Old Bartow County Courthouse

Historical marker location:

4 East Church Street, Cartersville, Georgia

( Marker is at the intersection of East Church Street and North Museum Drive, on the right when traveling west on East Church Street.)

Circa 1873.

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.