For more than 200 years; Gainesville; Georgia; has been the trading and business center for Northeast Georgiarsquo;s mountain region. Its character dictated by rugged mountain terrain and independent; self-reliant people; Gainesville entertains a uniquehistory quite different from the traditional plantation culture of the American South. Celebrated within these pages are the people and places of this ldquo;Queen City of the Mountains.rdquo; With images culled primarily from the Hall County Library and the Archives of the State of Georgia; Gainesville: 1900ndash;2000 captures the memories of the twentieth century on the eve of the millennium. From its days as the ldquo;Great Health Resort of the Southrdquo; to its transition into a metropolitan community; Gainesville has experienced enormous growth and change. Included in this collection are images of the disastrous 1936 tornado that swept through the city; the mills that were active in the early 1900s; and the poultry industry that became a dominanteconomic force in Gainesville. Residents will delight in the early photographs of the town square that reflect a simpler way of life.
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