwether County. According to the 2020 U.S. census, Manchester has a population of 3,584, making it the largest city in the county. Named for the industrial city in England, Manchester was incorporated in 1909. The planned city had come into existence in 1907 when the Atlanta, Birmingham, and Atlantic (AB&A) Railroad chose the site as the junction of its main rail lines to Atlanta and Birmingham, Alabama, and built extensive rail yards and shops there./masters-tournament-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/masters-tournament-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFirst played in 1934, the Masters Tournament is one of golf's four "major" events, alongside the U.S. Open, the British Open, and the PGA Championship. The tournament is staged every April at the Augusta National Golf Club. Photograph by Torrey Wiley  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./metropolitan-atlanta-rapid-transit-authority.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/metropolitan-atlanta-rapid-transit-authority.htmlThe Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, known as MARTA, provides bus and rapid rail service to the most urbanized portions of the Atlanta metropolitan area. The eighth-largest transit system in the United States, MARTA serves nearly 400,000 passengers a day. The transit agency was established in 1971 with the passage of an authorizing referendum by voters in Fulton and DeKalb counties and the city of Atlanta. A public authority operated under Georgia law, MARTA is governed by a fifteen-member board of directors with representation from Fulton, DeKalb, Clayton, and Gwinnett counties and the city of Atlanta./moonshiners-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/moonshiners-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMen operating a moonshine still in Pickens County in the 1920s. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKWfpLu0tMinnGilXWiEdH2O/new-manchester-mill-ruins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/new-manchester-mill-ruins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDuring the Civil War, Union forces burned the New Manchester Manufacturing Company on July 9, 1864. Today its ruins lie in the Sweetwater Creek State Park in Douglas County. The creek, mill ruins, and surrounding land were preserved by the Georgia Conservancy in the late 1960s. 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./olaudah-equiano-in-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/olaudah-equiano-in-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAuthor of one of the earliest and most influential slave narratives, Olaudah Equiano was an enslaved African of Igbo descent who became a master seafarer and traveled the world. The central concerns of his extraordinary life were work on the high seas, struggles for abolition and personal emancipation, and conversion to Christianity. His experiences in royal Georgia are among his autobiography’s most dramatic. Equiano, born around 1745, recounts in The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African the memories of his childhood in an inland village of present-day Nigeria, the shock of his kidnapping and transport to the coast, the agony of separation from his family, and the horror of the Middle Passage./old-habersham-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/old-habersham-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA gathering takes place in Clarkesville, the seat of Habersham County, outside the county's second courthouse. The structure was built in 1832 and destroyed in 1898. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./ossabaw-island-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ossabaw-island-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLying twenty miles south of Savannah, Ossabaw, the principal barrier island of the upper Georgia coast (11,800 upland acres) and the third largest of Georgia’s Sea Islands, is rich in archaeological diversity. Extensive yields of prehistoric deposits of shell mounds and artifacts on this remote and undeveloped island provide indications of human occupation dating to 2,000 B.C. Native Americans utilized the island extensively, and evidence based on Spanish records indicates that a Guale Indian village called Asapo was probably located on Ossabaw./peanut-harvest-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/peanut-harvest-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA peanut crop in Effingham County is harvested in 2005. Photo by Stephen Morton, UGA College of Agriculture 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%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrnyxscCnrK2rX6WyorrUrWSfoZWhsaB8j2tka2c%3D/plantation-portrait-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/plantation-portrait-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPlantation Portrait (1885) was painted by William Aiken Walker, a well-known itinerant painter best known for his depictions of everyday life in the South. Oil on canvas (14" x 24"). Courtesy of Morris Museum of Art 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./roadside-stand-adairsville-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/roadside-stand-adairsville-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlChenille bedspreads and other souvenirs are sold at a roadside stand on the Dixie Highway in Adairsville, circa 1930. The chenille industry first developed in Dalton, and roadside stands selling bedspreads, bathrobes, throw rugs, and other items became popular along the Dixie Highway from Michigan to Florida. 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./sam-oni-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sam-oni-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1963 Mercer University in Macon became integrated when it granted admission to Sam Oni, an applicant from the West African country of Ghana. Courtesy of Mercer University 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./shrine-of-the-immaculate-conception.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/shrine-of-the-immaculate-conception.htmlAtlanta's Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, built in 1873-80, helped to establish William H. Parkins as one of Georgia's leading architects. More than a century later, in 1982-84, the building was restored by architect Henry Howard Smith, the son of renowned Atlanta architect Francis Palmer Smith, after the church was damaged by fire. Image from Warren LeMay 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./ss8h11-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ss8h11-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmla. Explain Georgia’s response to Brown v. Board of Education including the 1956 flag and the Sibley Commission. b. Describe the role of individuals (Martin Luther King Jr. and John Lewis), groups (SNCC and SCLC), and events (Albany Movement and March on Washington) in the Civil Rights Movement. c. Explain the resistance to the 1964 Civil Rights Act, emphasizing the role of Lester Maddox. Digital Library of Georgia: Educator Resources for SS8H11/telfair-family-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/telfair-family-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Telfair family of Savannah was one of the most prominent in Georgia during much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The family patriarch was Edward Telfair, one of many Scotsmen who settled in Georgia during the colonial period. Today the family mansion in Savannah houses Telfair Museums, which opened in 1886. Edward Telfair Edward Telfair was born in 1735 on his family’s ancestral estate in Scotland and in 1758 set sail for the English colonies with his brother William Telfair and a cousin./tempesta-falls-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tempesta-falls-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTempesta Falls is located in northeast Georgia's Tallulah Gorge State Park, near the Rabun and Habersham county line. Tempesta, one of a series of four main cataracts that make up Tallulah, today only roars to life on selected weekends in the spring and autumn. Photograph by Mark Morrison 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./textile-industry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/textile-industry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia was a leader in the textile industry during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Regional production of silk and cotton provided raw materials needed to produce a wide range of material objects. The construction of textile mills and mill towns in the nineteenth-century led to the development of a distinctive industrial heritage. The rise of the textile industry in Georgia was a significant historical development with a profound effect on the state’s inhabitants./the-black-church-in-atlanta-politics.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-black-church-in-atlanta-politics.htmlGeorgia’s African American churches have a long history of political involvement, including a crucial role in the civil rights movement and, more recently, an influence on the decisions made by elected public officials in the city of Atlanta. Throughout the era of racial segregation ministers and educators often served as the leaders of the African American community in towns and cities across the South. The Black church was responsible for providing these leaders because many of the colleges and universities serving African Americans were sponsored by churches./the-lady-and-sons-savannah-country-cookbook.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-lady-and-sons-savannah-country-cookbook.htmlPaula Deen published her first cookbook, The Lady and Sons: Savannah Country Cookbook, in 1997, one year after opening The Lady and Sons restaurant in Savannah. She became well known outside the South by selling the cookbook on QVC, a home-shopping television network. 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-tams-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-tams-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMembers of the Tams, a musical group which formed in 1952 as the Four Dots, continue to perform today. The group recorded its first album as the Tams, with five members, in 1960 and enjoyed several hits in the 1960s. The Tams continued touring for decades, even after founding member Joe Pope died in 1996. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKyYmnq1rcysZqZlZWZ%2Bcns%3D/thomas-brewer-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/thomas-brewer-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThomas Brewer, an African American physician, spearheaded the drive for racial equality in Columbus from the 1920s until his assassination on February 18, 1956, which was widely believed to have resulted from his political activism. Brewer, whose death had considerable impact on local race relations, is recognized as a martyr of the national civil rights movement. Thomas Hency Brewer was born in Saco, Alabama, on November 16, 1894. He graduated from high school and college in Selma, Alabama, and earned his medical degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee./tunis-campbell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tunis-campbell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis sketch (circa 1848) of Tunis Campbell is the only known image of the prominent Black politician and minister. After serving as a Union chaplain during the Civil War, Campbell became a prominent leader of the Republican party in Georgia during Reconstruction. Courtesy of Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University 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./unity-mills-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/unity-mills-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlUnity Mills was the second mill in which Fuller Callaway invested, and the LaGrange plant shipped its first finished cotton product on December 24, 1901. Callaway served as secretary-treasurer of Unity. Courtesy of Troup County Archives, LaGrange, Callaway Educational Association Photo Collection. 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./wilkinson-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wilkinson-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Wilkinson County Courthouse, designed in the colonial revival style, was built in Irwinton in 1924. Wilkinson County was established in 1803 from land that was ceded by the Creek Indians to the state in the 1802 Treaty of Fort Wilkinson. Photograph by C Smith 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./alice-coachman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/alice-coachman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFew athletes have dominated a sport as thoroughly as Alice Coachman dominated the high jump. Named to five All-American teams, she won a gold medal in the 1948 Olympics, becoming the first African American woman to do so. She has been inducted into multiple halls of fame. Born on November 9, 1923, in Albany, the fifth of Fred and Evelyn Coachman’s ten children, Coachman grew up in the segregated South. Barred from public sports facilities because of her race, Coachman used whatever materials she could piece together to practice jumping./baker-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/baker-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis schoolhouse, built in Newton in the 1930s, was remodeled in 2000 to serve as the permanent courthouse for Baker County. The county's historic courthouse was damaged in 1994, when it was flooded to nearly the second floor by the Flint River. Photograph by Jimmy Emerson, DVM 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./baldowski-cartoon-uga-riots-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/baldowski-cartoon-uga-riots-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA 1961 cartoon by Clifford "Baldy" Baldowski comments on the riots at the University of Georgia, which occurred in response to the admission of two Black students, Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes. The cartoon depicts Hunter saying, "Jeepers. I don't know if he's the same as he use to be or not!" ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJucnrOnu9GdZJuZnJnGbq7ApZuor6Ogtm59mGpuZmlpboZwuYxqam9pXw%3D%3D/baptists-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/baptists-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFrom its beginnings in the seventeenth century, the Baptist denomination has emphasized certain key tenets, including the leadership of God as revealed through Jesus Christ, the authority of the Bible over ecclesiastical tradition, believer’s baptism, individual responsibility toward God, the congregational church, local church autonomy that encourages cooperation between congregations, the separation of church and state, and religious liberty. Nevertheless, diversity has also marked Baptist denominational life in Georgia. Because membership figures change constantly, and there is some overlap between Baptist groups, the exact number of Baptists in Georgia is unknown./black-man-seated-on-a-chair.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/black-man-seated-on-a-chair.htmlThe subject of Black Man Seated on a Chair (1910), a sepia wash on paper by Savannah artist Lucile Desbouillons Murphy, may have been an employee of the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, where Murphy studied under Carl Brandt in the 1890s. Courtesy of Morris Museum of Art 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./blueberry-harvest-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/blueberry-harvest-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA mechanical harvester used to pick blueberries for the processing market. Courtesy of Gerard Krewer 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%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrnyjuNSemZ6qop6ytHnAp5tmq6SnrriuxKupop2jZLpuf5FtcGg%3D/bowen-power-plant-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bowen-power-plant-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMajor sources of industrial toxins in Georgia include agriculture, manufacturing, and coal-fired electrical power generation. Georgia Power Company's Bowen plant, a coal-fired power plant in Bartow County, is the nation's top producer of sulfur dioxide, a toxic substance.Photograph by Joe McTyre. 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./brer-rabbit-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/brer-rabbit-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA statue of Brer Rabbit, a major character in the Uncle Remus tales by Joel Chandler Harris, stands in front of the Putnam County Courthouse. Harris's work, particularly his animal tales, brought African American folklore into the public spotlight. Image from Mdxi 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./c-b-king-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/c-b-king-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlC. B. King was a prominent African American lawyer known for his courage, courtroom eloquence, and legal skills in the face of fierce and even violent opposition during the civil rights struggle in southwest Georgia. The first Black lawyer in the area, King was an inspiration to an entire generation of young law interns and civil rights activists. Early Years The third of seven sons, Chevene Bowers King was born in Albany in 1923 to Margaret Slater and Clennon W./carroll-technical-institute-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/carroll-technical-institute-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCarroll Technical Institute opened in Carrollton in 1968 and retained that name until 2000, when it became West Central Technical College. In 2009 the college merged with West Georgia Technical College. Courtesy of Technical College System 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./chambers-and-carter-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/chambers-and-carter-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAnne Cox Chambers accepts the Human Relations Award in 1984 from U.S. president Jimmy Carter. Chambers received the award during the annual banquet of the Institute of Human Relations of the American Jewish Committee. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./columbus-iron-works-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/columbus-iron-works-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlW. C. Bradley, of the W. C. Bradley Company, invested in the Columbus Iron Works early in the twentieth century. During the 1940s, the Bradley Company initiated the production of charcoal grills at the iron works to replace the obsolete potbellied stoves formerly produced at the facility. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Historic American Engineering Record, #HAER GA, 108-COLM, 22-25. 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./crackers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/crackers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe epithet cracker has been applied in a derogatory way, like redneck, to rural, non-elite white southerners, more specifically to those of south Georgia and north Florida. Folk etymology claims the term originated either from their cracking, or pounding, of corn (rather than taking it to mill), or from their use of whips to drive cattle. The latter explanation makes sense, because in piney-woods Georgia and Florida pastoral yeomen did use bullwhips with “cracker” tips to herd cattle./d-abbott-turner-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/d-abbott-turner-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFor more than sixty years, D. Abbott Turner was a central figure in Columbus and the larger Georgia business community. As the son-in-law of W. C. Bradley and the heir to the W. C. Bradley Company legacy, he was also active in philanthropy and community leadership. He built on the W. C. Bradley model of business integrity that is still associated with the Bradley family and business enterprises today. Don Abbott Turner was born in Macon on October 24, 1892, to Nell Gardiner and John Lovick Turner./daniel-stewart-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/daniel-stewart-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA brigadier general in the Georgia militia and the great-grandfather of U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt, Daniel Stewart distinguished himself in both the American Revolution (1775-83) and the War of 1812 (1812-15). Fort Stewart and Stewart County are named after him. Daniel Stewart was born to Susannah Bacon and John Stewart on December 20, 1761, at Tranquil Plantation in what is now Liberty County. His mother died, probably of malaria, when he was five years old, and his father married Sarah Nickols in 1769./david-marx-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/david-marx-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDavid Marx was a longtime rabbi at "the Temple" in Atlanta. He led the move toward Reform Judaism practices, which were more acceptable to middle-class America. Marx also encouraged his women congregants to form a local section of the National Council of Jewish Women. 