Wilson's Raid To Macon

Historical marker location:

Macon, Georgia

( Marker is on Mulberry Street, 0 miles west of 3rd Street, in the median.)

Marker installed: 1957

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.