Confederate States Central Laboratory

Historical marker location:

3051 Vineville Avenue, Macon, Georgia

( Marker is at the intersection of Vineville Avenue (U.S. 41) and Vista Circle, on the right when traveling north on Vineville Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1994

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.