In the months before the Great Depression, there were few hints of the coming economic disaster, at least in the Gainesville area. The stock market crashed in October 1929, but things seemed lovely in Gainesville the spring and summer before. Hall County indeed looked prosperous as it staged a Spring Festival in May that brought thousands to Gainesville for an elaborate parade that featured floats some described as fancy as those seen in larger cities.
All was rosy months before market failed