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./david-pollack-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/david-pollack-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDavid Pollack, a defensive end for the University of Georgia Bulldogs from 2001 to 2004, is a native of Snellville. Pollack was named an all-American three times and won several prestigious national awards during his career at Georgia. Photograph by Phillip Faulkner 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./down-home-days-festival-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/down-home-days-festival-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe town of Chickamauga celebrates its annual Down Home Days festival on the first weekend in May. Participants enjoy concerts, food, dancing, parades, and shopping for arts and crafts. Courtesy of City of Chickamauga 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./downtown-moultrie-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/downtown-moultrie-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMoultrie's thriving downtown features a square, the Colquitt County Courthouse, and the Moultrie Commercial Historic District, which is listed along with eight other structures on the National Register of Historic Places. Courtesy of City of Moultrie 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. 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Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./executive-branch-officials-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/executive-branch-officials-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe current Georgia Constitution, the state’s tenth, adopted in 1983 and amended many times, creates a complex system of shared power. The governor, currently Brian Kemp, shares control over the administration of the government with a variety of constitutionally mandated officials. The constitution requires that these officials be separately elected by the people, and they need not be members of the same party or share the same political philosophy as the governor./forsyth-county-protest-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/forsyth-county-protest-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOn January 17, 1987, a group of Atlantans marched to protest the lack of African Americans in Cumming, the seat of Forsyth County. Led by the Reverend Hosea Williams, the march was disrupted by militant white racists, many from outside the county. 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./georgia-museum-of-agriculture-and-historic-village.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-museum-of-agriculture-and-historic-village.htmlThe Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village (formerly the Georgia Agrirama) is the state’s official museum of agriculture. A living history museum located in Tifton, the ninety-five-acre site offers a traditional farm community of the 1870s, a progressive farmstead of the 1890s, an industrial complex, and a rural town, as well as other attractions. The idea for the museum grew out of a conversation between Ford Spinks, a former state senator, and Rosalie Shepherd, the widow of James L./georgia-southern-men-s-basketball-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-southern-men-s-basketball-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe men’s basketball team at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro has had a colorful history and is among the top teams currently competing in the Southern Conference. Georgia Southern’s men’s basketball program can trace its origins to the late 1920s, when the university was known as Georgia Normal School. In their inaugural season, 1926-27, the “Blue Tide” posted their first victory, a 26-7 decision over Benedictine. The team subsequently was known as the “Professors” until the late 1950s, when they adopted the Eagles as the school mascot./georgia-veterans-memorial-state-park.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-veterans-memorial-state-park.htmlThe Georgia Veterans Memorial State Park in Cordele County was established in honor of U.S. veterans. The park offers a museum featuring wartime memoribilia, as well as a lodge, conference center, and golf course. 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./great-egret-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/great-egret-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlVirtually all species of wading birds and waterfowl native to the Southeast can be found in the Okefenokee in some season. Sightings of great egrets, wood storks, blue herons, and white ibises are common. 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./greensboro-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/greensboro-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1786 an act of the state legislature set aside the western lands of Washington County to create Greene County and its seat, Greenesborough (later Greenesboro, then Greensboro), which was incorporated in 1803. Taking its name from Nathanael Greene, a general in the Revolutionary War (1775-83), Greensboro served as the commercial center of one of Georgia’s most important cotton-producing counties. The city’s history illustrates the struggle, common to many small towns in the rural South, to emerge from the shadow of a cash-crop monoculture./griswoldville-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/griswoldville-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGriswoldville, an industrial village on the Central of Georgia Railway in Jones County, produced cotton gins during the antebellum period and Confederate revolvers during the Civil War (1861-65). The village was destroyed during Union general William T. Sherman’s march to the sea, and the only major infantry battle of that campaign was fought near its ruins. Samuel Griswold, the village’s founder, moved from Connecticut to Jones County after the War of 1812 (1812-15)./gus-whalen-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gus-whalen-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGus Whalen was the fourth-generation president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Warren Featherbone Company, which manufactured children’s clothing and served as a major employer in Gainesville from 1956 to 2005. Widely recognized in north Georgia as a civic-minded business leader and fervent community builder, Whalen was known nationally as a popular speaker, prolific author, and active promoter of American manufacturing. Early History Charles Edward “Gus” Whalen Jr. was born on April 9, 1945, in Chicago, Illinois, to Mary Louise Chamberlain and Charles E./habitat-for-humanity-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/habitat-for-humanity-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA crew from the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, headquarted in Atlanta, drives nails during a Habitat for Humanity house-raising. Arthur Blank, center, cofounded The Home Depot in 1979 and established the foundation in 1995. Courtesy of Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation 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./hampton-ca-1900-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hampton-ca-1900-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMen gather outside of a store in Hampton, located in Henry County, around 1900. The town was a thriving agricultural community early in the twentieth century, but the economy of Hampton and the surrounding area would suffer after the boll weevil invasion of 1920. 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./hartwell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hartwell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHartwell is the seat of Hart County, which was named for Revolutionary War (1775-83) heroine Nancy Hart. The town narrowly escaped  being called Nancyville. Located some 100 miles northeast of Atlanta near the South Carolina border, it was incorporated in 1856 and quickly became the supply and processing center for the local agricultural economy. The town was spared much of the direct devastation accompanying the Civil War (1861-65). And with the state’s “redemption” from Reconstruction, the community returned to a political complacency that lasted until the emergence in the 1890s of a significant Populist challenge to local Democrat control./high-falls-state-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/high-falls-state-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHigh Falls State Park, near Jackson in Butts County, is a popular destination along the Towaliga River for camping and boating. The town of High Falls, established in the early 1800s, became a ghost town during the 1880s, when the railroads gained prominence over waterways for commercial transportation. 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./hovie-lister-and-the-statesmen.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hovie-lister-and-the-statesmen.htmlThe Statesmen were a renowned gospel group formed in 1948 by Hovie Lister. Over the years the lineup of the group changed many times. Pictured is the last configuration of the performers. Seated left to right, Jack Toney (lead), Hovie Lister (pianist), and Wallace Nelms (tenor); standing left to right, Doug Young (bass) and Rick Fair (baritone). 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./hugh-m-mills-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hugh-m-mills-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDr. Hugh M. Mills Jr. served as the first president of Gainesville Junior College, from 1965 to 1983. Courtesy of Gainesville State College 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./interface-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/interface-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Interface plant at LaGrange is the company's original site. Interface now has plants in five other states (California, Maine, Michigan, New York, and North Carolina) and two other countries (Australia and England). Courtesy of Interface 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./joel-chandler-harris-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/joel-chandler-harris-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe 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. For more information about this resource, contact the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKKfmrlur8eapZ2klad6qa3Rq6CsZWFtgXZ5kHJncWedYoJyhI4%3D/john-h-sengstacke-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-h-sengstacke-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJohn H. Sengstacke (right), a Savannah native and nephew of Robert S. Abbott, assumed management of the Chicago Defender in 1940 upon the death of Abbott, who founded the newspaper in 1905. Sengstacke is pictured in March 1942 at the Defender's office in Chicago. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Photograph Collection, #LC-USW3-000802-D. 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./lamar-dodd-art-center-of-lagrange-college.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lamar-dodd-art-center-of-lagrange-college.htmlNamed in honor of Lamar Dodd, a leading artist and art educator in Georgia, the Lamar Dodd Art Center in LaGrange was completed in 1982. Funded by the Callaway Foundation, it is a modern three-story building with facilities for LaGrange College’s art and design department and two floors of galleries devoted to the college’s art collections and exhibition program. Dodd grew up in LaGrange and received his first formal training in art at the college, at the time a women’s college./lawrenceville-female-seminary-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lawrenceville-female-seminary-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Lawrenceville Female Seminary was incorporated by the state legislature in 1837. This building, shown in 2004, was built in approximately 1855. Today it houses the Gwinnett History Museum. Photograph by Jim Baughman 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./macon-cotton-factory-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/macon-cotton-factory-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAntebellum towns including Macon, Milledgeville, Madison, and Greensboro experimented with steam-powered cotton factories, with varying degrees of success. The steam-powered factories in Madison and Greensboro went broke in the 1850s, while those in Milledgeville and Macon survived to serve the Confederacy. 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./malcontents-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/malcontents-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAmong those to voice displeasure with the policies of General James Oglethorpe and the Georgia Trustees during the early years of Georgia’s settlement, the Malcontents issued the most vehement complaints. The leaders of the group, composed primarily of Scottish settlers near Savannah, included Patrick Tailfer and Thomas Stephens. The Malcontents first made their objections heard in 1735 shortly after their arrival in the new colony. Whereas many of Georgia’s original settlers came with monetary aid from the Trustees, most of the Malcontents arrived without assistance and thus did not have the same loyalty to the colony’s founders./male-northern-bobwhite-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/male-northern-bobwhite-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus), also known as the bobwhite quail, is Georgia's state gamebird and is featured on one of Georgia's wildlife license plates. Image from William L. Farr 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./margaret-mitchell-and-clark-gable.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/margaret-mitchell-and-clark-gable.htmlMargaret Mitchell, the author of Gone With the Wind, meets star Clark Gable at the 1939 Atlanta premiere of the movie. Gable portrays Rhett Butler in the film. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./mcdonnell-f-101-voodoo-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mcdonnell-f-101-voodoo-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe McDonnell F-101 "Voodoo" made its initial flight in 1954. The U.S. Air Force developed several versions of the Voodoo: a single seat, low-altitude fighter-bomber; a single-seat reconnaissance version; and a two-seat fighter-interceptor version that served in the Air Defense Command. The maximum speed of the Voodoo was 1,095 miles per hour. 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./meriwether-inn-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/meriwether-inn-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Meriwether Inn, a Victorian hotel built in 1869, dominated the resort grounds when Franklin D. Roosevelt first visited Warm Springs in 1924. Early patients of the Warm Springs Foundation stayed in the inn and a number of cottages scattered across the grounds. 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./nancy-hart-cabin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/nancy-hart-cabin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA replica of Revolutionary War patriot Nancy Hart's cabin stands near its original site in Elbert County. Hart is renowned for capturing and killing several Tories at her cabin during the war. Courtesy of Elbert County Chamber of Commerce 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. 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By the time of her death in 1931 in Rome, Georgia, Andrews had written three novels, more than a dozen scientific articles on botany, two internationally recognized botany textbooks, and dozens of articles, commentaries, and reports on topics ranging from politics to environmental issues./pedro-menendez-de-aviles-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/pedro-menendez-de-aviles-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA 1791 engraving depicts Pedro Menendez de Aviles at about age fifty. Menendez de Aviles founded St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest European settlement in North America, in 1565, just before he explored the Georgia coastline. From The Spanish Settlements within the Present Limits of the United States: Florida, 1562-1574, by W. Lowery 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./pitts-theology-library-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/pitts-theology-library-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWith the aid of monetary donations from Margaret Adger Pitts, the Pitts Theology Library has grown to contain more than 520,000 volumes in several languages. The library, located at Emory University, also subscribes to more than 1,500 periodicals. Courtesy of Emory University Photo 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./poetter-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/poetter-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPoetter Hall, the first classroom and administration building of the Savannah College of Art and Design, is named for two of the school's founders, May and Paul Poetter. Formerly known as Preston Hall, the building had been home to the Savannah Volunteer Guards Armory before its acquisiton and renovation by the college in 1979. Image from Wikimedia 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./primus-e-king-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/primus-e-king-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1977 the Democratic Executive Committee of Muscogee County, as mandated by Federal Judge T. Hoyt Davis in 1945, presented a check for $324.70 to Primus E. King. The court awarded the money to King in reparation for the denial of his right to vote in a 1944 Democratic primary. 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./resource-conservation-and-recovery-act.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/resource-conservation-and-recovery-act.htmlThe federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) was established in 1976 as an amendment to the 1965 Solid Waste Disposal Act, with the dual purpose of protecting human and environmental health and reducing waste. In Georgia, RCRA is enforced by the Hazardous Waste Management Branch of the Environmental Protection Division (EPD), which is a part of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. By the late twentieth century the United States was producing millions of tons of waste annually./sapelo-island-cultural-day-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sapelo-island-cultural-day-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSingers perform during the Sapelo Island Cultural Day, held each October on the island. The festival celebrates the songs, stories, dances, and food of the Geechee and Gullah culture, which developed on the Sea Islands among enslaved West Africans between 1750 and 1865. Photograph by Jennifer Cruse Sanders 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./ss8cg2-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ss8cg2-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmla. Explain the qualifications for members of the General Assembly and its role as the lawmaking body of Georgia. b. Describe the purpose of the committee system within the Georgia General Assembly. c. Explain the process for making a law in Georgia. d. Describe how state government is funded and how spending decisions are made. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoqq2Znpmus7DSaKqscJOcf3A%3D/st-marys-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/st-marys-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSt. Marys has been described at different times over the centuries as a bustling seaport, a sleepy tourist resting place, or a strategic military location. Close to the Georgia-Florida state line (on Route 40, off Interstate 95), it is located on the St. Marys River, within six miles of the Atlantic Ocean. It served as Camden County’s seat from 1869 until 1923. Today many of its residents earn their livelihood by catering to the tourists who visit the St./talbot-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/talbot-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTalbot County was created by an act of the Georgia legislature in 1827. The county was formerly a part of Muscogee County. It is located thirty miles northeast of Columbus and sixty miles west of Macon in west central Georgia. The Flint River forms the northeastern boundary, and Talbotton is the seat of the 393-square-mile county. Both the town and the county are named for Captain Matthew Talbot, who served as Georgia’s governor for a short time in 1819./this-month-in-georgia-history.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/this-month-in-georgia-history.htmlIn 1924, three years after Roosevelt contracted polio, he began visiting Warm Springs in Georgia. The springs were thought to be beneficial for polio victims. Roosevelt, who became the U.S. president in 1932, is pictured in front of the Little White House in Warm Springs. