Dr. Charles Holmes Herty

Historical marker location:

Milledgeville, Georgia

( Marker is on West Handcock Street (Georgia Route 49) just west of Wilkinson Street, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1934

Statesman - Chemist.

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.