Tag: Convict Labor

  • Fulton Industrial District

    Stretching along the Chattahoochee River, the Fulton Industrial District conceals a layered history beneath its warehouses, from the ancient indigenous capital of Sandtown and brutal convict labor camps to the forgotten 1960s open-air sculpture museum.

  • 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.

  • Fulton County Botanical Gardens

    In the late 1930s, civic leaders attempted to build a world-class, 459-acre botanical wonderland on Gordon Road, a New Deal dream that was ultimately clear-cut for industrial zoning.