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcMDHoqpmpZ%2Bjwal5yKdkoJ2fp7SqrYyhoKysn6fGcA%3D%3D/university-of-georgia-scarf-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/university-of-georgia-scarf-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlUniversity of Georgia scarf for the President’s Club, 1982, polyester. Courtesy of Ashley Callahan 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%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJ6ilrustcRmrp6kk518p77Ap6KinV2ssq2vx5hnanFf/valdosta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/valdosta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlValdosta, the seat of Lowndes County, is situated in south Georgia twenty miles from the Florida border. The city is located along Interstate 75, a major north-south artery, approximately midway between Atlanta and Tampa, Florida. Valdosta’s population, according to the 2020 U.S. census, is 55,378, making it Georgia’s seventeenth largest city. The hub of a metropolitan statistical area, Valdosta is the retail center for nine counties in south Georgia and north Florida, with $1./vidalia-onion-harvest-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/vidalia-onion-harvest-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMost of the Vidalia onion acreage is still harvested by hand, but mechanical harvesting is on the rise because of the high costs and extensive regulations involving farm labor. Courtesy of Reid L. Torrance 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./young-john-allen-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSat, 18 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/young-john-allen-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlYoung John Allen was a Methodist minister and Georgia native who spent his adult life in Shanghai, China, as a missionary, educator, and publisher. Allen was part of a larger wave of missionary activity that began in China following that nation’s loss to Great Britain in the First Opium War (1839-42) and subsequent opening to foreigners. Early Life Allen was born in Burke County on January 3, 1836, to Jane Wooten and Andrew Young John Allen./2005-gym-dogs-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/2005-gym-dogs-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe University of Georgia gymnastics team, known as the Gym Dogs, won the national title in 2005 for the sixth time in its history. The 2005 team also received a total of seventeen all-American honors. Photograph by John Kelley 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./alfred-h-colquitt-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/alfred-h-colquitt-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAlfred H. Colquitt, an active secessionist and brigade commander in the Civil War (1861-65), was a prominent political leader in his home state until his death. During his long career, the veteran officer was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, as well as the governor of Georgia. Alfred Holt Colquitt was born in Walton County on April 20, 1824. In his youth Colquitt was educated at a local school in Monroe and eventually attended the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University), from which he graduated in 1844./atlanta-gas-light-company-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-gas-light-company-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn February 1856 the Atlanta Gas Light Company was incorporated to provide gas lighting to the city of Atlanta. One of Georgia’s oldest companies, Atlanta Gas Light has provided gas light, heat, and power to many of Atlanta’s homes and still delivers natural gas to 1.5 million homes in Georgia. The company is a division of AGL Resources, a publicly traded multistate energy company. The Early Years When Atlanta’s leaders decided to light the city’s first gas streetlight on December 25, 1855, they sparked a new era in the city’s early history./atlantic-slave-trade-to-savannah.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlantic-slave-trade-to-savannah.htmlOver the course of forty-eight years, Savannah played an integral role in the Atlantic slave trade. Although Savannah’s participation in the slave trade was initially miniscule, the port of Savannah has historical transnational importance as a receiver of enslaved West Africans during the late eighteenth century. Despite a ban on African slavery in early Georgia, enslaved people and slavery were an integral part of the colony’s development. Following the settlement of Savannah in 1733, enslaved people from South Carolina cleared land, tended cattle, and labored on farms./bark-camp-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bark-camp-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Bark Camp Church, pictured around 1900, was a Baptist church established in 1788 on the Bark Camp site in Burke County. Bark Camp, founded prior to the Revolutionary War, served as a camp for incoming settlers to the area. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./ben-epps-jr-and-harry-epps.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ben-epps-jr-and-harry-epps.htmlTwo of aviator pioneer Ben Epps's ten children pose in front of a biplane. 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%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrnyjsc1mnKmoo2J%2BeYSXZmhya2dkum59k21waA%3D%3D/bettie-sellers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bettie-sellers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBettie Sellers lived and wrote poetry in Young Harris, a small college town in the mountains of north Georgia, for most of her life. She is best known for her poems about life in southern Appalachia. Although Sellers was reared in the Piedmont region, near Griffin, her grandmother grew up in north Georgia’s Nacoochee Valley. This heritage stimulated Sellers’s interest in Appalachia. After earning a B.A. from LaGrange College in 1958 and an M./bill-lee-and-frank-redding.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bill-lee-and-frank-redding.htmlState representative Bill Lee (left) is pictured with fellow representative Frank Redding in the 1990s. Lee served in the house for forty-two consecutive years, thereby earning the nickname "Dean of the 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to the Digital Library of Georgia./brannen-and-smith-statesboro-ginnery.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/brannen-and-smith-statesboro-ginnery.htmlCotton was taken to the Brannen and Smith Statesboro Ginnery by truck and wagon in the early 1900s. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOrKuarJWor7C%2BzmikZmtpZoNw/calder-willingham-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/calder-willingham-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCalder Willingham was an accomplished novelist, playwright, and screenwriter who created some of the most memorable characters in the American cinematic and literary canons. Characterized by raw sexual overtones, several of Willingham’s novels are set in the South, with Georgia providing the backdrop for two of his novels, Eternal Fire and Rambling Rose. Born in Atlanta on December 23, 1922, Calder Baynard Willingham grew up in Rome. Upon graduating from high school, he enrolled briefly at the Citadel, a military college in Charleston, South Carolina./candler-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/candler-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Candler County Courthouse, located in Metter, was built in 1921. Designed in a neoclassical revival style by J. J. Baldwin, the courthouse was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./center-pivot-irrigation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/center-pivot-irrigation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA center-pivot irrigation system waters a cotton field. Central-pivot and drip irrigation are the primary systems used on more than 1.5 million acres of farmland across the state to supplement the annual forty to fifty inches of rainfall in 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to the Georgia Department of Economic Development./charles-morgan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/charles-morgan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDobbs, Chris. "Charles Morgan." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Jul 19, 2017. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/charles-morgan/ Dobbs, C. (2017). Charles Morgan. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved Jul 19, 2017, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/charles-morgan/ Dobbs, Chris. "Charles Morgan." New Georgia Encyclopedia, 02 May 2017, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/charles-morgan/. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJuYlr%2BtsdJmpKiql5a7cA%3D%3D/civil-war-reconstruction-figures.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/civil-war-reconstruction-figures.htmlImage of Eliza Frances Andrews in the War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl, 1864-1865, one of the most compelling first-person accounts of the Civil War (1861-65) home front, published in 1908. Eliza Frances Andrews was a writer, newspaper reporter, editor, columnist, social critic, scientist, and educator. By the time of her death in 1931 in Rome, Georgia, Andrews had written three novels, more than a dozen scientific articles on botany, two internationally recognized botany textbooks, and dozens of articles, commentaries, and reports on topics ranging from politics to environmental issues./convict-labor-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/convict-labor-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA prison-labor crew and guard are photographed in Atlanta in 1895. One of the state's primary revenue sources during the late nineteenth century, convict leasing was outlawed in 1908 after reports of harsh working conditions and brutal punishments were made public. 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./dawson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dawson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDowntown Dawson has seen many community efforts to preserve its historic structures. The town was founded before the Civil War. Courtesy of Terrell County Chamber of Commerce and Terrell County Historic Preservation Society 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./deloitte-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/deloitte-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDeloitte is the largest professional services firm in Atlanta, with more than 1,600 employees and 160 partners and directors. Deloitte has deep roots in the city, dating back to June 1915, when a Haskins and Sells office was established in Atlanta. It became one of Atlanta’s first prominent and well-respected accounting practices in the city. The Haskins and Sells office in Atlanta, managed by L. C. Matthews, primarily served the federal government, industrials (companies that produce and distribute goods), insurance companies, railroads, and universities./dexter-weaver-cooking-collards-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dexter-weaver-cooking-collards-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDexter Weaver, owner of the Athens soul food eatery Weaver D's, explains how he cooks his collards, a southern soul food staple. Video by Darby Carl Sanders, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./dickey-in-deliverance-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dickey-in-deliverance-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe 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. For more information about this resource, contact the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJyVoba3sdGapZydX6J6dn%2BUaA%3D%3D/dominique-wilkins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dominique-wilkins-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDominique Wilkins, who began his career at the University of Georgia, was one of the most popular players for the Atlanta Hawks from 1982 until 1994, when he was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers. Wilkins later played for the Boston Celtics, San Antonio Spurs, and Orlando Magic, as well as for professional teams in Greece and Italy. 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./elena-and-john-amos-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/elena-and-john-amos-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1989 John Amos, a prominent member of the Columbus business community, celebrated his sixty-fifth birthday with the help of his wife, Elena Diaz-Verson Amos. Five years earlier, the couple successfully campaigned to bring the U.S. Army's School of the Americas to Fort Benning, and they were also active in promoting Latin American studies in Georgia. Courtesy of Aflac 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./eve-bragg-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/eve-bragg-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSanchez, Corina. "Eve Bragg." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Oct 11, 2019. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/eve-bragg-1919-2017/ Sanchez, C. (2015). Eve Bragg. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved Oct 11, 2019, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/eve-bragg-1919-2017/ Sanchez, Corina. "Eve Bragg." New Georgia Encyclopedia, 14 October 2015, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/eve-bragg-1919-2017/. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaJ2mmnqjvsCgnmZpaWaGbn6Pam5o/fayetteville-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fayetteville-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEstablished on March 28, 1823, twenty miles south of Atlanta, Fayetteville is the seat of Fayette County, which was created in 1821 from land ceded to the state by the Creek Indians. Both town and county are named for the Marquis de Lafayette, the Frenchman who joined forces with George Washington during the American Revolution (1775-83), helped bring France into the war on the side of the Americans, and revisited Georgia in 1825./freshwater-mussels-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/freshwater-mussels-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAs of 2003 thirteen of Georgia's ninety-eight species of freshwater mussels were protected under the Endangered Species Act, and four more were candidates for listing; only a single species of Georgia's sixty-seven freshwater snails was listed in 2003, and one other species was a candidate. Courtesy of Paula M. Gagnon 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./georgia-virtual-technical-connection-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-virtual-technical-connection-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia Virtual Technical Connection is a portal for online instruction in the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG). Established in 1998 as Georgia Virtual Technical College, this online instruction initiative was designed to offer working adults the opportunity to pursue degrees and certifications by eliminating such common problems as scheduling conflicts and lack of proximity to a campus. The school also accommodates growing numbers of students, decreases strain on existing facilities, and provides educational opportunities for rural Georgians./georgiaites-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgiaites-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgiaites, or tektites, are natural glasses formed when an asteroid or meteorite collides with the earth. Many scientists believe that georgiaites formed as a result of the meteorite impact that created the Chesapeake Bay Crater in Virginia around 35 million years ago. Photograph by Edward Albin 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./grand-bay-wildlife-management-area.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/grand-bay-wildlife-management-area.htmlThe Grand Bay Wildlife Management Area is Georgia's second-largest ecosystem, covering 18,000 acres in Lowndes County. Photograph by Julius F. Ariail Jr. 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%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOpaawppSawG6vzq6lrbFfonp5gphtZg%3D%3D/gym-dogs-at-home-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gym-dogs-at-home-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPre-meet entertainment takes place in Stegeman Coliseum, where home meets of the University of Georgia gymnastics team are held. Student support for the Gym Dogs is among the highest of any college gymnastics team in the nation, and home meets regularly sell out. Courtesy of University of Georgia Sports Communications 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./henry-and-clara-ford-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/henry-and-clara-ford-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAutomotive magnate Henry Ford stands with his wife, Clara, at their Richmond Hill residence circa 1940. The Ogeechee River runs behind the trees shown on the right. From The Henry Ford Era at Richmond Hill, by F. L. Long and L. B. Long 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./holocaust-gallery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/holocaust-gallery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe permanent exhibit The Holocaust Years at the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum in Atlanta describes the systematic murder of 6 million European Jews by the Nazis and their collaborators. The story is told through photographs, documents, personal memorabilia, family pictures, and in the voices of those who survived and made new lives in Atlanta. 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./howard-moore-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/howard-moore-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCivil rights attorney and Atlanta native Howard Moore Jr. handled a number of important cases in 1960s Atlanta that set precedent regarding freedom of speech as well as other significant rights issues. A protégé of Donald Hollowell, Moore attended law school in Boston, Massachusetts, but felt an obligation to use his legal training to assist activists in the South. He relocated to California in 1971 to serve as lead counsel on the high-profile Angela Davis trial and spent the remainder of his career in the Bay Area./irrigation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/irrigation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMore than 1.5 million acres of orchards and fields are irrigated in Georgia, and a cornucopia of vegetable, fruit, nut, fiber, and animal feed crops are made possible by the surface runoff and groundwater stores that are replenished by Georgia’s generous rainfall. A close look at the workings of the two most prevalent types of irrigation reveals how critical these processes are to sustaining Georgia’s agricultural economy. Center-Pivot Irrigation With its humming, grinding noise muffled by the thirty feet of water overhead, a well’s submersible pump draws in clear, cool water seeping from cracks and fissures in the surrounding rock and pushes it 150 feet up past the thumb-sized wires supplying power to the pump./jasper-guy-woodroof-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jasper-guy-woodroof-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGuy Woodroof, a pioneer in food science and technology and often called the “father of food science,” made outstanding scientific and technical contributions to the food industry over the course of his professional career. These ranged from the development of processes and methods for the preservation of fruits and vegetables by freezing and canning to revolutionary techniques for the long-term storage of U.S. military rations. Woodroof’s contributions to this field were made primarily while he was associated with the University of Georgia’s Georgia Experiment Station from 1938 until his retirement in 1967, a period when tremendous worldwide changes in the processing of foods occurred./johnny-mills-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/johnny-mills-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJohnny Mills holds the Georgia Southern University basketball records for best career average and best season average for points scored. He played for the Eagles in the early 1970s. Courtesy of Georgia Southern Athletic Media Relations 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./lake-peachtree-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lake-peachtree-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPeachtree City's 80 miles of golf-cart paths connect Lake Peachtree and Lake Kedron, both of which provide nearly 500 acres of water for sailing, canoeing, and fishing. Courtesy of Peachtree City Web 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./lamar-period-pottery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lamar-period-pottery-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMississippian Lamar pottery is distinctive because of its unique stamping and shape. Courtesy of Robert Foxworth 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%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6lmKaZomK9pr7IqJtopV1nhnSEjg%3D%3D/low-tidal-salt-marsh-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/low-tidal-salt-marsh-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLittle St. Simons Island, consisting mostly of low tidal salt marsh with forested upland tracts on its eastern (ocean) side, is privately owned and is accessible only by water. