Bootleggers and Speakeasies
Long before paved highways dominated the region, the dense forests and winding dirt paths of the Cascade corridor served as a battleground for moonshiners, rum-runners, and police raids.
Nat McWhorter
Operating out of a rooming house under the Courtland Street viaduct, Nat McWhorter ruled Atlanta’s Prohibition underworld through musical moonshine and high-level police payoffs.
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.
Holy Family and Southwest Community Hospital
From a 1941 Catholic clinic to the first hospital in the Southeast to integrate its medical staff, Holy Family was a cornerstone of Black healthcare. In 1972, the Fairburn Road campus became the center of a national crisis following a bitter labor strike and the shooting of two civil rights leaders.
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.