In the early 1900s, Gainesville already was becoming known as a poultry center, but it would be another half century before it could boast about being the “World’s Broiler Capital.” However, in those days, Hall County might well have been touted as a mining capital because people were exploring for gold, diamonds, granite, mica and other minerals. Its soil lent itself toward the manufacture of bricks, too, and three or more sizable brickyards were operating with a capacity of 20 million bricks a year.