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia./marble-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/marble-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMarble, a metamorphosed limestone prized for its hardness and variety, is quarried in north Georgia near Tate, in Pickens County. This marble has been used extensively for gravestones and in buildings throughout the United States, including the U.S. Capitol. Sixty percent of the monuments in Washington, D.C., in fact, are made from Georgia marble. The earliest known use of Georgia marble dates to 1400, when effigies, bowls, projectile points, and other necessities were carved out of native marble./marcus-garvey-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/marcus-garvey-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMarcus Garvey, the Jamaican-born founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, presides over the organization's 1922 convention at Liberty Hall in New York City. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./margaret-owens-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/margaret-owens-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDobbs, Chris. "Margaret Owens." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Jul 19, 2017. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/margaret-owens/ Dobbs, C. (2017). Margaret Owens. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved Jul 19, 2017, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/margaret-owens/ Dobbs, Chris. "Margaret Owens." New Georgia Encyclopedia, 09 March 2017, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/margaret-owens/. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKWRp7SivsStZKivlaPAcA%3D%3D/mike-luckovich-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mike-luckovich-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPulitzer 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./paulding-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/paulding-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe 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./peanut-field-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/peanut-field-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA 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./piedmont-geologic-province-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/piedmont-geologic-province-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe 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./piedmont-hotel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/piedmont-hotel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe 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./political-issues-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/political-issues-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMembers of the board for the Nuclear Threat Initiative include, back row, left to right: Fujia Yang, Eugene E. Habiger, Hisashi Owada, Susan Eisenhower, Sam Nunn, Ted Turner, Andrei Kokoshin, Jessica Mathews, Charles B. Curtis, Prince El Hassan bin Talal. Front row, left to right: William Perry, Rolf Ekeus, Richard G. Lugar, Nafis Sadik. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLzOpaCtoZOWuW610qysnqtf/quakers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/quakers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Quakers, formally known as the Religious Society of Friends, constitute a small Christian denomination that formed in England in the 1650s in an effort to avoid overly ritualized worship. In 1768 Joseph Maddock, an English Quaker from North Carolina, founded in Georgia the Quaker community of Wrightsborough (named for James Wright, the royal governor of Georgia). Maddock and other families had been thriving in Hillsboro, North Carolina, until the British representative there established a heavy tax system./randolph-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/randolph-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRandolph County, in southwest Georgia, was created from Lee County by an act of the state legislature on December 20, 1828. Georgia’s seventy-fifth county was named for Virginia congressman John Randolph (1773-1833) of Roanoke, one of the more controversial statesmen of the early federal period. The land lottery of 1827 had opened the southwest Georgia lands to settlers, who continued to have troubles with the Native Americans until the Creek Indian War of 1836, part of which was fought on Randolph County soil./riverside-plant-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/riverside-plant-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe generator end of a turbine is moved to the Riverside Plant of the Savannah Power Company in 1913. The plant was built one year earlier to serve the company's approximately 3,400 customers. Courtesy of Savannah Electric and Power Company 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./southern-regional-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/southern-regional-technical-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn July 2015 Moultrie Technical College and Southwest Georgia Technical College consolidated operations to form a new institution called Southern Regional Technical College (SRTC). The merger was one of several designed to reduce administrative costs and improve student access to programs within the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG). The mergers integrated the colleges’ administrations and their local boards of directors, with all campus locations remaining open. The former Southwest Georgia Tech’s main campus in Thomasville operates as the administrative campus for SRTC./state-fossil-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/state-fossil-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe state fossil of Georgia is the tooth of Carcharocles megalodon, a large shark that became extinct at the end of the Pliocene period. The pictured specimen, which dates to the Late Miocene, was found near Savannah and measures 11 centimeters. Photograph by David R. Schwimmer 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-silver-slipper-club-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-silver-slipper-club-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Silver Slipper Club (1990), by Jonathan Green. Oil on canvas. 100" x 65 1/2". Courtesy of the Morris Museum of Art 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%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKWfp7%2Bqv4ymrKydpaJ6sLKMmqmtZ51ihnV%2Bjg%3D%3D/the-walking-dead-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-walking-dead-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Walking Dead comic book series, created by writer Robert Kirkman and artist Tony Moore, was first published in 2003. The popularity of the comic increased dramatically with the premiere of The Walking Dead television series in 2010, and two years later it had become the best-selling independent comic book series. 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./william-decker-johnson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/william-decker-johnson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn the late 1920s William Decker Johnson, the bishop of five midwestern states in the African American Methodist Episcopal Church, founded the Johnson Home Industrial School as a private African American college, which later became a grammar and high school in Webster County. From the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site 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./william-grimes-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/william-grimes-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis portrait was published with the Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave. The book, the first slave narrative printed in the U.S., was first published in New York City in 1825. Photograph from Dwight C. Kilbourne, The Bench and Bar of Litchfield County, Connecticut, 1709-1909: Biographical Sketches of Members, History and Catalogue of the Litchfield Law School Historical Notes 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./woodrow-wilson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/woodrow-wilson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMany of the major Progressive era reforms were enacted at the federal level by Congress, under the leadership of U.S. presidents Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson (pictured circa 1920). 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./yancey-partnership-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/yancey-partnership-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlStudents at Altamaha Technical College in Wayne County participate in the school's heavy-equipment service-technician program. The program, established in 2005, is a partnership between Altamaha Tech and Yancey Bros. Company, the oldest Caterpillar dealer in the country. Courtesy of Altamaha Technical College 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./yoder-farm-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFri, 17 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/yoder-farm-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMenno L. Yoder's farm in Macon County, pictured circa 1970, is one of the farms comprising the Mennonite community in Montezuma. Mennonites maintain a rural, communal lifestyle, often choosing to limit the use of modern technology, dress, and entertainment. Photograph from The Amish Mennonites of Macon County, Georgia, by E. S. Yoder 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./1990-national-championship-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/1990-national-championship-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, coached by Bobby Ross, beat the Nebraska Cornhuskers in 1990 to secure their fourth national championship in NCAA Division I-A football. 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./alice-walker-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/alice-walker-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAlice Walker is an African American novelist, short-story writer, poet, essayist, and activist. Her most famous novel, The Color Purple, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award in 1983. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./archibald-butt-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/archibald-butt-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAfter beginning a career in journalism, Augusta native Archibald Butt found success in the army, eventually attaining the rank of major. He is perhaps best known for his role as military aide to U.S. presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. 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./baldwin-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/baldwin-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe present Baldwin County courthouse, located in Milledgeville, was built in 1995-97 and was designed by the architectural firm Brittain, Thompson, Bray, and Brown. Courtesy of Dan 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./baptists-today-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/baptists-today-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBaptists Today was an autonomous national journal that provided news and information to Baptist church members and Baptist institutions. Originally named SBC Today, the Macon-based news journal was born amid the struggle between moderates and conservatives for control of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), the country’s largest non-Catholic Christian denomination. In April 1983 a group of Baptists who felt the conservative leaders of the SBC were restricting access to information about the struggle founded the publication, which initially operated in office space donated by Oakhurst Baptist Church in Decatur./barnesville-expo-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/barnesville-expo-center-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA barrel race, held at the Barnesville Expo Center. The center is the first in the nation to combine wetlands with expo facilities. Courtesy of Barnesville Herald-Gazette 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./bobby-brown-state-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bobby-brown-state-park-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBobby Brown State Park is located at Clarks Hill Lake and marks the site where the town of Petersburg used to be, before it was covered by the lake in the 1950s. Courtesy of Darby Carl Sanders, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./boeing-stearman-pt-17-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/boeing-stearman-pt-17-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Boeing Stearman PT-17 was the primary flight-training airplane of World War II. Built similarly to those flown at Souther Field, this PT-17 was photographed in Texas during World War II. At the controls sits an aviation cadet. Courtesy of Scott Hedgland 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./boundaries-of-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/boundaries-of-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe boundary lines that define the state of Georgia are significant for a variety of reasons, such as ownership of physical territory, jurisdiction for the state’s laws, and the state’s rights within the federal system. The determination of Georgia’s boundaries over time has been fraught with conflict, controversy, and uncertainty. Georgia Territory as Defined in Its Charter King George II granted James Oglethorpe and the Trustees a charter in 1732 to establish the colony of Georgia./brunswick-city-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/brunswick-city-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Brunswick City Hall was built in 1889 in the Romanesque Revival style by architect Alfred S. Eichberg, who had been in a successful practice with Calvin Fay. 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./budworms-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/budworms-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBudworms are pest insects that cause significant problems for cotton farmers in Georgia. Through advances in genetic engineering, scientists have developed a cotton plant resistant to budworms and other pests, including bollworms and spider mites. Courtesy of Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture 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./calhoun-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/calhoun-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCovering 280 square miles in southwest Georgia, Calhoun County was created from parts of Early and Baker counties in 1854. The county is named for John C. Calhoun, the U.S. vice president under presidents John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Calhoun County has four incorporated cities: Arlington, Edison, Leary, and Morgan.Morgan, the county seat, was incorporated in 1856. Although Morgan, named for either Hiram Morgan, one of the town’s first commissioners, or Daniel Morgan, a general during the Revolutionary War (1775-83), was not the largest city in the new county, it was named the county seat after a unique proposal was used to determine the site./central-presbyterian-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/central-presbyterian-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMany consider the English Gothic–style Central Presbyterian Church in Atlanta (1885) to be architect Edmund G. Lind's greatest building. 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%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrnyrecGuo6ivXZiurrzBnqOlZZakwq%2BwwK2gqKZfonp3fpVo/charles-lindbergh-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/charles-lindbergh-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe groundbreaking aviator Charles Lindbergh stands beside an airplane on Sapelo Island. The photograph was probably taken around 1929, when Lindbergh paid a short visit to the island. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./christian-methodist-episcopal-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/christian-methodist-episcopal-church-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (CME Church), formerly the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, is a historically African American denomination with more than 800,000 members in the United States. Church polity and theology are consistent with other major American Methodist denominations, and the church participates in such ecumenical organizations as the National Council of Churches. The CME Church supports four colleges, including Paine College in Augusta, and maintains missions in Ghana, Haiti, Jamaica, Liberia,and Nigeria./clark-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/clark-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlClark Hall, formerly Eichberg Hall, designed by the firm of Fay and Eichberg and built in 1887 for the Central of Georgia Railway, today houses the architecture program at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Image from Ebyabe 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./decatur-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/decatur-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe city of Decatur, the DeKalb County seat, was incorporated on December 10, 1823. DeKalb County was formed in 1822 from parts of Henry, Fayette, and Gwinnett counties. Its five commissioners, appointed by the Georgia General Assembly, were charged to select a “public site” for a courthouse and a jail and to purchase one land lot (202.5 acres) to establish a town to serve as the county “site.” These commissioners chose a land lot and named the new town in honor of Commodore Stephen Decatur, perhaps the most popular American hero of that time./earl-t-shinhoster-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/earl-t-shinhoster-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThroughout more than thirty years of service to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Earl T. Shinhoster distinguished himself as a tireless and versatile foot soldier for civil rights. From his days as a youth council member in the 1960s to his tenure as acting executive director, Shinhoster devoted his life’s work to the organization’s progress. The Decatur resident was, according to the NAACP’s former executive director Kweisi Mfume, “one of the NAACP leaders who made this organization work./forsyth-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/forsyth-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWest Adams Street in the town of Forsyth, in Monroe County, is pictured circa 1913. On the left is Forsyth Methodist Church, and on the right is Maynard's Cotton Warehouse. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./fort-stewart-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fort-stewart-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSoldiers at Fort Stewart, near Hinesville in Liberty County, stand in formation outside the fort's headquarters. Established during World War II, the fort has remained active and today houses around 16,000 troops of the Third Infantry 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./fort-valley-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fort-valley-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe county seat of Peach County, Fort Valley was founded in the 1820s as a Native American trading post and incorporated in 1856. Its economy has long been based on agriculture. Located in central Georgia, Fort Valley is fifty-eight miles from the Alabama state line and ninety miles due south of Atlanta. It is located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 341 and Georgia Highways 96 and 49, where two early Indian trails met./geology-of-the-georgia-coast.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/geology-of-the-georgia-coast.htmlThe geological development of the Georgia coast and shoreline is the result both of ongoing, and geologically long-term, physical processes and of their interaction with a rapidly increasing population intent on settling and developing the most dynamic portion of the coastal zone. Coastal Plain The state is divided into five major physiographic provinces based primarily on geologic age and origin, topographic expression, and rock type (lithology). The boundary between the very ancient crystalline rocks of the Piedmont and the sediments of the Coastal Plain is marked by the fall line, the upriver point where navigation becomes difficult or impossible due to outcropping rocks and increased land slope./ground-marble-products-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ground-marble-products-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSacks of ground or pulverized marble are produced at the Calcium Products Division of the Georgia Marble Company in Tate (Pickens County), circa 1950. The division was created in 1947 to sell "waste" marble, which is used as filler in paints and plastics. Ground marble products became the company's main product by the late 1980s. 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./haralson-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/haralson-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHaralson County, the state’s 113th county, is located in west central Georgia, on the border with Alabama, and covers 282 square miles. Created in 1856 from parts of Carroll and Polk counties, it was named after Hugh A. Haralson, a U.S. congressman and state legislator. The Dahlonega gold vein, which runs through the region, attracted the first non-Indians to the area during the Georgia gold rush. Many of these people settled permanently, displacing the Cherokee and Creek Indians, who had held the land before white settlement./hazel-raines-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hazel-raines-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAn accomplished aviator, Hazel Raines was the first woman in Georgia to earn a pilot’s license. She began her career as a stunt flyer, performing in daring aviation shows. As one of the first female pilots in the air force, Raines served as a lieutenant in World War II (1941-45) and the Korean War (1950-53). Born in 1916 in Waynesboro, Hazel Jane Raines grew up in Macon as the youngest of three daughters./housing-in-chicago-s-black-belt.