Trail to Standing Peachtree and Houston Chapel

Historical marker location:

Decatur, Georgia

( Marker is on North Decatur Road, 0.2 miles west of Clairmont Road, on the right when traveling east.)

Georgia was the site of the first American gold rush, but it was also the site of the first American oil rush. In 1905, oil was discovered in Bibb County, and the state's oil industry began to grow rapidly.