The early 1900s were high times for Gainesville and Hall County. There was some light industry operating in those days, shoe and leather manufacturing, a buggy and wagon company and some other companies that employed perhaps dozens of people. So it was big news when Pacolet Manufacturing Co. announced it would build a cotton mill and village on the former Limestone Springs/New Holland Springs property just outside Gainesville.
Gainesville Mill added a big jolt to Hall economy