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/housing-in-chicago-s-black-belt.htmlBlack southerners left rural, agricultural areas like Georgia’s Black Belt for cities such as Detroit, New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Migrants found their new settings to be an improvement but also full of obstacles. White flight and discriminatory housing policies funneled African Americans into poorer neighborhoods and public housing complexes. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black-and-White Negatives. 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./howard-hollis-bo-callaway-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/howard-hollis-bo-callaway-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBo Callaway, part of the prominent Callaway family of Georgia, was elected in 1964 as the first Republican congressman from Georgia since 1875. Two years later he ran in the gubernatorial election of 1966, in an unsuccessful attempt to become the state’s first Republican governor since 1872. After a long political career in Colorado, he returned to Georgia in 1993 and ran Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain (Harris County) for more than a decade. Early Life Howard Hollis Callaway was the third child of Virginia Hollis Hand, of Pelham, and Cason Jewell Callaway./inman-orphanage-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/inman-orphanage-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Inman family donated a portion of their wealth to many charitable causes in Atlanta, including several colleges, the Confederate Soldiers' Home, Grady Memorial Hospital, and this orphanage. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Atlanta History Center./isabella-maria-hazzard-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/isabella-maria-hazzard-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIsabella Maria Hazzard was the mother of Charles Rinaldo Floyd, a militia leader during the Okefenokee Campaign of 1838-39. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6cn5qqnJrAbr7Ip5ilnJ9is6272J1kam9pbHpyhJNuZqKrkZeyrbjAZqSaqpmWeqmt2bOYq5yPZX1yew%3D%3D/j-j-owen-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/j-j-owen-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDobbs, Chris. "J. J. Owen." New Georgia Encyclopedia, last modified Jul 19, 2017. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/j-j-owen/ Dobbs, C. (2017). J. J. Owen. In New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved Jul 19, 2017, from https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/j-j-owen/ Dobbs, Chris. "J. J. Owen." New Georgia Encyclopedia, 09 March 2017, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/j-j-owen/. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKJdn3qww8SnZg%3D%3D/jeannette-rankin-foundation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jeannette-rankin-foundation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA national nonprofit organization based in Athens, the Jeannette Rankin Foundation awards scholarships annually to low-income women thirty-five years of age and older who seek financial assistance for undergraduate or vocational programs. The foundation bears the name of Jeannette Rankin, who in 1916 became the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Born in Montana in 1880, Rankin was a longtime resident of Watkinsville. Upon her death in 1973, Rankin, a lifelong activist for women’s and children’s rights, bequeathed her estate in Watkinsville to assist mature women workers./jonesboro-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jonesboro-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe seat of Clayton County, Jonesboro is located in Georgia’s upper central Piedmont region,  approximately eighteen miles south of Atlanta, just southeast of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. It is the site of the 1864 Battle of Jonesboro and the fictionalized setting for Margaret Mitchell’s 1936 novel Gone With the Wind. (Mitchell’s grandmother was born and reared on a plantation nearby.) Jonesboro is also known as the home of 1984 Olympic swimming gold medalist Steve Lundquist./kate-cumming-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/kate-cumming-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlKate Cumming is best known for her dedicated service to sick and wounded Confederate soldiers. She spent much of the latter half of the Civil War (1861-65) as a nurse in hospitals throughout Georgia. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, circa 1830 (sources differ on the exact date), Cumming migrated with her family to North America as a young child, stopping first in Montreal, Canada, before permanently settling in Mobile, Alabama. Inspired by both the Reverend Benjamin M./king-chapel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/king-chapel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel was built on the Morehouse University campus to honor one of the school's most prestigious alumni. The chapel's mission is to continue King's work by welcoming adherents of all faiths who "embody the vision of peace." Courtesy of Morehouse College 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./linton-stephens-home-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/linton-stephens-home-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Sparta home of Linton Stephens, pictured in 1911. Stephens served as a Georgia state supreme court justice from 1859 to 1860 and was a delegate to the Georgia secession convention in 1861. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./ludowici-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ludowici-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe small town of Ludowici, incorporated in 1905, remains the only incorporated municipality in rural Long County, located in east Georgia. It was designated the county seat in 1920, when Long County was created from the western portion of Liberty County. Located between Hinesville and Jesup, Ludowici is accessible by U.S. highways 25, 84, and 301. Johnston Station Development progressed slowly in this agricultural region until the 1840s, when the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, running from Savannah to the western sections of the state, cut through the area./male-house-finch-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/male-house-finch-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe colorful and musical house finch (Carpodacus mexicanus) has taken over habitat once used by the house sparrow. From 1980 to 2000 the house finch population exploded in Georgia's suburbs and towns. 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./martin-luther-king-stamp-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/martin-luther-king-stamp-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis 1979 Black Heritage Series postage stamp honors the legacy of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Courtesy of Smithsonian National Postal Museum 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./mel-blount-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mel-blount-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMel Blount played professional football with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1970 through 1983. A four-time all-pro cornerback, he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1989. Melvin Cornell Blount was born on April 10, 1948, in Vidalia, in Toombs County, to Alice and James Blount. He was the youngest of eleven children. His father struggled as a subsistence farmer, and Blount grew up in a home without plumbing or electricity./military-industries-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/military-industries-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWith a wide fuselage, distinctive high tail, and multiwheeled landing gear, the C-130 Hercules is one of the most versatile and rugged transport aircraft ever built. Beyond its role as a versatile cargo and troop transport, C-130s are used as bombers, cannon-firing gunships, hurricane hunters, aerial refueling tankers, air ambulances, firefighters, and even aerial sprayers. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLnIpaCtmaKueqq6w66qraqZmsBw/open-records-act-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/open-records-act-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Georgia Open Records Act opens to public inspection records maintained by most governmental bodies and agencies or private companies carrying out governmental functions. In general, all records, in whatever form maintained, including books, maps, tapes, photographs, and computer-based information, which are prepared and maintained or which are received in the course of operation of a public office or agency are defined as public records. All public records are open to the general public and subject to personal inspection, and copying, at a reasonable time and place./rabun-gap-industrial-school-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rabun-gap-industrial-school-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRabun Gap Industrial School students gather for a photograph outside the school's first building circa 1910. The building was designed by Atlanta architect Haralson Bleckley (son of Rabun County native and judge Logan Bleckley). 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./rice-culture-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rice-culture-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA. R. Waud's sketch Rice Culture on the Ogeechee, Near Savannah, Georgia depicts enslaved African Americans working in the rice fields. From Harper's Weekly 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./schillings-auto-camp-advertisement-1917.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/schillings-auto-camp-advertisement-1917.htmlTo save lodging costs, many Dixie Highway motorists spent the night sleeping on a cot in a waterproof canvas tent that attached to the side of their car. Courtesy of Edwin L. Jackson 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./screws-v-united-states-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/screws-v-united-states-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe U.S. Constitution grants to the U.S. Congress only a limited range of lawmaking authority. Perhaps the most significant source of congressional regulatory authority lies in its power to regulate interstate commerce—a power broadly defined in such important cases out of Georgia as United States v. Darby (1941) and Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States (1964). Another distinctively important grant of authority, however, permits federal legislators to enact “appropriate legislation” to enforce the Fourteenth Amendment’s prohibition on state action that denies persons “the equal protection of the laws” or deprives persons of “life, liberty, or property, without due process of law./slave-narratives-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/slave-narratives-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOne of the most valuable sources available for understanding the experiences of enslaved people in the American South is the testimony that they themselves produced in a variety of ways, both during and long after the existence of the “peculiar institution.” These testimonials, generally referred to as slave narratives, include memoirs and autobiographies written by fugitives from slavery who fled to the North and were assisted by abolitionists with the publication of their stories, as well as twentieth-century oral interviews with elderly freedpeople that recorded their memories of life during slavery and the circumstances of their emancipation either during or after the Civil War (1861-65)./southwire-headquarters-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/southwire-headquarters-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRoy Richards Sr. founded a wire and cable manufacturing business known as Southwire in Carrollton in 1950, and since then this privately owned company has been a mainstay of the local economy. 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./soybean-pod-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/soybean-pod-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSoybeans were introduced to the United States by Samuel Bowen, a seaman who brought the seeds from China. At Bowen's request, Henry Yonge planted the first soybean crop on his farm in Thunderbolt, a few miles east of Savannah, in 1765. Photograph by the United Soybean Board 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./state-revenues-in-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/state-revenues-in-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEvery government must have money to operate, and state governments are no exception. If there is to be a public school system with teachers, buildings, and textbooks; if there are to be roads connecting the major cities of the state; if there are to be parks and protected wilderness areas, then state government must have money to pay for those services. The money that a government takes in is called revenue./thomas-e-watson-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/thomas-e-watson-house-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia politician Thomas E. Watson purchased a home in Thomson in 1881 and lived there until 1904. The home is now a National Historic Landmark and serves as the administrative headquarters for the Watson-Brown Foundation. Courtesy of Watson-Brown Foundation, Inc. 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./timber-industry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/timber-industry-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEmployees of the Red Cypress Lumber Company harvest logs in Dougherty County, circa 1905. The timber and naval stores industries, both important economic activities in Georgia during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, were reliant on the longleaf pines in the state's Upper Coastal Plain. 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./transgenic-arabidopsis-plants-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/transgenic-arabidopsis-plants-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTransgenic arabidopsis plants grow in the laboratory of geneticist Richard Meagher at the University of Georgia. Arabidopsis plants are commonly used in genetic engineering research because they grow and produce seeds quickly, allowing researchers to produce many generations in a relatively short period of time. Photograph by Sarah E. McKee, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./tybee-pavilion-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tybee-pavilion-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Tybee Pavilion, located at the end of a pier on Tybrisa Street, is used for festivals and other special events throughout the year. The original Tybrisa Pavilion, which burned down in 1967, was popular for its crystal ball, big bands, and dime dances early in the twentieth century. 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./webster-county-jail-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/webster-county-jail-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPrior to her execution, Susan Eberhart was held in the old Webster County jail, shown here in 2019. Built in 1856, the jail is among the oldest wooden jails in Georgia. Courtesy of Fay S. Burnett 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./william-washington-gordon-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/william-washington-gordon-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWashington Gordon, an accomplished lawyer and public servant, was one of Georgia’s most distinguished citizens. He was also the first president of the Central Railroad and Banking Company (later the Central of Georgia Railway), the corporation that constructed the first rail line connecting the port of Savannah with the cotton-growing interior of the state. Early Life William Washington Gordon was born on January 17, 1796, at his father’s plantation in Screven County./wisps-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/wisps-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWisps (1988) by Marianne Weinberg-Benson is part of Georgia's State Art Collection. Clay (porcelain), 13 x 12 x 12 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Council for the Arts. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKWRp7aius2eZLCdmaOvpr7GZpmepqOku3DDyKynrJenmravrsSrnmaalaPAsLq%2BaWdqZw%3D%3D/world-war-i-military-camps.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/world-war-i-military-camps.htmlExtensive military training activity took place in several camps around Georgia during World War I (1917-18). The state’s most important cantonment, or temporary training camp, was Camp Gordon near Atlanta, where war hero Alvin York of Tennessee trained. Troops from Camp Gordon and Camp Hancock in Augusta also played critical roles in the 1918 Meuse-Argonne Offensive, which delivered the Allied victory that ended the war. Like all southern military camps, those in Georgia operated under the segregation laws of Jim Crow./writ-of-habeas-corpus-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThu, 16 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/writ-of-habeas-corpus-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia has played an influential role in the development of the “Freedom Writ” of habeas corpus, and its original constitution was the first in history to make access to the writ a constitutional right. Once described by the great English scholar William Blackstone as “the most celebrated writ in the English law” and “the great and efficacious writ in all manner of illegal confinement,” the writ of habeas corpus is a basic legal procedure by which individuals illegally imprisoned, or otherwise unlawfully restrained of their personal liberty, may by court order be liberated from their custody./atlantic-station-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlantic-station-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAtlantic Station, a development on the west side of Atlanta, was built on a reclaimed brownfield and designed according to the principles of New Urbanism, an architectural movement that offers an alternative to the suburban, automobile-dependent lifestyle. Courtesy of Atlantic Station 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./battle-of-kettle-creek-site.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/battle-of-kettle-creek-site.htmlRevolutionary War veterans are buried in the Kettle Creek cemetery, which is maintained today by a local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The Battle of Kettle Creek, fought on February 14, 1779, prevented the British from invading upper Georgia. Photograph by Chris Crookston, Wikimedia 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./capital-budgeting-and-state-debt.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/capital-budgeting-and-state-debt.htmlThe state of Georgia must by law operate with a balanced budget. A balanced budget is one in which the amount of money spent over a fiscal year does not exceed the amount of money collected from taxes and other revenue sources for that same fiscal year. The requirement for a balanced state budget places major constraints on the way the state administratively runs its budget process, on the political pressures felt by the major budgetary participants, and on the funding levels appropriated each year for individual state programs./carpet-dyeing-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/carpet-dyeing-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlContinuous dyeing operations, which apply dye after the carpet is tufted instead of before, provide virtually limitless color options. Here, on Shaw Industries' multicolor line, different shades of color are applied simultaneously to give the carpet a soft, layered effect. Courtesy of Shaw Industries, Inc. 