Old River Road

Historical marker location:

Blitchton, Georgia

( Marker is on U.S. 80 near U.S. 280, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1996

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.