Oak Ridge Cemetery

Historical marker location:

Macon, Georgia

( Marker can be reached from Madison Street, 0.2 miles north of Riverside Drive (U.S. 23).)

Marker installed: 2016

1866 To Present.

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.