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./central-library-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/central-library-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRenowned modernist architect Marcel Breuer, designer of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, designed the Central Library (1980) for the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System. The New York firm Hamilton Smith Associated Architects and the Atlanta firm Stevens and Wilkinson also collaborated on the building. Image from Eoghanacht 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./church-of-god-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/church-of-god-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Church of God is an evangelical Pentecostal denomination that has emerged in recent years as one of the most prevalent Pentecostal denominations in Georgia. Early missionary work in the state led to the establishment of several churches between 1903 and 1920, and the Church of God retained steady appeal among both Black and white populations for the better part of the twentieth century. In 2006, 522 congregations in Georgia were members of this denomination./church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/church-of-jesus-christ-of-latter-day-saints.htmlThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), whose adherents are known as Latter-day Saints or Mormons, has a long history in Georgia. While the church’s growth came primarily from migration into Georgia, much was also the result of strong local leadership. By the end of the twentieth century, Atlanta had become a major center of Mormonism, and as of 2007 more than 60,000 Mormons lived in the state./civil-war-cemeteries-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/civil-war-cemeteries-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBoth during and after the Civil War (1861-65), Georgians faced the task of burying the Confederate and Union soldiers who died within the state’s bounds. Many of the fallen were later reburied either in existing cemeteries or in new ones specifically dedicated to Civil War soldiers. Nearly every sizable cemetery in Georgia contains individual graves of Confederate soldiers or veterans who died after the war was over, and several have entire sections devoted to Civil War dead./civilian-conservation-corps-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/civilian-conservation-corps-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAmong the numerous New Deal programs of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) is remembered as one of the most popular and effective. Established on March 31, 1933, the corps’s objective was to recruit unemployed young men (and later, out-of-work veterans) for forestry, erosion control, flood prevention, and parks development. The president’s ambitious goal was to enroll a quarter of a million men by July 1, 1933. In what is considered to be a miracle of cooperation, four government agencies collaborated to turn Roosevelt’s goal into reality./clock-tower-csu-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/clock-tower-csu-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe campus clock tower at Columbus State University. Courtesy of Columbus State University 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%2BOnpuum5GptrC6jpympa2dl8K0edKtmK2dXaq7qsLEq6qirKlkum5%2Fj21oaA%3D%3D/daniel-appling-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/daniel-appling-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDaniel Appling is known as Georgia’s most prominent soldier in the War of 1812. His reputation stemmed from an action at the Battle of Sandy Creek on Lake Ontario in upstate New York in 1814. There, Appling’s command of around 130 riflemen and a similar number of Oneida Indians effectively ambushed and prevented a force of approximately 200 British marines from seizing naval stores and guns that the American navy was moving by boat to the Sackets Harbor shipyard./dawson-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/dawson-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Dawson County Courthouse in Dawsonville, the second in the county's history, was built in 1978. Courtesy of J Stephen Conn 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%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOnZiwq5%2BjeqS71KersmeUlsS0u81mmqitnqnGbq%2FOrqmtoJ%2BqwKZ5xaWgnKOilH1xfYxrZg%3D%3D/desertion-during-the-civil-war.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/desertion-during-the-civil-war.htmlDesertion plagued Georgia regiments during the Civil War (1861-65) and, in addition to other factors, debilitated the Confederate war effort. Deserters were not merely cowards or ne’er-do-wells; some were seasoned veterans from battle-hardened regiments. The most significant wave of desertion among Georgia soldiers occurred from late 1863 through 1864 in the wake of the Battle of Chickamauga and of Union general William T. Sherman’s Atlanta campaign. The proximity of the army to soldiers’ homes following those battles, Sherman’s advance through the state, and Georgians’ sense of duty to alleviate the social and economic hardships endured by their families and communities encouraged Confederates to abandon the ranks and return home./don-cooper-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/don-cooper-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDon  Cooper was born in 1944 in Belton, Texas. He grew up in Georgia and subsequently received his training from the University of Georgia in Athens, earning a B.F.A. degree and then an M.F.A. degree in drawing and painting.  After teaching at West Georgia College (later University of West Georgia) in Carrollton, he moved in 1976 to Atlanta, where he taught at the Atlanta College of Art from 1994 to 2005. Cooper has showcased his work in exhibitions around the world, from the Olivier Gallery in London, England, to Atlanta’s High Museum of Art./elaine-de-kooning-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/elaine-de-kooning-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlArtist, art writer and critic, presidential portraitist, educator, and wife of painter Willem de Kooning, Elaine de Kooning was at the heart of the so-called New York school, or abstract expressionism, in the late 1940s and 1950s. An essential aspect of the New York school was its effort to assimilate into visual terms, often using abstraction, relatively new knowledge and understanding about human nature gained from psychology and anthropology. Years later De Kooning served as the first Lamar Dodd Visiting Professor of Art at the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens./etowah-river-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/etowah-river-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Etowah River, with headwaters near Dahlonega, flows west-southwest for 140 miles to Rome, where it forms the Coosa River when it joins the Oostanaula River. 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./events-movements-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/events-movements-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRenowned evangelist Billy Graham, pictured in 1966, first brought his crusade to Georgia in 1948, when he visited Augusta. He returned to Georgia in 1950, drawing 25,000 people to his crusade at Ponce de Leon Ballpark in Atlanta. Later crusades in Atlanta were held in 1973 and 1994, attracting crowds of approximately 40,000 and 300,000 respectively. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLHVnqWtq12ivLexzJ6lratf/folklife-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/folklife-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia folklife includes a wide range of community-shared, informally learned traditions, from the African American folktales popularized in the Uncle Remus books of Joel Chandler Harris to the mountain lore presented in the Foxfire publications and the celebrations and foods of recent immigrants. The ethnic, occupational, and locale-based diversity of Georgia folklife can be compared to a multipatterned patchwork quilt, with fishing and Geechee traditions on the coast, swamp lore in the Okefenokee, a rich pottery and blues heritage in the Piedmont, and ballad singing, fiddling, and banjo-picking in the mountains./frankie-welch-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/frankie-welch-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFrankie Welch was a scarf designer and fashion entrepreneur whose clients included politicians and First Ladies as well as prominent businesses, universities, and organizations. She operated a dress shop near Washington, D.C. named Frankie Welch of Virginia, from 1963 to 1990. Early Biography Welch was born Mary Frances Barnett on March 29, 1924, in Rome, Georgia, the youngest of four children. Her parents were Eugenia Morton and James Wyatt Barnett, who worked for Southern Bell Telephone Company./fulton-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/fulton-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Fulton County courthouse, located in Atlanta, was designed by A. Ten Eyck Brown, with Morgan and Dillon, and built in 1911-14. The courthouse is an example of neoclassical revival/Beaux-Arts classicism architecture. Photograph by OZinOH 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./genealogy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/genealogy-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGenealogy, or the research of family history, is a far different field of inquiry in the twenty-first century than it was in the past. Viewed as the pursuit of a great and noble heritage, genealogy was earlier treated as a hobby and a pastime, especially in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. However, genealogy is also the personal history of ordinary people, and each person has a unique genealogy. Genealogical research provides the backbone of all human history and, when carefully done, can elucidate larger historical events./geographic-sites-features-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/geographic-sites-features-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEdible shrimps, like this white shrimp (Penaeus setiferus), depend on healthy estuaries for their survival. After spawning in the Atlantic Ocean from late March to September, the larval shrimp enter estuaries, where they feed on bottom algae, small animals, and debris. Within a few months they return to ocean waters as adults. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLPEqJ6rmaCdtqR50qKrnqtdm7KiwNSrnKxn/george-w-crawford-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/george-w-crawford-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorge W. Crawford was the first and only Whig to be elected governor of Georgia. He served two terms, from 1843 to 1847. A native of Columbia County, Crawford also served as a state representative and as Georgia's attorney general. From The History of the State of Georgia, by I. W. Avery 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./georgia-marble-company-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-marble-company-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA gang saw at the first plant built by the Georgia Marble Company in Pickens County is pictured circa 1885. The company was founded in 1884 by Samuel Tate, who in the 1830s purchased large tracts of land containing marble in north 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./georgia-writers-association-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-writers-association-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Georgia Writers Association is a nonprofit support and advocacy group for writers in the state. The mission of the organization is to seek “to improve the quality of life for writers by providing information about the literary industry and skills-building knowledge; fostering ongoing communication among writers of diverse literacy, genres, geographies, ethnicities and backgrounds; increasing public awareness of the lives and works of contemporary Georgia writers; encouraging the imagination and integrity of the written word; and organizing activities that celebrate the achievements of writers across the state of Georgia./georgiacetus-vogtlensis-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgiacetus-vogtlensis-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgiacetus vogtlensis, a species of advanced proto-whale previously unknown to science, was discovered in east Georgia in 1983. That year the fossils of three individual Georgiacetus whales were unearthed in 40-million-year-old sediments during the construction of Plant Vogtle, a Georgia Power Company nuclear facility in Burke County. Researchers named the fossils Georgiacetus vogtlensis, meaning the “Georgia Whale from Plant Vogtle.” Current research suggests that all modern whales, including the North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis Müller), Georgia’s state marine mammal, are descended through Georgiacetus./gravesite-seashells-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/gravesite-seashells-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSeashells and broken pottery, like these at Antioch Baptist Cemetery in Fayetteville, Georgia, were often used to decorate the graves of African American and formerly enslaved people. 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./habersham-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/habersham-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHabersham County, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of northeast Georgia, is the state’s forty-sixth county. Created in 1818 from land formerly held by Cherokee Indians, it was named after Joseph Habersham, an army officer during the Revolutionary War (1775-83) and a U.S. postmaster general. Habersham County was enlarged in 1828 and 1829 when more Cherokee lands were claimed. At one time it encompassed 713 square miles, but through the years parts of it were taken to help form Banks, Cherokee, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, and White counties, decreasing Habersham County to 278 square miles./jabati-and-moran-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jabati-and-moran-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBaindu Jabati (left) and Mary Moran were the only two women to remember a Mende funeral song performed as part of the village tradition in Senehun Ngola, Sierra Leone. The song was passed down through Moran's family in Georgia from her enslaved ancestors, who were related to Jabati's ancestors in Sierra Leone. Photograph by Sharon Maybarduk 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./james-dickey-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/james-dickey-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJames Dickey ranks, along with Conrad Aiken, as one of the two most important Georgia poets in the twentieth century. His strongly visceral, sensory-laden descriptions and a poetic style that deviated from the intellectualism of such high modernist poets as T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, and Gertrude Stein made him a distinctive figure in contemporary American writing. He began to reach artistic maturity in the 1950s, and his work is typically considered alongside that of a number of other well known mid-century poets, including Allen Ginsberg, Robert Lowell, and John Berryman./james-longstreet-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/james-longstreet-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDuring Reconstruction, James Longstreet, pictured circa 1865, lived in New Orleans, Louisiana. Although he served as a Confederate general during the Civil War, Longstreet acquired the image of a southern traitor during the postwar years by cultivating political relationships with such prominent Republicans as U.S. president Ulysses S. Grant. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Civil War Glass Negative Collection, #LC-DIG-cwpb-06084. View on source site 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./james-m-cox-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/james-m-cox-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJames Middleton Cox is pictured at his desk in 1920, during his third term as the governor of Ohio. Although Cox never lived in Georgia, his 1939 purchase of the Atlanta Journal and the Atlanta Georgian gave him significant political power in the state. Cox also acquired WSB, the South's first radio station, in the deal. 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./jermaine-dupri-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jermaine-dupri-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn his unique career, Jermaine Dupri has been a breakdancer, songwriter, music producer, entrepreneur, rapper, and athletics manager. He has held high-level positions at major record companies, in addition to owning Atlanta-based So So Def Records, and he has produced several music acts that have gone on to sell millions of albums each. 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./john-heisman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-heisman-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe legendary Georgia Institute of Technology football coach John Heisman also served as baseball and basketball coach for the school. Heisman (middle, with megaphone) coached Georgia Tech's baseball team from 1904 through 1917. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./john-wellborn-root-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/john-wellborn-root-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe architect John Wellborn Root, a Georgia native, became one of the key figures in the nationally significant Chicago school of skyscraper design. He designed one of the most significant buildings in Atlanta, the Equitable Building. Root was born in Lumpkin in 1850 and grew up in Atlanta. During the Civil War (1861-65) his father, Sidney Root, a prominent Atlanta merchant, sent his young son out of the city on one of his blockade-runners to attend school in England./joseph-henry-lumpkin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/joseph-henry-lumpkin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJoseph Henry Lumpkin served on the Supreme Court of Georgia from 1846 until his death in 1867. One of three justices elected by the Georgia legislature after the supreme court’s creation in 1845, Lumpkin was elected to successive terms without opposition. He was considered the chief justice of the court until officially named to that position by the legislature. An active supporter of education, he cofounded the University of Georgia law school, which now bears his name./lagrange-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lagrange-college-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLaGrange College evolved from the LaGrange Female Academy, chartered by the Georgia legislature on December 26, 1831. In 1847 the legislature changed the name to LaGrange Female Institute and gave the college the authority to grant degrees. An amended charter in 1851 read “LaGrange Female College.” In 1934 the institution officially became LaGrange College. Located near the center of the city of LaGrange, in Troup County, LaGrange College is one of the few original academies for women that have grown into four-year accredited liberal arts colleges./languages-of-georgia-indians-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/languages-of-georgia-indians-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Indians of Georgia spoke an incredible number of languages. It would surprise most people to learn that there were as many differences between some of the languages spoken by native Georgians as there are between English and Chinese, and that these large differences did not directly coincide with differences in culture or ethnic identity. Linguists classify the 5,000 or so known languages on the earth in language families. A language family is a group of languages that are clearly related and have a common ancestor, or mother tongue./larry-rubin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/larry-rubin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLarry Jerome Rubin published hundreds of poems in literary magazines and four volumes of selected verse after moving to Atlanta in 1950. He began a long academic career as an English professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1956. Though Rubin appeared in several collections of contemporary southern poets, his poems focused on historical images and the inner self rather than any particular time or place. Rubin was a self-described romantic poet whose inspirations included Emily Dickinson and whose writing included several articles on American romantic literature./late-19th-century-topics-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/late-19th-century-topics-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Negro Motorist Green-Book, also known as the Negro Traveller's Green-Book, was an essential guide for Black travelers between 1936 and 1966. This yearly publication, created by postal employee Victor Hugo Green, helped readers avoid sundown towns and locate safe lodging, gas stops, and eateries. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLjArZxmaWmptW6vxKerrqqpYsGwvMicqmg%3D/lena-baker-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lena-baker-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1945 Lena Baker became the first, and to date only, woman to be executed in Georgia. Convicted of murdering her employer, Baker was sentenced to death despite her insistence that she acted in self-defense. In 2005 she was pardoned posthumously by the state Board of Pardons and Paroles. Courtesy of Lela Phillips 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./lewis-f-powell-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lewis-f-powell-jr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlLewis F. Powell Jr., pictured in 1976, served as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1972 until 1987. 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. