The Zaring Family
Driven by grief, tuberculosis, and entrepreneurial ambition, John H. Zaring Sr. and his family spent over six decades bottling mineral water and shaping the Cascade Springs landscape.
Dr. Charles R. Adams
Physician, politician, and county commissioner, Dr. Charles R. Adams used New Deal relief funds to modernize Fulton County while steering public park investments toward private suburban tracts.
George L. Wilson
Operating out of his Cascade Road office, George L. Wilson utilized political alliances and 99-year restrictive covenants to engineer the suburban expansion of Southwest Atlanta.
Dr. Benjamin E. Mays
As president of Morehouse College, mentor to Martin Luther King Jr., and head of the Atlanta School Board, Dr. Benjamin E. Mays shaped the intellectual and moral framework of modern civil rights.