Friendship Monument

Historical marker location:

Cartersville, Georgia

( Marker is at the intersection of West Main Street (Georgia Route 113) and Friendship Plaza, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.)

Marker installed: 1963

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.