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder./lewis-family-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lewis-family-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlKnown around the world as the "First Family of Bluegrass Gospel Music," the Lewis Family of Lincolnton have been entertaining at festivals and other gospel and bluegrass music venues since 1951. Their southern gospel harmony is sung to the accompaniment of banjo, guitar, autoharp, and upright bass. 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./logging-camp-franklin-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/logging-camp-franklin-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlCrew and equipment at a logging camp in Franklin County, ca. 1900. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOoJyon6KWvanFjJ6lr6GipLuusc2tZp%2BnoprAtXnRnqSorpGheqq6jK2fnmWXmryzs8iaZKanpaPBorXNrGamZWNlg3h7/michael-bishop-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/michael-bishop-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMichael Bishop was named to the Georgia Writers Hall of Fame in 2018.  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%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKWZmLWisctmmaKrmKS9cLnInJ%2BanZxir6q%2Fx6inmGhgZnw%3D/naomi-chapman-woodroof-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/naomi-chapman-woodroof-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlNaomi Chapman Woodroof, the daughter of pioneer settlers on the Snake River in Idaho, was also a pioneer in her own right. She was the first woman student and first woman graduate of the University of Idaho College of Agriculture, and one of the first two women in the United States to hold a degree in agriculture. She was the first woman scientist at the Georgia Experiment Station and the first state-employed plant pathologist at the Coastal Plain Experiment Station (later University of Georgia Tifton campus)./nineteenth-century-georgia-newspapers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/nineteenth-century-georgia-newspapers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia citizens in the nineteenth century relied on newspapers to keep them informed about what was happening outside their own towns and counties. The state could boast a few literary, religious, and agricultural magazines, but newspapers were by far the more important news source. In times of crisis—war, economic distress, or natural disaster, for example—Georgians picked up newspapers to read about what had happened. This made the state’s sometimes small and struggling newspaper industry an important tool for government, politics, and business alike./ogeechee-river-bridge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ogeechee-river-bridge-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA wooden bridge, pictured in 1908, crosses the Ogeechee River near Guyton in Effingham County. Today visitors to Guyton enjoy the Guyton Historic District and the Mossy Oak Music Park. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./planetariums-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/planetariums-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBecause Georgia has several major planetariums scattered throughout the state, the planetarium experience is within easy driving distance of most Georgians. Planetariums have revolutionized the way astronomy is taught, especially to young students and the general public. Early History Evidence suggests that the concept of the planetarium existed at least twenty centuries ago. Ancient maps of the sky, carefully placed on the outside of globes, were apparently constructed by astronomers teaching what they knew to those who wanted to learn./rebecca-latimer-felton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rebecca-latimer-felton-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA writer and tireless campaigner for progressive reforms, especially women's rights and woman suffrage, Rebecca Latimer Felton was the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate. From Prominent Women of Georgia, edited by J. B. Nevin 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./roy-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/roy-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlRoy Hall was one of the most important early stock car racers, memorialized in the Jim Croce song "Rapid Roy, That Stock Car Boy." He dominated the stock-car racing scene in the Southeast and Midwest in the late 1930s and early 1940s. Georgia Automobile Racing Hall of Fame Association Incorporated 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./samuel-dowse-bradwell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/samuel-dowse-bradwell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSamuel Dowse Bradwell, a Civil War veteran, opened Bradwell Institute in Hinesville in 1870. The school, founded as Hinesville Academy by Bradwell's father, James Sharpe Bradwell, had been closed during the war. Today the institute operates as a public high school. Courtesy of Mark Howell 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./shakers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/shakers-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Shakers, whose official name is the United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, were called Shakers or “Shaking Quakers” because they would sing, dance, shout, and shake in an attempt to “shake off evil” during their religious meetings. Founded in England in the 1750s, the group first arrived in the United States in 1774, and in the late nineteenth century a short-lived colony was established in coastal Georgia./silk-filature-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/silk-filature-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPeter Tondee and his business partner built a silk filature on Reynolds Square in 1759. The building served multiple public functions before it was destroyed by fire in 1839. Courtesy of Carl Solana Weeks 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./ss8cg3-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ss8cg3-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmla. Explain the qualifications for the governor and lieutenant governor and their role in the executive branch of state government. b. Describe how the executive branch fulfills its role through state agencies that administer programs and enforce laws. Featured articles: Attorney General, Executive Branch Officials, Georgia Department of Agriculture, Georgia Department of Education, Georgia Department of Labor, Georgia Department of Transportation, Georgia Public Service Commission, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, , , , , , , , , , ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoqq2Znpmus7DSaKqscJOcgHA%3D/state-flag-ca-1920-1956-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/state-flag-ca-1920-1956-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn the 1920s the entire state seal began appearing in place of the coat of arms on the state flag. It is not known who authorized the substitution, or when. 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./strom-thurmond-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/strom-thurmond-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSouth Carolina governor Strom Thurmond in his office in 1948. Thurmond ran for U.S. president on the Dixiecrat ticket in 1948. Courtesy of the Strom Thurmond Institute of Government and Public Affairs, Clemson University 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./the-hercules-of-1861-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/the-hercules-of-1861-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn this political cartoon, a Union officer (unidentified) swings a club labeled "Union" in defense against a many-headed serpent labeled "Secession." The serpent's heads are: Floyd, Pickens, Beauregard, Twiggs, Davis, Stephens, and Toombs, all leaders of the Southern secession movement and the resulting Confederacy. Courtesy of Civil War Treasures, New York Historical Society 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./tull-charitable-foundation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tull-charitable-foundation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Tull Charitable Foundation provides grant support for long-term growth and development to nonprofit organizations located in Georgia. The foundation recognizes that strong and vibrant nonprofit organizations are an essential component of any healthy community and better enable communities to provide for their residents’ health, well-being, and quality of life. The Tull Foundation was formed with assets provided by Joseph McKeehan Tull. Born in 1878 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Tull was raised, along with his sister and three brothers, in western North Carolina./w-w-law-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/w-w-law-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlW. W. Law was a crusader for justice and the civil rights of African Americans. He served as president of the Savannah chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1950 to 1976 and came to be widely known as “Mr. Civil Rights.” Born on January 1, 1923, in Savannah, Westley Wallace Law was the only son and the oldest of the three children of Geneva Wallace and Westley Law./walter-mcelreath-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/walter-mcelreath-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWalter McElreath was an Atlanta-based attorney, banking executive, legislator, and the founding president of the Atlanta Historical Society (today the Atlanta History Center). McElreath played a significant role in the city’s cultural and business life throughout the first half of the twentieth century. Early Life & Politics Walter McElreath was born to William A. McElreath and Matilda Jane McEachern on July 17, 1867, in Cobb County. He worked on his father’s farm throughout his youth, attending school seasonally and participating in local debate societies./walter-white-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/walter-white-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA native of Atlanta, Walter White served as chief secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) from 1929 to 1955. During the twenty-five years preceding the Supreme Court’s 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, White was one of the most prominent African American figures and spokespeople in the country. Upon his death in 1955, the New York Times eulogized him as “the nearest approach to a national leader of American Negroes since Booker T./william-c-pauley-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWed, 15 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/william-c-pauley-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWilliam C. Pauley, a landscape architect, designed numerous parks and college grounds in Georgia and the Southeast during the twentieth century. In 1919 he became the first landscape architect to establish a practice in Atlanta. Among his most important projects in the state are the Gardens at Bankshaven in Newnan and Hurt Park in Atlanta. Courtesy of Spencer Tunnell 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-t-walden-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/a-t-walden-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA. T. Walden was a noted attorney, a civil rights leader, and one of the New South’s first Black political power brokers. His life spanned nearly eighty turbulent years of southern history, when racial segregation and restrictions on Black voter participation were common practices. One of the few Black lawyers in Georgia during the civil rights era, Walden litigated civil rights cases to help equalize pay for Black teachers in Georgia./alice-randall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/alice-randall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAlice Randall, a Harvard literature graduate and Nashville, Tennessee, writer of songs and scripts, fought lawyers from the Margaret Mitchell estate in order to have her novel The WInd Done Gone (2001) published. Photograph from Alice Randall 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./alpharetta-city-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/alpharetta-city-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Alpharetta City Hall is built on the grounds of the Milton County Courthouse that was razed in 1955. Photograph by Sue Rainwater 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./atlanta-history-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-history-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1926 a group of fourteen Atlantans, led by prominent attorney Walter McElreath, formed the Atlanta Historical Society (AHS). The organization’s goal was the “preservation of sources of information concerning the history of the City of Atlanta in the State of Georgia.” Membership benefits included a subscription to a yearly publication called the Atlanta Historical Bulletin, of which McElreath was the first editor. The first issue of the Atlanta Historical Bulletin was published in September 1927 and contained information on the new society and two essays—”A Short History of the Parish of the Immaculate Conception” and “The Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children./atlanta-s-railroads-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/atlanta-s-railroads-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe railroads leading into and out of Atlanta made the city an important military supply center. The Union employed several key strategies against Atlanta's railroads during the Civil War. 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./baldowski-cartoon-hunger-tour-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/baldowski-cartoon-hunger-tour-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThis 1968 cartoon by Clifford H. "Baldy" Baldowski depicts U.S. senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina walking past ramshackle houses and stepping over poor African American children while declaring,  "Poverty? Ah been walkin' these woods all my life an' ah never see no poverty." Meanwhile South Carolina senator Ernest Hollings points to the problems while holding papers that read "South Carolina's Severe Hunger Problem." In 1969 Hollings took a "hunger tour" through South Carolina as part of his service on the McGovern Committee./barbecue-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/barbecue-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBarbecue (barbeque, BBQ, BarBQ) is a popular cooking method used primarily for meats served at parties, picnics, family gatherings, and fund-raisers. It is also the name of the food itself, the cooking event, and the cooking equipment. The word is derived from barbacoa, an Arawak Indian name that Spaniards applied to a sturdy wooden or cane framework on which meat was grilled or dried. On their expeditions across the South, Hernando de Soto and his men discovered Native Americans roasting game on barbacoas./bartow-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/bartow-county-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBartow County was formed from Cherokee County on December 3, 1832. It was originally called Cass County for General Lewis Cass, secretary of war under U.S. president Andrew Jackson and the man most responsible for the removal of the Cherokee Indians from northwest Georgia. Cass sided with abolitionists during the Civil War (1861-65), however, and in 1861 the county was renamed in honor of the first Georgia officer to fall on the field at Manassas, Virginia, Colonel Francis S./civil-war-in-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/civil-war-in-georgia-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe South,  like the rest of the country, was forever altered by the dramatic events of the Civil War (1861-65). Few states, however, were more central to the outcome of the conflict than Georgia, which provided an estimated 120,000 soldiers for the Confederacy. In addition, several hundred white and 3,500 Black Georgians enlisted for the Union cause. Georgia’s agricultural output was critical to the Confederate war effort, and because Georgia was a transportation and industrial center for the Confederacy, both sides struggled for control of the state./columbus-fall-line-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/columbus-fall-line-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOne end of Georgia's fall line, which marks the boundary between the hard rocks of the Piedmont geologic province and the softer rocks of the Coastal Plain, is located in Columbus. Marked by waterfalls and rapids, the fall line stretches across the state to Augusta. Photograph by Pamela J. W. Gore 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./constitutional-history-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/constitutional-history-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe state capitol building, completed in 1889, features a cornerstone, interior floor and steps, and many walls made of Georgia marble. Marble mined in the state was also used to construct 60 percent of the monuments and the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcK%2FOp6qtoaSqwaq7zZqjZqCZqMGwvtho/crane-cottage-jekyll-island-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/crane-cottage-jekyll-island-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBuilt in 1919, the Crane Cottage was one of the most expensive homes ever built on Jekyll Island during the Jekyll Island Club era. The Italian Renaissance mansion was designed to resemble a villa in northern Italy admired by Richard Teller Crane Jr. Landscaped gardens were an important component of the estate's beauty. 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./donald-and-louise-hollowell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/donald-and-louise-hollowell-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDonald and Louise Hollowell stand next to the Donald L. Hollowell Parkway in Atlanta. The former Bankhead Highway was renamed in 1998 in honor of the prominent civil rights attorney. 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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./eagle-and-phenix-mills-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/eagle-and-phenix-mills-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Historic Preservation Division. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrny4ecJmmauZlKGyunmQcW1sZWFugXh7zGZoa21kZA%3D%3D/early-victorian-architecture-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/early-victorian-architecture-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn the forty-five years from 1850 to 1895, architecture in Georgia advanced from simple Greek revival forms to the massive steel-frame skyscraper. In between, architects and builders used a myriad of styles as the state endured a disastrous war, Reconstruction, and economic depressions. Nevertheless, the entire postwar period was generally marked by increasing wealth due to urbanization, industrialization, expanding cotton production, and the rapid expansion of rail service into almost all areas of Georgia./ellijay-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ellijay-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEllijay, the seat of Gilmer County, together with its sister city, East Ellijay, is located at the junction of Georgia 515 and 52 and U.S. 76. The combined population in 2020 of these two contiguous but politically and administratively separate communities was 2,512 (Ellijay: 1,862; East Ellijay: 650), according to the U.S. census. Situated seventy-five miles north of Atlanta, Ellijay lies at the center of one of north Georgia’s most beautiful mountain wilderness areas./false-rue-anemone-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/false-rue-anemone-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFalse rue anemone is one of the more than seventy-five rare plant species native to the Savannah River basin. The anemone, along with bottle-brush buckeye and relict trillium, is found along river bluffs near Augusta. Courtesy of Joseph O'Brien, USDA Forest Service, www.forestryimages.org 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./filming-of-the-dukes-of-hazzard.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/filming-of-the-dukes-of-hazzard.htmlCrew members shoot an episode of The Dukes of Hazzard in Covington, circa 1979. The first several episodes of the series were filmed in Covington before production moved to California. The famous shot of the airborne General Lee, the Duke cousins' muscle car, was filmed at nearby Oxford College. 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./first-presbyterian-church-of-st-marys.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/first-presbyterian-church-of-st-marys.htmlThe First Presbyterian Church of St. Marys is the oldest Presbyterian church building in the state of Georgia. It is also the oldest building in Georgia that has been in continuous use as a church since its erection in 1808. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to Explore Georgia./georgia-tech-football-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-tech-football-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlWith one of college football’s dominant programs in the first half of the twentieth century, the Georgia Institute of Technology has won four national championships in four different decades and provided some of the sport’s most memorable characters and moments. History Since fielding its first football squad in 1892, Georgia Tech’s program has been led by some of college football’s most successful coaches, including John Heisman (1904-19), William Alexander (1920-44), Bobby Dodd (1945-66), and Bobby Ross (1987-91)./georgia-s-northern-and-western-boundaries-1802.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/georgia-s-northern-and-western-boundaries-1802.htmlFollowing the 1802 Article of Agreement and Cession, Georgia's new western boundary began with the juncture of the Chattahoochee and Flint rivers in southwest Georgia and proceeded north to the great bend of the river (at present-day West Point, Georgia). From there it stretched for 160 miles to the Indian village of Nickajack on the Tennessee River and continued from there up to the 35th latitude north. Map by John Nelson./greene-county-cabin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/greene-county-cabin-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe owners of this cabin appear in front of their home in Union Point, Greene County, ca. 1900. The timber for such cabins was usually cut and hewn on the building site. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./hinduism-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hinduism-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHinduism is one of the fastest growing religious communities in Georgia. Hindus in Georgia number more than 40,000, and they are concentrated in and around Atlanta. Most of Georgia’s Hindus come from western India, primarily Gujarat. Immigrants from India increased 200 percent during the 1990s, making them the largest Asian group in Georgia. Hindu community life centers on temples, which host a variety of daily, weekly, monthly, and annual services, as well as family events./hugh-peterson-sr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hugh-peterson-sr-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHugh Peterson Sr., a native of Ailey, in Montgomery County, served in the Georgia General Assembly from 1923 to 1933. Along with Georgia governor Richard B. Russell Jr., Peterson was instrumental to the passage of the State Reorganization Act of 1931, which streamlined the workings of state government. He later served in the U.S. Congress from 1935 to 1947. Early Life Peterson was born in Ailey on August 21, 1898, to Joanna Calhoun and William J./hyatt-regency-hotel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/hyatt-regency-hotel-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Hyatt Regency Hotel in Atlanta, designed by John Portman, was completed in 1967. The structure features a twenty-two-story lobby and served as a model for other atrium hotels built in the 1970s and after. Courtesy of Hyatt Press Photo Library 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./j-j-industries-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/j-j-industries-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJ & J Industries, located in Dalton, is one of the largest privately held commercial broadloom manufacturers in the carpet industry. Founded by Rollins Jolly and Tom Jones during the 1950s carpet boom in northwest Georgia, the company initially manufactured candy-striped carpets and braided rugs but now exclusively produces commercial carpets. After graduating from the University of Georgia in Athens, Jolly worked for twenty years in textile manufacturing in North Carolina and Georgia./j-w-robinson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/j-w-robinson-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlJ. W. Robinson was a practicing architect in Atlanta for more than thirty years, as well as an educator and mentor to African American architects and other professionals. In 1995 he became the first African American architect from Georgia to be elevated to fellowship in the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Robinson’s work included historic preservation in the Sweet Auburn and Martin Luther King Jr. historic districts of Atlanta, and he was a charter member of the National Organization of Minority Architects./jimmy-carter-library-and-museum.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/jimmy-carter-library-and-museum.htmlConstruction costs for the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum were $26 million, raised by donations from friends of Carter from around the world. The building was dedicated and the museum opened to the public on October 1, 1986. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum./ledger-enquirer-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/ledger-enquirer-building-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Ledger-Enquirer Building, seen here in the 1930s, was designed by local architecture firm Smith & Biggers. The building was purchased by Columbus State University in 2014.  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 Atlanta Journal-Constitution./lumpkin-county-residents-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/lumpkin-county-residents-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEligea and Hanna Ricketts of Porter Springs, in Lumpkin County, are pictured circa 1860. In that year nearly a third of Georgia's populace lived in the state's upcountry and mountain counties. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Georgia Archives./macon-trading-post-site-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/macon-trading-post-site-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA view of the immediate area where the Macon Trading Post was located. Photograph by Dsdugan / CC0 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%2BOoaCsrJ%2Bnxm6t0Zyfmp2fobyoxY6mmJynnmLBs63DoqWgZaCkwLV7zGZob2thZA%3D%3D/martha-berry-and-calvin-coolidge.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/martha-berry-and-calvin-coolidge.htmlMartha Berry was awarded the Roosevelt Medal in 1925 by President Calvin Coolidge. Courtesy of Berry College Archives 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%2BOnpuum5GptrC6jqaYq6yYlnqjsdGrsGZpaGuDbn2YbWlopV1mhHd%2Bjg%3D%3D/mat-forming-quillwort-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mat-forming-quillwort-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe mat-forming quillwort (Isoetes tegetiformans) is a spore-producing (no flowers) plant found only in a few granite outcrops of the Georgia Piedmont region. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource may need to be submitted to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources./mitchell-and-upshaw-s-wedding-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/mitchell-and-upshaw-s-wedding-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1922 Margaret Mitchell (sixth from left) married Berrien Kinnard Upshaw (center). Upshaw left after four months, and the couple's marriage was annulled two years later. John Marsh (second from left), whom Mitchell married in 1925, was Upshaw's best man. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to the Atlanta History Center./morris-army-airfield-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/morris-army-airfield-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMorris Army Airfield, pictured in the early 1960s, was an airstrip and aircraft repair facility at the Atlanta General Depot (later Fort Gillem) in Forest Park. Construction started on the airfield in August 1958, and the facility was dedicated on September 22, 1959. Courtesy of Garrison Public Affairs Office, Fort McPherson 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./music-business-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/music-business-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBill Lowery, pictured in 1969, poses at Bill Lowery Enterprises, which included the Lowery Music Company and the National Recording Corporation. Lowery, known as "Mr. Atlanta Music," was a prominent disc jockey, producer, manager, and music publisher in the city from 1948 until his death in 2004. He was one of the first two inductees into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, which he also helped to establish. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZoq6iomZjAcLnUrKCcZZKqwKq6xKyqaA%3D%3D/old-dekalb-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/old-dekalb-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDeKalb County's fourth courthouse, built in 1916 and known today as the Old Courthouse, sits on the historic square in Decatur. A small park and bandstand surround the building, which today houses the DeKalb History Center. The courthouse, pictured in 2003, was designed by J. W. Golucke, the most prolific architect of Georgia courthouses. Photograph by Melinda G. Smith, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./old-union-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/old-union-county-courthouse-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Old Union County Courthouse, constructed in 1899, served as the county's courthouse until 1971. The building, which today houses the Union County Historical Society, was renovated by local volunteers and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 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./olympics-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/olympics-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia Tech hosted swimming and diving events in the Olympic Natatorium and boxing in Alexander Memorial Coliseum during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Courtesy of Georgia Tech Communications 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./outkast-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/outkast-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlOutKast, an Atlanta-based hip-hop duo consisting of Andre Benjamin (known as “Dre” and “Andre 3000”) and Antwan Patton (known as “Big Boi”), are widely hailed as one of the most influential and original hip-hop acts to enter the national stage in the late 1990s. The recipient of multiple Grammy Awards, OutKast released eight albums between 1994 and 2008. Benjamin, who grew up in Decatur, and Patton, a native of Savannah, met as tenth graders at Tri-Cities High School in the East Point area of Atlanta./pearl-cleage-flyin-west-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/pearl-cleage-flyin-west-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe writer Pearl Cleage discusses one of the ideas behind her play (1992): that women have the right to protect themselves. Video by Darby Carl Sanders, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./piedmont-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/piedmont-university-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlPiedmont University, a private liberal arts institution, was founded in 1897 to serve residents of the Appalachian area of northeast Georgia. Today, with campuses located in Demorest and Athens, the college provides undergraduate and graduate degree programs for students from across Georgia and around the world. History The story of Piedmont College is tied to the history of Demorest, which was founded in 1889 by the Demorest Home, Mining, and Improvement Company, a group of entrepreneurs./price-memorial-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/price-memorial-hall-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlBuilt on the foundation of the old Dahlonega Mint, which was destroyed by fire in 1878, Price Memorial Hall on the campus of North Georgia College and State University boasts a steeple plated in Lumpkin County gold. Image from HollyJoe28 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./rice-field-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/rice-field-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlDespite its huge importance to Georgia's economy, the rice industry was subject to relatively rigid geographical/environmental constraints, and it never utilized more than a small proportion of the available land in the Lowcountry, much less in Georgia as a whole. Even at its peak no more than 45,000 acres of land were devoted directly to rice production in Georgia. Photograph by U.S. Department of Agriculture 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./roberto-goizueta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/roberto-goizueta-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAlong with Asa Candler and Robert Woodruff, Roberto Goizueta stands as one of the icons of the Coca-Cola Company. From 1981 to 1997 he guided the Atlanta-based soft-drink business, which grew to become the global giant now known for its innovative sales strategies and its grip on the top spot in a highly competitive beverage market. Under Goizueta’s long stewardship, the price of stock in Coca-Cola increased 3,500 percent and the company tripled in size./savannah-rice-plantation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/savannah-rice-plantation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA stereoscopic photograph of a Savannah rice plantation, circa 1885. Photograph by D. J. Ryan, Wikimedia 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%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrnyztcKeZqyslaeysL%2FCqKeim12ntqSxjKmjmqaklsGqu81mqq2ZkqGytHnAp5tmppWcv7B5x66rrJdgZX5w/sawnee-mountain-preserve-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sawnee-mountain-preserve-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSawnee Mountain Preserve, a 720-acre park in Forsyth County, opened to the public in 2005. Built on abandoned mining lands, the park offers hiking, rock climbing, and environmental education to vistors. Photograph by Melinda S. Mullikin, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./sidney-j-marcus-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/sidney-j-marcus-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn his fifteen years as a legislator in the Georgia General Assembly, Sidney J. Marcus was a leading spokesman on urban and progressive issues and helped pass legislation that greatly benefited the city of Atlanta. Marcus was born on February 5, 1928, in Chicago, Illinois, to Dora and Morris Marcus. His family moved to Atlanta when he was ten years old, and Marcus went on to graduate from Boys High School./species-extinction-and-endangered-species.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/species-extinction-and-endangered-species.htmlGeorgia is home to more than 4,000 species of native or naturalized vascular plants and vertebrate animals. At least 10 percent of these species are in danger of extinction. The chief factor in the loss of biodiversity in Georgia is loss or deterioration of habitat. Extinction and Extermination Conservation biologists indicate that as many as half of the earth’s plants and animals may be in danger of becoming extinct by the twenty-second century./state-flag-1956-2001-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/state-flag-1956-2001-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlGeorgia's General Assembly ratified the addition of the Confederate Battle Flag to the state flag in 1956 as a backlash to the Brown v. Board of Education decisions, which federally imposed integration of public schools. 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./terry-kay-sensing-the-character.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/terry-kay-sensing-the-character.htmlAuthor Terry Kay explains that he wants his readers to "sense" his characters. Video by Darby Carl Sanders, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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%2BOmqmtq12Ywq3A1KucaKyVp7%2B6ecqasGZpaWiFbn6Pa2dorJWnv7qr05qjpKuPaKy1fY4%3D/tidal-marshes-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/tidal-marshes-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlAlmost a third of the Atlantic Coast’s tidal salt marshes are located in Georgia’s Lower Coastal Plain, as are thousands of acres of rare tidal freshwater marshes. Immortalized in poet Sidney Lanier’s poem “The Marshes of Glynn,” these wide expanses of salt marsh are the most visible physical feature along Georgia’s 100-mile-long coast. The salt marshes stretch in a band four to six miles wide between the mainland and coastal barrier islands./transgenic-yellow-poplar-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/transgenic-yellow-poplar-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTransgenic (genetically modified) yellow poplar trees grow in the laboratory of geneticist Richard Meagher at the University of Georgia. Researchers at UGA engineered a strain of yellow poplar capable of growing in soil contaminated with mercury and converting the metal into a less harmful form. The process of using plants to remove toxins from the environment is called phytoremediation. Photograph by Sarah E. McKee, New Georgia Encyclopedia 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./unionists-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/unionists-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlHistorians of the Civil War (1861-65) have only recently begun serious study of Unionists, an often overlooked group of white southerners who played a substantial part in sowing discontent and undermining the Confederate war effort. Unionists found themselves living in a new nation, the Confederacy, to which they chose not to give their allegiance. While their numbers in Georgia (or in any other southern state) are uncertain, much about Unionist presence and activity in the state has come to light in recent years./uss-savannah-cl-42-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/uss-savannah-cl-42-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe fourth USS Savannah (CL-42) engaged in Atlantic and Meditteranean operations during World War II (1941-45), most notably Operation Torch, the allied invasion of North Africa. Photograph by Naval History and Heritage Command 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./yerkes-researcher-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/yerkes-researcher-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlA researcher at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, based at Emory University in Atlanta, works in the Biomarkers Core laboratory. The biomedical research conducted at the center helps to provide treatment and prevention strategies for human illnesses. Courtesy of Yerkes National Primate Research Center 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./zenas-sears-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlTue, 14 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000/zenas-sears-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlIn 1956 disc jockey and social activist Zenas Sears established the Atlanta radio station WAOK, one of the first in the country to play blues, rhythm and blues, and soul music as the primary format. 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. Requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource should be submitted to Special Collections and Archives at Georgia State University./eliza-ann-grier-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/eliza-ann-grier-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlEliza Ann Grier was the first African American woman licensed to practice medicine in the state of Georgia. After her graduation in 1897 from the Woman's Medical College in Pennsylvania (later part of Drexel University College of Medicine), she practiced in Atlanta for a few years. Image from National Library of Medicine 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./fifth-third-bank-stadium-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/fifth-third-bank-stadium-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlFifth Third Bank Stadium at Kennesaw State University was completed in 2010 for use by the women's soccer team. Courtesy of Kennesaw State University Archives 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./flint-river-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/flint-river-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Flint River, which begins in Georgia's Piedmont region, is part of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river basin, which drains portions of Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. It flows to the Chattahoochee River in southwest Georgia. Photograph from Doug Bradley 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./museum-of-aviation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/museum-of-aviation-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlThe Museum of Aviation covers fifty-one acres and includes open-air displays and hangars. The museum is located on the grounds of Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins, ten miles south of Macon. Courtesy of Museum of Aviation 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./savannah-city-plan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlMon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000/savannah-city-plan-new-georgia-encyclopedia.htmlSavannah’s remarkable city plan is distinguished from those of previous colonial towns by its repeated pattern of connected neighborhoods, multiple squares, streets, and designed expansion into lands held by the city (the common). It is unique in the history of urban planning in a number of respects, not the least of which is that the squares allow for more open space in Savannah than in any city layout in history.